A plethora of NFL writers and reporters anticipate that the New York Giants will both give Daniel Jones one final probability to show he might be the membership’s franchise quarterback or use a excessive 2024 draft decide to amass Jones’ eventual substitute.
For a bit printed Thursday, Gilberto Manzano of Sports activities Illustrated suggested that Giants normal supervisor Joe Schoen ought to a minimum of contemplate signing Minnesota Vikings signal-caller Kirk Cousins assuming Cousins reaches the open market subsequent month.
“Pairing Cousins with coach Brian Daboll could be enjoyable to observe,” Manzano defined. “Daboll is considered the most effective play-callers within the NFL, however his offensive scheme struggled attributable to poor quarterback play final season between Jones, Tyrod Taylor and Tommy DeVito. New York has about $19M in cap house to presumably make a run at Cousins.”
Moreover, Manzano identified that mock drafts shared by retailers similar to ESPN and CBS Sports routinely predict that not one of the marketed high quarterback prospects on this 12 months’s draft class can be out there to the Giants at decide No. 6.
There’s loads to unpack right here.
Final week, Charlotte Carroll of The Athletic famous that the Giants may lengthen their out there salary-cap house “to greater than $80M.” That does not imply Schoen would pay Cousins, and there isn’t any cause to consider the veteran coming off a torn Achilles who turns 36 years previous this August would wish to be part of the Giants.
The Giants probably will not commerce Jones in 2024 and, thus, are stuck with the 26-year-old’s contract for a minimum of yet another season. Paying him to primarily take a redshirt 12 months and sit behind Cousins makes little sense for anyone concerned, particularly if reports claiming that Schoen will let star working again Saquon Barkley attain free company in March are correct.
Huge Blue completed the 2023 season 6-11 and should have to hit a number of house runs in free company and the upcoming draft to compete for even a wild-card playoff berth subsequent season with or with out Cousins on the roster. Schoen nearly definitely will goal a official backup in free company who may push Jones throughout summer time coaching camp classes, however Cousins probably is not on the manager’s want checklist.