QB Daniel Jones’ Future With Giants Seems Skeptical Post Injury: Contract Details

For the Giants‘ encounter with the Raiders on Sunday, the 26-year-old quarterback Daniel Jones was back, but he did not leave Allegiant Stadium unharmed.

The Giants have had a difficult eight games, and their last eight games will be agonizingly longer for a squad that is currently experiencing a terrible season.

He appeared to have suffered a significant injury to his right knee on the last play of the first quarter and was down and out permanently on the opening play of the second.

It was unclear if quarterback Daniel Jones would stay with the Giants after the organization rejected his fifth-year option. Before Brian Daboll became the head coach of New York, he had spent three seasons with the team that were mediocre at best.

QB Daniel Jones’ Future With Giants Seems Skeptical Post Injury: Contract Details

Jones had a breakthrough season playing for Daboll. In addition to adding 708 yards and seven scores on the ground, he completed a career-high 67.2 percent of his throws for 3,205 yards, 15 touchdowns, and only five interceptions. Many were interested to see what the then-25-year-old might do with Daboll in another year since it appeared like he was only beginning to scrape the surface of his potential.

The Giants would need to sign Jones to a long-term contract since he was scheduled to become a free agency following the 2022 NFL season. That begged the issue of how much Jones would get in the current NFL quarterback market.

In the 2023 NFL offseason, Jones agreed to a four-year, $160 million contract with the Giants. According to Spotrac.com, the deal included $92 million in guarantees, placing him among the highest-paid quarterbacks in the National Football League.

The terms of Jones’ contract, which underwent a little modification when he consented to convert a portion of his basic pay into a signing bonus before to the 2023 NFL season, are shown below:

Year Base salary Bonuses Cap hit Dead cap
2023 $1,080,000 $14,355,000 $15,435,000 $81,500,000
2024 $35,500,000 $11,605,000 $47,105,000 $69,315,000
2025 $30,000,000 $11,605,000 $41,605,000 $22,210,000
2026 $46,500,000 $12,105,000 $58,605,000 $11,105,000

After missing three games due to a neck injury, Daniel Jones returned to the Giants starting lineup in Week 9. It was short lived.

Jones participated in the Giants’ first quarter before getting hurt on the opening play of the second quarter. As he lowered himself to pass, his right knee gave way beneath him. He landed on the grass, felt agony, and sought for his knee right away.

Jones managed to carefully leave the field on his own, but he made a hasty retreat to the New York locker room. After the half, he was formally ruled out, raising doubts about the severity of his non-contact injury.

The Giants ultimately suffered a noncompetitive 30-6 loss, and it looks like Jones will be out of the lineup for the rest of the year.

After throwing for just 909 yards, two touchdowns, and six interceptions in 2023, Jones’s season would be finished once verified, perhaps indicating the end of his time in New York.

Jones’ season is officially gone, but his injury may still affect him in the NFL in 2024. That raises some concerns about the Giants’ potential quarterback for the upcoming season.

Although $81 million in guarantees were included in Jones’ contract at the time of signing, it is not entirely guaranteed. According to Spotrac.com, it is the result of his basic pay for 2023 and 2024 as well as his whole $36 million signing bonus.

It would be challenging for the Giants to release Jones because of this. The Giants would have to absorb a dead-cap charge of more than $69.3 million in order to let him go during the 2024 NFL offseason. A dead-cap hit is a salary cap allocation meant to ensure money is spent on players who are no longer on the active roster. The Giants would really lose around $22.2 million in salary space by trading Jones because it is greater than his actual cap cost of $47.1 million for that season.

 

 

 

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