Giants QB Manning did not guarantee he will play this weekend

Although the New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is expected to start his 83rd consecutive games this Sunday, Manning himself did not want to guarantee that he will play against the Oakland Raiders, saying that he would choose to stay out if he could not help the team.

“If I feel like I can go out and play at a high level and help the team and do everything I can do, and they don’t have to limit the game plan or say you can’t do this or that, I’ll go out there and play,” Manning said. “I’m not going to do anything that will put myself in harm for making this worse down the road.”

Manning was held out of practice Wednesday so he can get treatment on his plantar fascia, a band of connective tissue that runs along the bottom of the foot and inserts into the heel. The quarterback admitted that he had never had pain like he felt in the fourth quarter last Sunday, although the heel has bothered him occasionally the last few weeks.

Even the team’s medical staff cannot tell whether Manning could be able to play this weekend. So the team may have to adjust game plan. And Manning had the most basic treatment Wednesday and planned to have some practice this week.

Giants QB Manning’s six-year extension was officially confirmed

Nine days after the New York Giants and quarterback Eli Manning reached a tentative agreement, it was officially confirmed that Manning was given a six-year, $97 million extension.

The Giants would be glad to keep the quarterback through 2015 with the contract paying him $35 million of guaranteed money and an average salary of $15.3 million. The star quarterback has started the last 71 games for the team, the third-longest streak among active quarterbacks at the end of last season and was the first Giants quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards and at least 20 touchdowns in four consecutive seasons.

The contract will also make Manning the highest-paid player in the league, but Manning is just as low-key as usual, saying that he would not feel more pressure under the new contract and do his best for the team as he had done since he put on the giants jersey.

"My job is to play quarterback for the New York Giants and try to win games," he said. "Nothing has changed. My responsibilities have not changed. I am trying to go out there, do my part, play well and lead this team."