After days of hard-fought, down-to-the wire working out the New York Giants reached a brand-new four-year agreement with quarterback Daniel Jones on Tuesday and put a franchise tag on running back Saquon Barkley.
An individual with understanding of the circumstance informed the Associated Press the Giants and representatives for Jones reached the brand-new offer with the franchise tag due date minutes away. The individual talked to the AP on the condition of privacy due to the fact that the group had not yet made the offer public.
With Jones under agreement, the Giants utilized their franchise tag on running back Saquon Barkley, the group revealed.
Barkley’s tag is nonexclusive, which suggests he has the ability to work out an agreement with other groups in addition to the Giants. New york city would can match any group’s deal and likewise would get 2 first-round draft chooses if they chose not to match.
The No 2 total choice in the 2018 draft and the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year that season would make simply over $10 million playing on the tag.
The offers followed Jones provided a profession season in leading the group back to the playoffs for the very first time given that 2016.
Jones and his brand-new representatives had conferences with Giants basic supervisor Joe Schoen at the NFL integrate recently and continued to work over the previous week to get the brand-new agreement in location.
The Giants had actually declined to get the fifth-year choice on Jones’ novice agreement prior to the start of the 2022 season. He was set to end up being an unlimited totally free representative on 15 March.
The No 6 choice in general in the 2019 draft, Jones had his breakout season in leading New York to a 9-7-1 record. Dealing with brand-new head coach Brian Daboll’s offense, Jones reacted by tossing for 3,205 backyards, 15 goals and 5 interceptions. He likewise included another measurement to the offense by running for a quarterback franchise record 708 backyards and 7 goal.
The Giants’ had their very first winning season considering that ’16– and included a playoff win over Minnesota in the wild-card round. The Philadelphia Eagles surged them in the NFC semi-final.
Signing Jones permitted the Giants to tag Barkley, who likewise was an unlimited complimentary representative. Barkley had his finest and healthiest season given that 2018, hurrying for 1,312 lawns and 10 goals. He likewise captured 57 passes for 338 backyards.
The Giants had actually begun the offseason with approximately $46m in cap area. Security and leading tackler Julian Love, offending linemen Jon Feliciano an