Daniel Jones Has One Crucial Preference for His Next Team After Giants Release

The ex-New York quarterback reportedly won't go just anywhere.

Daniel Jones on Nov. 8 in Munich. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

After six years with the New York Giants, quarterback Daniel Jones finds himself free to join any team.

The Giants cut Jones on Friday after a mostly unsatisfactory tenure for both parties. Jones has thrown eight touchdowns against seven interceptions in 2024, rendering the four-year, $160 million contract he signed in March 2023 an albatross.

With these events in mind, Jones reportedly has a simple criterion for choosing which team he joins next.

"Jones... is expected to have multiple options but likely will prefer to finish this season on a playoff-contending team, where he will be involved in big games, rather than going to a meandering quarterback-needy team not remotely in playoff contention," ESPN's Adam Schefter wrote Saturday afternoon.

The Duke product is expected, per Schefter, to formally become a free agent once he clears waivers Monday afternoon.

Over the course of his career with New York, Jones threw 70 touchdowns against 47 interceptions while the Giants went 24-44-1 in his starts.

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