Giants left tackle David Diehl has gotten himself a new deal.

Per John Clayton of ESPN.com, Diehl’s shift from left guard to left tackle has resulted in a new contract worth $31 million over six seasons.  The deal replaces a contract signed in 2005, and which still had three years remaining on its initial six-year term.

The contract contains an annual escalator clause that results in extra annual pay in the range of $750,000 to $1 million, if Diehl remains at left tackle.

Clayton reports that the new contract was signed before the draft, but Diehl kept the development to himself.  It could be that the Giants were hoping not to create a situation in which players with three years left on their own deals would begin clamoring for new contracts.

Now that the bag is out of the cat (or something), look for folks to start lining up with their hands out.  The players who’ll want paid won’t be persuaded to not ask for a raise because of Diehl’s supposedly unique circumstance.  Instead, they’ll see that a guy who had three years left on his contract got a new six-year deal and nothing more, in their quest for more of their own.

Per NFLPA records, Diehl’s base salaries are as follows:  $1 million (2008); $1.65 million (2009); $3 million (2010); $3.5 million (2011); $3.825 million (2012); and $4.1 million (2013).