players like Barkley aren't wired like this. just saying
To this point, the Jones contract looks awful.
That looked like an undisciplined team to me. Bad O Line play, bad tackling, bad scheme, piss poor effort.
Effectively he's on a $80M/2 year deal with 2 years of possible extensions. If the Giants had tagged him twice it would have cost at least $71.3M. They wouldn't have extension options, any future tag leverage, or cap relief. Given that the Giants were prepared to tag him for 2023 I can understand their thinking. It's not the worst deal i've ever seen. On the flip side i've seen numerous rookies have multiple bad seasons, have a banner season in a contract year, and then go back to being sub-par.
Jones did make a leap in 2022 and did lead them to a playoff win. He obviously has a great agent.
This is the epitome of Joe Flacco all over again, although Flacco did actually have an amazing stretch of playoffs and led his team to a Super Bowl with decent play for like 4 games.
That loser can't even win the starting role in college....Goodluck
2021 wasn't exactly a tough target to surpass. I wouldn't have paid him what the Giants did. Not having a QB can be scary.
The early out is the saving grace on this one.
That's pretty much it. Panicked is the right term. But everybody with even minimal football knowledge was saying they should FT Jones first to see if last year was a fluke and try to sign Saquon to a 2-3 year deal at above average. Like $36-40 mil/ 3 year. Of course the RB devalue and worrying about injuries was a huge factor but signing Jones was the wrong move. The dude is a runner who throws a little more than any QB out there that we regularly troll. I think a lot of people were way too high on the Giants after last season. THey got off to a hot start due to an insanely easy schedule and the element of surprise. Tailed off in the second half of the season but got into the play-offs and to their credit, had a big game in Minny. But let's face it, Minny was a mirage too and had a defense that was awful. This year, the Giants have had a brutal schedule, they never addressed any of the weaknesses they've had for years and Jones has basically just regressed back to what he really is. He stares down his first read and is only effective when he doesn't have to think and runs around using his athleticism. The talent around him is non-existent and the coaches aren't making any adjustments to help him or that horrible Oline. Just a poorly built roster with nothing to hang their hat on besides Barkley and a few guys on the defensive front.
hope ny keeps him cause i,m a washington fan.you,d think he,d learn by now to not stare down recievers.the giants were stupid to give him such a huge deal,now it,s taking a bite out of them.
one less team in the nfc east to worry about.
