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BOULDER, COLORADO – NOVEMBER 16: New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen is on the sideline before the game between the Colorado Buffaloes and Utah Utes at Folsom Field on November 16, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

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New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen has had an interesting year since Saquon Barkley left in free agency this offseason and signed with the rival Philadelphia Eagles, to the team’s benching and eventual release of quarterback Daniel Jones.

However, Schoen is reportedly safe for now.

Accordingly Jonathan Jones “Multiple sources reiterated this week that Giants owner John Mara plans to keep Schoen beyond this year. Mara has publicly stated this, and Schoen followed suit with his boss last week,” from CBS Sports.

He added that while the four-year, $160 million contract Jones signed for was incredibly slim, “Mara is present in day-to-day operations so he understands why and how the contract was awarded in the first place.”

Chris Trapasso @ChrisTrapasso

…will forever be weird Schoen decided to extend Jones after the playoff win, especially considering what he saw firsthand in the Bills/Tyrod, a team that set out to draft Allen right after the playoffs .
…unless Schoen had the final say on Jones’ decision https://t.co/Vl8fnk6ZTZ

The Giants have painted themselves into a bit of a corner with both Barkley and Jones entering free agency in the 2023 offseason. Barkley reportedly turned down a deal that would have earned him an average of $13 million per season; That resulted in a slightly higher AAV than the $37.7 million he received in his three-year career with the Eagles, but that deal came with another year of attrition. and suffered lacerations to his upper body, and the Giants chose to franchise tag him.

That meant running the risk of losing Jones in free agency with no tag as a security blanket if negotiations went bad. And Jones was coming off a 2022 season in which he threw for 3,205 yards, 15 touchdowns and five interceptions, completed 67.2 percent of his passes and led the Giants to 9-7-1 and a playoff berth.

While those numbers weren’t exactly accurate, they marked his best season as a pro and gave hope that Jones could be a solid game manager. No, he was never going to be Patrick Mahomes, but with the right coaching staff and talent around him, maybe he could still be the type of quarterback who could consistently lead the Giants into the postseason.

But signing him to a four-year, $160 million deal was undoubtedly an overpayment even in an incredibly inflated quarterback market. And the deal has aged badly; Jones tore his ACL in 2023, cutting his season short and was also poor in 2024, throwing eight touchdowns and seven interceptions in 10 starts as the Giants went 2-8 in those contests.

Ralph Vacchiano @RalphVacchiano

Daniel Jones said the $23 million injury guarantee “was definitely part of the conversation” when he talked to GM Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll.
But he said the reason he was given the decision was because “They’re trying to change things.”

It was a logical move to rid themselves of the remainder of his contract and the $23 million guaranteed in 2025 in case of injury only. If Jones had not been waived during the season, he certainly would have been waived in the offseason.

Now New York has a big need for a point guard, and he will likely be the starter to fill that need. And Schoen will reportedly be trusted to lead that search.

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