GREEN BAY, Wisc. -- As the paychecks grow to silly proportions, so too do the expectations. This is the reality that New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning faces.
Manning is the team’s highest-paid player by a wide margin at $18 million this season. He’s paid and treated as the superstar quarterback, even if he's not playing like it this season, or for the better part of the past four years.
As the picture comes into focus on Manning, those two Super Bowls fall deeper into the horizon. Star quarterbacks are supposed to be able to carry teams.