The NFL trade deadline is set for 4 p.m. Tuesday, and Eli Manning is not sweating it out one bit.
Not that Manning sweats much, but in this case, he holds all the cards. As part of the four-year, $84 million contract extension he signed before the 2015 season, he insisted on getting a full no-trade clause in the deal. The Giants, initially, were slightly taken aback by the request but agreed to it. Thus, Manning does not go anywhere he does not want to go.
And he’s made it clear several times the past few weeks he wants to stay right where he is — even with the Giants suffering through a 1-6 season — and eventually retire with the team that traded for him in 2004 in a draft-day deal with the Chargers.