NY Giants releasing Daniel Jones somehow got even worse

The Daniel Jones era finally came to an end in late November when the NY Giants released him following an atrocious 2024 season. The Giants were 2-8 under Jones before Brian Daboll and the coaching staff decided to bench him and after he asked for a release, the Giants obliged, and an era that Giants fans hope to forget was finally over.

Jones decided to sign with the Minnesota Vikings because he wanted to join a playoff team and now the Vikings will get something that the G-Men never would. According to Peter Schrager, the Vikings can get a compensatory draft pick if Jones "dresses and is active for one regular season game".

Art Stapleton did point out that "This was not an avenue available to the Giants" but it's still frustrating for the fans. Jones didn't work out in New York and now another team could reap the benefits from him simply just dressing for a game. The Vikings can get more draft capital for Jones while the Giants continue to get laughed at and dunked on for signing him to the extension they gave him in the 2023 offseason.

Daniel Jones continues to screw over the NY Giants

Jones' 2022 performance paired with the G-Men making the playoffs helped get him that extension before the 2023 season. Of course, we all know now that signing Danny Dimes to the extension was a huge mistake but at the time, the Giants clearly thought the Duke product was trending in the right direction.

Unfortunately, the 2023 season was a huge bust for the Giants' former first-round pick as he started just six games and threw two touchdown passes versus six interceptions. We all know how poorly he played in 2024 and why moving on from him was the right move but now the Vikings will be rewarded for Jones simply throwing on pads for a regular-season game.

Hopefully the Giants learned from the Daniel Jones saga and the team can get a better starting quarterback for 2025 and beyond because no one wants to go through this again.