NFL Fans Had Lots of Jokes About Daniel Jones’s Monster New Deal With Giants

The QB got PAID.

Daniel Jones and the New York Giants came right down to the wire, barely beating the Tuesday deadline to use the franchise tag by agreeing to a monster four-year, $160 million extension with the possibility to earn up to another $35 million in incentives. 

That’s not too bad for a quarterback who has won just one playoff game in his four-year NFL career. 

Jones, however, is coming off a fine season in which he picked up that first playoff win on the road over the Vikings, before getting blown out by the Eagles in the divisional round. 

But yeah, that is a lot of money for a QB who hasn’t had the most success.

Here’s the details on the deal: 

Source: The Giants and QB Daniel Jones have agreed to a four-year, $160 million deal, with an additional $35 million that Jones can make in incentives.

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 7, 2023

Giants QB Daniel Jones will take home $82 million over the first two years of his four-year, $160 million deal, per source. So the base of the first two years of his deal bests the three-year base in Geno Smith's deal.

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 7, 2023

NFL figures and observers had lots of jokes about all of that money: 

Lamar Jackson showing the Daniel Jones contract to Ravens management pic.twitter.com/FOEJMojvvd

— Mekka Don (@MekkaDonMusic) March 7, 2023

Derek Carr got 37.5 million per year
Geno Smith got 35 million per year
AIN’T NO WAY DANIEL JONES SHOULD GET 40 MILLION OR MORE PER YEAR.

— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) March 7, 2023

Vikings defense got Daniel Jones PAID 😂 https://t.co/J0T5OtvbA9 pic.twitter.com/iup6EBDL2h

— Isaac “Brooks” Wenzel (@BrooksRadio) March 7, 2023

Daniel Jones’ agent is a God for this https://t.co/KQ3KJHhLaS

— Nino Alibegic (@ninoalibegic) March 7, 2023

$40M/year for Daniel Jones pic.twitter.com/AUWhfjFXcB

— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) March 7, 2023

Daniel Jones getting a 4-year $160 million deal is excellent news for the Philadelphia Eagles.

— Brenden Deeg (@BrendenDeeg_) March 7, 2023

Daniel Jones is 1-5 in career starts against the Dallas Cowboys. https://t.co/wLcxiMP6Uc

— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) March 7, 2023

I wouldn't give Daniel Jones $17.50 an hour.

— Jim Murray (@bigjimmurray) March 7, 2023

Jimmy G’s agent when he sees Daniel Jones contract pic.twitter.com/OOQdXMA5Af

— Eric Crocker 🥷🏾 (@Crocky209) March 7, 2023

Everyone involved in both sides of the Daniel Jones negotiation deserves an adult beverage this evening

— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) March 7, 2023

Joe Burrow after seeing that Daniel Jones contract pic.twitter.com/jdCaA2D8JD

— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) March 7, 2023

If you would've told me one year ago that Daniel Jones played 16 of 17 games, threw 15 TD passes in 2022, and then fetched $40 million per season a couple of months later, I would've fallen out of my chair.

— Dustin Baker (@DustBaker) March 7, 2023