The Giants have to be smart about this.
The team was much better this year but was that because of Jones or because they had better coaching? Jones started 16 games but only had 15 passing TDs. Is he getting boosted simply because he didn’t turn the ball over this year?
Can you win a Super Bowl with Daniel Jones at QB?
If you give him $45 million a year, it will make it hard to sign other players, so he will need to be a franchise QB if you pay him that type of money. Now that Jones has a new agent, here is how it would break down via Pro Football Talk.
The NFL Players Association currently shows that Jones has no agent. That could be updated as soon as Monday.
Typically, a player who terminates his representation must wait five days before signing with a new firm. CAA, we’re told, waived the five-day period as to Jones.
So what does Jones want? There are two possibilities. One, he’s willing to do a deal for less than CAA was willing to accept. Two, he wants more than CAA was able to get.
As one source explained it, it’s the latter. Jones wants more than the Giants have offered. Possibly as much as $45 million per year, or more.
The Giants could respond by simply applying the franchise tag to Jones. The non-exclusive level would cost them $32.416 million, and it would allow him to try to sign with another team — if that team is willing to give up a pair of first-round picks to get him.
This all would have been avoided if the Giants had exercised the fifth-year option on Jones. They didn’t do it, which amounted to a calculated risk that he’d have a solid year and they’d have to sign him or tag him.
The window for applying the tag opens in two days. The Giants then will have two weeks to do it. At this point, that’s what the Giants are likely to do.
What would you do?
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