New York Giants normal supervisor Joe Schoen stays publicly dedicated to quarterback Daniel Jones following a down 12 months that led to a number of accidents.
Jones, who signed a four-year deal price $160 million final offseason, will now spend the subsequent a number of months recovering from a severe neck damage and rehabilitating a surgically repaired knee.
Schoen hopes Jones can return for the beginning of coaching camp, however he could miss some video games to start out the 2024 common season. Realizing that, the GM intends to handle the quarterback room this offseason, and that would embody utilizing the No. 6 general choose within the NFL draft on the place.
One possibility the Giants shouldn’t have, reviews SNY’s Connor Hughes, is buying and selling Jones.
There’s an epidemic within the NFL centered round younger quarterbacks enjoying instantly. The Giants don’t need to fall sufferer to that. Choosing a quarterback within the first spherical doesn’t imply Schoen then trades Jones — granted, Jones would have little-to-no market, sources advised SNY, due to his damage historical past and contract.
In different information, the sky is blue, grass is inexperienced and water is moist.
Jones is on the books with a cap variety of $47.1 million subsequent season. Factoring in DJ’s a number of neck accidents and ACL tear, it’s clear why no group could be keen to take him on.
A commerce additionally wouldn’t profit the Giants to any nice diploma. In the event that they dealt him earlier than June 1, they’d be left with a dead-cap hit of over $33.3 million whereas clearing simply $13.79 million in cap room. A post-June 1 commerce would go away New York with a dead-cap hit of $23.1 million in 2024 and $22.2 million in 2025.
The Giants have an out after the 2024 season if they need it, however till then, they’re caught with Jones whether or not they prefer it or not.
