Well, it finally happened.
Daniel Jones is reportedly getting benched after the New York Giants’ bye week, which makes a ton of sense for a variety of reasons.
Firstly, he’s not very good.
Second, as NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo noted, benching him now “protects the team from next year’s $23 million injury guarantee.”
Third, this all sets up for the Giants to cut him with a lot less dead cap money than they would have had to put on their balance sheet in 2024.
Cutting him after this season means they’ll have just over $22 million in dead cap. If they had done it before this year, it would have been over $69 million.
