How Danny Dimes Become Danny Dollars

AND HOW YOUR TEAM'S EMBATTLED QUARTERBACK CAN DO THE SAME-IF HIS ORGANIZATION LETS HIM

IF YOU SPENT the last year in a cave unable to receive foot ball related information perhaps your NFL Cave subscription expired), the current landscape would be a surprising one to take in as it pertains to the quarterback position.

Geno Smith is a franchise quarterback now. With the Seahawks. He broke Russell Wilson’s single-season franchise passing record. Jared Goffis good, maybe on the verge of being really good. According to advanced metrics considered among the best measures of quarterback performance—a composite of completion percentage over expectation CPOE) and expected points added per down EPA)—Goff ranked ninth during the 2022 regular season, ahead of former MVPs Lamar Jackson, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers as well as a potential future MVP, Justin Herbert).

And Daniel Jones? The one you made fun of when the Giants selected him with the sixth pick of the 2019 draft because he looked like Eli Manning? Despite throwing to a collection of receivers that would most charitably be labeled as backup caliber,” he just finished a breakout season, keying a fivewin improvement for New York and putting on a masterful performance in a road-playoff victory over the 13-win Vikings.

For Jones, the timing couldn’t have been better. He entered the season in limbo after the team announced last April that it would turn down the fifth-year option on his rookie contract, which would have paid him a little more than 22 million in 2023. Back then, it put Jones on an uncertain course for unrestricted free agency. Now at least for his agent) the idea of Jones playing on a one-year, 22 million contract is laughable.