Giants GM Joe Schoen says Daniel Jones is starter when healthy, but team will address QB position in offseason

The New York Giants extended themselves last offseason and handed Daniel Jones a four-year contract worth $160 million. To this point, the organization hasn’t exactly received the caliber of play from the quarterback position that costs an average of $40 million per season. To make matters worse, Jones suffered a season-ending ACL tear in early November that puts his availability for the start of the 2024 campaign into question. Despite this shaky start in Jones’ first year of his new deal, the front office still appears to be behind him. 

With New York now in its Week 13 bye following a win over the Patriots on Sunday, general manager Joe Schoen told reporters on Monday that he’s confident Jones will attack his rehab and is still the franchise’s starter whenever he returns to full strength. 

“The expectation is when Daniel is healthy that he will be our starting quarterback,” said Schoen, via SNY. “At the end, we don’t have a crystal ball in terms of how the rehab is going to go. Different patients respond differently to these surgeries whether there’s swelling in the knee or any setbacks. Again, nobody has a crystal ball in this but that’s the expectation moving forward.”

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Author : Tyler Sullivan

Publish date : 2023-11-27 18:36:28

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