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Eli’s position on being the “highest-paid player” is as flimsy as his team’s

For those of you who claim we like and dislike certain teams, we like good stories. We dislike B.S.

As to the ongoing contract negotiations between the Giants and quarterback Eli Manning, both sides have been dabbling in something smelly that a bovine creature with horns left behind him in the pasture.

It started with the Giants apparently spinning Manning’s negotiating position into a demand that he be the “highest-paid player” in the league when the franchise tender for next year arising from the final season of his current contract necessarily puts Manning $1.