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The New York Daily News reports today that Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who struggled mightily in his team's playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, is likely to become a member of the NFL's $100-million-quarterback club, and that he possibly will become the league's highest-paid player, when the Giants work out a new contract with Manning sometime in the coming months.

Manning, whose current contract expires at the end of next season, could end up making more than $15 million per year, according to unnamed NFL sources quoted by the Daily News. The newspaper speculates that the total deal could be worth $110 million to $120 million for seven to eight seasons.

As with most contracts of this size, most of the money would not be guaranteed, but the prospect of Manning owning the league's richest contract would still be remarkable for a player who had widely been considered a disappointment over his first four seasons, and who has only once finished a season with a quarterback rating over 80. Apparently, if the Daily News report is correct, Manning's hot streak at the end of 2007, which ended in a Giants Super Bowl victory, was enough to change everything.

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