Daniel Jones injury guarantee could add to Giants' QB dilemma - ESPN

Long before Daniel Jones' $23 million injury guarantee for the 2025 season could potentially become an issue, the New York Giants already were mulling their quarterback options.

Amid questions about Jones' future in New York, the Giants will face a quarterback on Sunday that they strongly considered trading up to draft.

During the offseason edition of «Hard Knocks» on Cinemax, Giants general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll were sitting together when they began assessing one of the top quarterbacks in the 2024 draft class.

«Daniels,» Schoen said, referring to Heisman Trophy-winning LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels. «Have you guys seen enough that you would trade up for him?»

To which Daboll replied, «Daniels? I would.»

The Giants were unable to move up as high as No. 2 in the draft and instead, the Commanders stayed in that slot and drafted their quarterback of the future and the player that New York will face Sunday in Washington.

As the Giants prepare to face Daniels for the first time, they also will have to be prepared for the questions that are tracking to come up at some point this season — the same situations other teams have faced with their quarterbacks in recent seasons.

Jones has a $23 million injury guarantee for 2025 that becomes fully guaranteed if he gets injured and is unable to pass a physical in the offseason. In recent seasons, other NFL teams have benched quarterbacks to avoid triggering injury guarantees.

This happened last season in Denver when the Broncos benched Russell Wilson, who returns to Denver on Sunday with the Steelers, before he could potentially suffer an injury and trigger a $37 million guarantee for 2024.

Also last season, the Raiders benched Jimmy Garoppolo rather than