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Eli Manning and Kevin Gilbride, New York Giants (September 8, 2013)

Eli Manning and Kevin Gilbride – © USA TODAY Sports Images

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New Deal for Eli Manning Looming?: According to Ian Rapoport of The NFL Network, the New York Giants and quarterback Eli Manning may be close to a new contract either before or early on in training camp. Players report to training camp on July 30.

“This is another one where the Giants hope to do a deal either before training camp or early on in training camp,” said Rapoport. “My understanding is the Giants brass is confident in doing a deal in due time. Actually, just talking to people on both sides of this, it seems to make sense for both sides to do a deal, one that they think and hope will get done this year. Remember, Eli Manning set to make $17 million and a contract extension will give him only a little bit of a raise but will help the cap number, something the Giants certainly would like to do.”

Manning is entering the last year of his current deal. He is scheduled to make $17 million in salary and count $19.75 million against the 2015 salary cap.

Kevin Gilbride Comments on Giants Offense: Kevin Gilbride, who served as the New York Giants offensive coordinator from 2007-13, was asked about the state of his former team’s offense on The NFL Network (video) on Tuesday.

“I think they’re in a good place offensively. I think they’ve got all of the bugs worked out,’’ said Gilbride. “They’ve assimilated some of the things that Eli liked from the year before. They’re all familiar now with the verbiage, the underlining concepts. They’re all confident in what they were doing at the end of the year. The fact that they got Victor Cruz coming back is a great thing.

“The addition of Shane Vereen I think is a tremendous addition — they haven’t had a running back that they could throw the ball to with any confidence since Tiki Barber left. There are a lot of things to be very optimistic about. I think if there is one area that would cause some concern it would be in the offensive line. The tragedy of that is they’ve made some strides over the last couple years to address that issue. They brought in Justin Pugh, they brought in Ereck Flowers, they brought in Weston Richburg. They made some adjustments which I thought they had to make, which was moving Pugh to the inside.

“The problem is it all went astray when William Beatty got injured in the offseason. Now they have to move Ereck Flowers over to the left tackle position; quite honestly, I’m not sure that he’s ready technique-wise to play that. He does a very poor job with his hands. At the right tackle position I think they could have helped him. They are not facing the amount of premium pass rushers. Playing left tackle I think is going to be a difficult thing for him. But more importantly is who is going to play the right tackle position now?

“The good thing is that they are throwing a high percentage, a high volume of short, three-step passing. Quick passes. The fact that they got a guy like Odell Beckham and Victor Cruz who can run very well so they can get the ball out of their hands and still have some big time, productive plays. But I really do think it is going to come down in the end to how well the offensive line plays.”

NFL Network Interview with WR Odell Beckham: The video of an NFL Network interview with wide receiver Odell Beckham is available at Giants.com.

Giants.com Q&A with S Landon Collins: The video of a Giants.com interview with safety Landon Collins is available at Giants.com.

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