It’s authorities. In terms of yearly typical wage, Daniel Jones is the seventh-highest paid gamer in the NFL.
His 4 year, $160 million agreement extension pays him as much per season as NFC equivalents Dak Prescott and Matthew Stafford. He’ll take house $82 million in warranties — more than all however 7 other gamers in the league and more than 3 times as much as he made to go 21-31-1 in 4 years as a beginning quarterback. He made this agreement after tossing 15 goal passes in 16 videogames in2022 He ranked second-to-last amongst certified beginners with an average pass range of simply 6.4 backyards downfield.
All this, insomeway, isn’t as bad as it appears.
Daniel Jones’ $82M ensured at finalizing ranks 8th in the league, and protects him $10M more than 2 franchise tags would haveactually paid him. https://t.co/D8MyLptW9K
— Spotrac (@spotrac) March 7, 2023
First, let’s appearance at how we got here. Jones had the 5th year choice on his novice agreement decreased following 2 horrible seasons under the stewardship of Joe Judge in 2020 and 2021 (his novice year, while not fantastic by any suggests, was primarily fine for a brand-new QB). He then produced his finest season as a professional with Brian Daboll manning the sideline, producing profession highs in passer ranking, QBR and fourth-quarter resurgences, a profession low in turnover rate (just 8 in 16 videogames) and even a playoff win (over a deceptive Vikings group, however still).
This left him in familiar area when surveyed by a likewise derided veryfirst round choice. Blake Bortles led the Jacksonville Jaguars within one quarter of a Super Bowl in 2017, the last year of a novice agreement the group atfirst was excited to shed. Rather than let him test totallyfree firm, the Jags tattooed him to a three-year, $54 million offer. That didn’t pan out, and Jacksonville was able to release him the following offseason with restricted cap implications.
The Giants weren’t able to pull that off with its irregular, young and possibly readilyavailable quarterback (though coincidentally the Bortles pact is comparable to the agreement extension Geno Smith simply signed in Seattle). Jones made an additional year on his offer, efficiently connecting him to the club through 2024 (at which point he can mostlikely angle for another extension needto he continue to outplay expectations or prepare for his impending release if he does not).
Bortles’ offer paid him approximately 10.2 percent of the 2018 sal