Manning gets 5 years at 18 million per, an amount that equals what Tom Brady got last offseason on a 4 year deal. I don’t see how anyone can have a problem with this. He is one of, if not the best at what he does in the league and deserves to be paid like it. Anyone worried about his age and or neck injury is just nitpicking. Most likely, Manning will play similar to his entire career for the next 5 years and will retire a Colt and make the Hall of Fame 5 years later, holding every major passing record that Brett Favre currently holds.

Interesting side note, Peyton Manning was offered 100 million over 5 years, which would have made him the single highest paid quarterback in the league, but he rejected it, in favor of 90 million over 5, so that the Colts could afford to resign other guys in free agency. You can’t hate this guy. You just can’t.

Grade: A