Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones were swiftly dumped into the deep end of NFL debuts, shouldering heavy pressure as young quarterback in the country's largest media market.
were swiftly dumped into the deep end of NFL debuts, shouldering heavy pressure as young quarterback in the country's largest media market.
“As a young player you can definitely get excited about what the future might hold or what things might look like, but at the end of the day you’ve got to be where your feet are,” Darnold said. “This sport, this position, it’s hard enough as it is. If you start worrying about the wrong things, it’ll come back to bite you.”
His breakthrough in 2022, which included an NFL-best interception rate and only eight turnovers in 16 games with a career-high 708 rushing yards and the first win by the Giants in the playoffs in 11 seasons, prompted a four-year, $160 million contract that put him among the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league. What followed in 2023 was simply interceptions, sacks and injuries. Jones missed three games with a neck problem, then tore his ACL in November.
The Vikings were partially responsible for the new deal the Giants gave Jones, after he shredded their secondary for two 300-yard performances in a four-game span including the wild card round win at Minnesota on Jan. 15, 2023. With no more guaranteed money on his deal after the season, the Giants would find moving on easier to manage with only his remaining signing bonus proration hitting their salary cap if they were to release him.
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