“Do you plan on re-signing Daniel?” was the very first question asked. “We’d like Daniel to be here,” Schoen responded, not exactly answering. Last spring, one of Schoen’s early moves as the newly hired Giants GM was to decline to pick up the quarterback’s $22.38 million fifth-year option, preferring to first see for himself how Jones might perform in his fourth NFL season. “He’s done everything that we’ve asked him to do,” Schoen said, speaking of a season in which Jones had career highs in completions, passing yards, rushing touchdowns, and quarterback rating, as well as a career low in turnovers. The Giants, despite having prioritized a rebuilding period, and in spite of one injury after another, made the playoffs and even won a round following a surprisingly merry 9-7-1 campaign. So now what to do about their soon-to-be free agent QB?
“Again, there’s a business side to it,” Schoen filibustered. “We haven’t went down that road yet.” Schoen had a similar answer to the second question in the presser, which was also about Jones, and to the fifth question, which was about Jones, too. “When you say you want Daniel back,” someone tried, “ideally, would you like that to be a long-term deal or a multiyear deal?” It was an inquiry as cleverly restructured as any NFL contract. But Schoen still wouldn’t put anything in ink. “We’re going to get into all that,” he said. “Again, it takes two. Both sides have got to have those conversations. We haven’t crossed that bridge yet. There’s tools at our disposal. Again, we’ll go through several scenarios.” On and on it went like that, one Schoen “again” after another for 28 minutes straight. |
Article is mostly about how they might handle Jones.
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Something our previous lunkhead GM never understood, BTW.
The Ringer's QB rankings as of Jan. 25
I won't even get into ranking Herbert above Burrow, but what kind of analysis is this? "Burrow’s arm is really the only thing keeping him from breaking into the most elite tier." Um, #1, he already is in the most elite tier, and #2, I don't see the Bengals struggling to overcome Burrow's lack of arm strength.
The Ringer's QB rankings as of Jan. 25
I won't even get into ranking Herbert above Burrow, but what kind of analysis is this? "Burrow’s arm is really the only thing keeping him from breaking into the most elite tier." Um, #1, he already is in the most elite tier, and #2, I don't see the Bengals struggling to overcome Burrow's lack of arm strength.
Yeah that really was a summary for a casual (at best) Giants fan and didn't offer any unique analysis or insight or predictions.
The rest are franchise, has been, journeymen and rookies.
Those 2 pack it all into 1 complete QB package.
If you could get Trey Lance for the Giants, would you want him? I think he's the kind of toolsy player Daboll could mold, but as I understand it, he was flat-out bad when he played for SF.
If you could get Trey Lance for the Giants, would you want him? I think he's the kind of toolsy player Daboll could mold, but as I understand it, he was flat-out bad when he played for SF.
I think FT is more likely than not. My biggest fear is that DJ plays hard ball and threatens to not show up until game 9. Which really forces the Giants to move on in some way.
Not interested in Trey Lance at the price I think they would want. Sure I would give up a 3rd but not much else.
This intrigues me, too. Give up a third?