New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is heading into his fourth NFL season and will probably be a telling one for each he and the Giants.
The sixth total choice within the 2019 NFL draft has had a making an attempt profession so far, riddled with accidents, teaching adjustments and a rotating solid of questionable expertise round him.
New basic supervisor Joe Schoen and incoming head coach Brian Daboll have made the choice to maneuver ahead with Jones below heart. The query is, for a way lengthy?
Jones’ fifth-year choice is due by Could 2. The Giants are nonetheless undecided on whether or not they need to train or decline the choice. In the event that they train, Jones will get two extra seasons in blue — this one and the following — and can earn roughly $22 million in 2023.
If the Giants decline the choice, Jones shall be actually singing for his supper this season as an impending 2023 free agent.
Schoen was requested on the NFL Mix in Indianapolis this week if the workforce had decided on Jones’ future. Granted, the teaching employees has not met in full as of but and lots of roster choices are hanging within the steadiness.
“Not but,” he mentioned. “We’re nonetheless working via all that. We’re going to be affected person and undergo the method.”
The Giants will probably take a very good take a look at the quarterback class on this yr’s draft and see if anybody bowls them over. That begins this week on the mix.
The Giants maintain the fifth and seventh total alternatives within the upcoming draft and are within the driver’s seat to both a) draft a quarterback this season or b) commerce for draft capital to set them as much as draft one subsequent yr.
Jones has proven flashes of competence however primarily his efficiency has been inconsistent. Many level to the weak infrastructure Jones has needed to cope with the previous three years however others will say he’s simply not gifted sufficient to beat adversity.
We are going to see the place the Giants stand within the subsequent two months.
