for picking up the fifth year
options on the first round player. Contracts from the 2019
draft. It's every man a heading into the players fourth year
and some of them have already been exercise. I remember when
this phenomenon first came around 10 years or so ago.
Someone insisted that. No team would ever do it before
the deadline because at the time it was guaranteed for injury and
if a guy suffers an injury during the offseason program,
you want to be able to wiggle out from under that, well,
teams have ignored that they've gone. Go ahead and exercised it
repeatedly. Now, it's fully guaranteed. Guaranteed for
skill, injury and cap from the moment. It is exercised.
Some of them are no-brainers. You saw calamari TBD.
I have a feeling. Yeah, they're gonna hurt you. Sighs
calamari's option.
The real question is Daniel Jones.
And remember, we were all over this from the moment. They
introduce Joe Shane as the GM.
And they praise, praise, praise, praise praise Daniel Jones.
They bring in Brian De Bolsa coach. Praise praise praise.
Praise Daniel Jones. Okay, when you picking up the 50 yard,
Shane and Shane told us the scouting combine.
Well, we haven't really been around. Him will have a chance
to be around them. Well, you know what? You're around him
and you haven't picked it up yet.
And there's some people who think they're not going to do
it and it's a, it's a
fascinating psychological exercise. Do you want to
guarantee 22 million for 2023? Do you want to make him earn
it? Do you want to put yourself in a position where you have to
franchise tag him if he has
a great year in 22, you're talking about 1112 million
dollar difference potentially. Yeah, right.
I know one year contract if you have to franchise tag him and
you move a year closer to the Kirk Cousins scenario, where he
walks away
as a free agent because you're not going to use the third tag.
These are very real concerns
for the Giants as they try to make this decision. You got 22
million fully guaranteed riding on. It's a hell of a bet to
make. It's a hell of a bet. I wouldn't do it as much as
I support, Daniel Jones being the starting quarterback of
the New York Giants,
and I know that they have not supported him well
and he's been around, you know, we talked about
You know, quarterbacks earlier here, different offense of we
taught you talk about Baker Mayfield. What he had to deal
with. I know, what did he have to deal with? What it was worse
than Daniel Jones did? Probably not. I mean, probably not, at
least Baker had people in front of them can block, at least he
had, you know, a running game to go along with it and like
a top-10 defense and some Talent there. That's where
you know, it's unfair to Daniel Jones from that standpoint, but
I still think it's best for business. If you're the New
York Giants. Not to do the fifth year option.
I think they, they want to. I
I get the sense that the
the Giants really think he's the guy. They just got to get
to the point where
we just got to put a little help on him so he can confirm
it for us on the football field and smooth it over with the fan
base. So they see it too and I wouldn't be surprised if this
is one of those things where,
you know, hey, we don't fifth year option, but
he plays pretty good this year and we get to week 9 or 10 and
it's Been good from Daniel Jones and they go. Okay. He's
the guy for the future. Maybe let's work out a deal here
for three, four year contract, something of that nature.
I wouldn't be shocked at that as but I wouldn't I wouldn't do
the fifth year option. Mike, if I was a Giants, I don't know.
What do you think?
Well, I would neither. Yeah,
but the reason it's even an issue is because they were so
effusive in their Praise of Daniel, Joe know when they
hired Shane, and when they hired a ball, right? That it
the only way that that,
that commentary has has any credibility as if they pick up
the fifth year option, it was so strong and we can find
the words and maybe I'll write something about it at PFT, but
it was so strong. It seemed like a no-brainer that they
would pick up the fifth year option.
So then when they back off and say, well, you know, we got
a month around and that's the other thing too. Shane says,
well, we don't really know him.
We got some time to get to know him. If they don't pick up
the option after that, then the implication is we don't like
what we've seen so far.
We were wrong,
isn't that it, if that's your excuse for not doing, Dang it.
We haven't had a chance to be around him
and they've had a month to be around him
and they say at the end of that month,
will pass on the 5th year option.
That's not the kind of
atmosphere that you want to set to have a successful
quarterback. But but it's a 22 million dollar Gamble and
there's twelve million dollars riding on this. And people will
say it's a good problem to have. If you have to use the
franchise tag next year in ago, she ate a long-term deal based
on the franchise tag, you're talking about a huge potential
difference. Yeah, and from their perspective, hey, if you
works out, fine will pay the money.
If he doesn't we walk away scot-free or scotch free is
the case may be. So
I don't know. I don't think they should. I just think
they're going to have some
some awkward conversations and explanations. If they don't
based upon the things they've already said publicly. Yeah,
I hear you. I mean, I hear you. And again, you know, also,
I think they just got the job. They're trying to kick. The can
down the road, a little The conversation,
you know, they are being honest. Like hey fifth your
option. We haven't even met the guy yet. So hold on a second.
Like I think there is part of that sure.
I understand what you're saying about the psyche of the whole
thing to. Yes, but damn I mean if you can't handle that then
you can't handle the heat being the quarterback in New York.
Anyway agree, you
know, so I agree there's all those things and to Mike I just
from anybody you talk to with the Giants. It's been there. My
little brief interactions with Daniel Jones.
We're talking about Out a professional here. He's a guy
that gets it. He understands that it's it's like he's not in
the position to wear any team. Should just be given them. Like
hey, here's 22 million and we'll just see
where it goes. I think he understands that that he's got
a he's got to do a little bit better. He's not going to blame
the team, the team's,
you know, they're picking up the slack on that end go and we
haven't done the best for him. We'll see where it goes. But as
much as I like him and I believe in. I'm yeah, I as
a Giants fan, I don't think you do that as
far as business is concerned. Concerned.