{"id":408392,"date":"2022-02-22T03:59:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/daniel-jones-contract-status-with-giants-in-uncharted-waters\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T03:59:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:59:26","slug":"daniel-jones-contract-status-with-giants-in-uncharted-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-jones-contract-status-with-giants-in-uncharted-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"#Daniel Jones&#8217; contract status with Giants in uncharted waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9da655df\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9da655df\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-jones-contract-status-with-giants-in-uncharted-waters\/#Options_declined\" >Options declined<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-jones-contract-status-with-giants-in-uncharted-waters\/#Option_exercised_no_extension\" >Option exercised, no extension<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-jones-contract-status-with-giants-in-uncharted-waters\/#Closest_comparisons\" >Closest comparisons<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Daniel Jones&#8217; contract status with Giants in uncharted waters<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Daniel Jones always has been difficult to define.<\/p>\n<p>He was a top-10 draft pick who began his college career as a walk-on. He is built like a pocket passer but runs like a scrambler. He is a southerner with the perfect temperament for New York.<\/p>\n<p>So, it should come as no surprise then that \u2014 despite all the talk that declining the fifth-year option on Jones\u2019 contract for 2023 is a no-brainer for the Giants \u2014 there really isn\u2019t a worthy comparison to his situation over the eight-year history of teams making this critical first-deadline quarterback judgment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on what he has done so far, I\u2019m not sure he\u2019s a starting quarterback if he were in free agency,\u201d one league source told The Post. \u201cAs an agent, you have to be candid with your client and hope he gets a chance to change the narrative \u2014 and look at it as a league-wide audition. For the Giants, if he h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens to play well and you have to franchise tag him in 2023, that\u2019s a nice problem to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the NFL rookie wage scale and fifth-year team option for first-round picks (decisions are made after three seasons) were implemented with the 2011 draft class, 25 decisions have been made on quarterbacks: Fifteen teams exercised the option and 10 did not.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming the Giants do not take the unlikely step of signing Jones to a contract extension this offseason, two trends emerge that don\u2019t play in his favor: No team that declined a fifth-year option has later regretted it. And no quarterback who played on the final year of his contract \u2014 whether Year 4 when the option is declined or Year 5 when it is exercised without an extension \u2014 has earned a second contract as a starter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/1356028647.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Giants\" class=\"wp-image-21287144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/1356028647.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/1356028647.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/1356028647.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Daniel Jones<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Giants have until early May to decide whether to exercise Jones\u2019 fifth-year option and fully guarantee him $21.3 million \u2014 a 156 percent increase over his $8.3 million salary cap hit in 2022 \u2014 or decline the option and force Jones to play to earn his next contract in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a closer look at history:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Options_declined\"><\/span>Options declined<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of the 10 quarterbacks whose options were declined, five \u2014 Blaine Gabbert, Brandon Weeden, Johnny Manziel, Paxton Lynch and Josh Rosen \u2014 already had been traded or released by the time the decision was due, which does not apply to Jones. Four of those five made fewer than five career starts after their fourth NFL season, including two who were out of the league after two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>There are less extreme ways to flame out, however.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Jake Locker began his fourth season as a starter \u2014 just as Jones is expected to for the Giants \u2014 but the story of his career (injury and inconsistency) continued and he retired the following March. Christian Ponder began his fourth season as third-stringer and later became a journeyman out of the league after six seasons. E.J. Manuel was a third-stringer by his third season and later was twice cut.<\/p>\n<p>Teddy Bridgewater\u2019s option was declined as he recovered from a career-threatening leg injury. Jones\u2019 neck injury is not considered in that realm. Bridgewater missed nearly two full seasons for the Vikings but since has made 35 starts for other teams.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_exercised_no_extension\"><\/span>Option exercised, no extension<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Six quarterbacks have seen their option exercised without signing an extension after either three or four seasons. For now, the group includes Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold and Lamar Jackson, all of whom are scheduled to be starters in 2022 on the option.<\/p>\n<p>The top two picks in the 2015 NFL Draft \u2014 Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota \u2014 are the only two who have done what those three 2018 first-rounders might have to do \u2026 and what Jones could be asked to do in 2023. Neither earned an extension under the pressure \u2014 Winston led the NFL in interceptions and Mariota lost his starting job to Ryan Tannehill \u2014 and both landed elsewhere to become backups on second contracts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/112221Giants206CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Giants\" class=\"wp-image-21287211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/112221Giants206CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/112221Giants206CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/112221Giants206CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Daniel Jones is sacked during the Giants\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> against the Buccaneers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Robert Griffin III wound up in a since-closed loophole. The former Offensive Rookie of the Year\u2019s option was exercised by Washington back when the salary was only guaranteed against injury, and then he was released without payment after spending most of his fourth season as a third-stringer. That change to the rule, fully guaranteeing options, hurts Jones\u2019 case.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Closest_comparisons\"><\/span>Closest comparisons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The least likely scenario is for Jones to follow the path of the six quarterbacks who signed lucrative extensions after three seasons. Three others re-signed after four seasons, rendering the option moot.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants\u2019 fear, of course, is that they make the wrong decision and it all clicks for Jones somewhere else. But that only has happened once \u2014 when Tannehill signed an extension after three seasons, the Dolphins decided to move on after six and he found unexpected stardom with the Titans.<\/p>\n<p>So, where does Jones fit best in the spectrum?<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Trubisky\u2019s option was declined by the Bears in 2020 \u2014 the final year before options were fully guaranteed \u2014 despite a more accomplished three-year r\u00e9sum\u00e9 (Pro Bowl selection, playoff berth and 23-18 record) than Jones\u2019 (12-25, no playoffs). Trubisky\u2019s fourth season began with him having to beat out a veteran challenger (Nick Foles) and his fifth season was spent as a backup for the Bills under the watch of new Giants <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Joe Schoen and new head coach Brian Daboll. Now, Trubisky is eyeing a starting job entering free agency.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible Trubisky could follow two other former Bills quarterbacks (Jake Fromm and Davis Webb) to the Giants as Jones\u2019 chief competition. Wouldn\u2019t that be ironic?\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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