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Originally Posted by albany ed
Are you talking about franchise tag on Jones? Before his injury, I was on record as saying I would franchise him instead of offering a long term contract. Since his injury, I would not franchise him. I'd offer him a 3 year contract with a very small signing bonus. Salary starts out not very large in year 1, much larger in year two and collossal in year 3. If he comes back strong, great. If he turns into the NY Giants version of DJ, he never gets the year 3 salary.
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DJ hasn’t shown enough that I’d tie the team to him long term. He certainly played well most of the time, but we did see the Giants version as well with the turnovers and now injury. There is certainly not enough there to convince me he is the future. He’s also likely the best option at this point. They have to work out a deal that lets them out quickly. Something like the structure you suggest works.