Giants QB Daniel Jones to switch agents as new contract looms

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is in the process of making an agent change with a new contract and free agency on the horizon, multiple sources told ESPN on Sunday.

Jones was being represented by CAA since being the sixth overall pick out of Duke in 2019. The expectations according to the sources is that he will be joining Athletes First in search of a long-term deal.

Jones, 25, did not have the fifth-year option in his rookie contract exercised last year by the Giants' new regime. But he had his most efficient season in a prove-it year and general manager Joe Schoen made it abundantly clear following the season that the Giants wanted to bring back their starting quarterback.

«We're happy Daniel's going to be here,» Schoen said back in January. «We're happy he's going to be here. Hopefully we can get something done with his representatives. And that would be the goal — to build a team around him where he can lead us and win a Super Bowl.»

The Giants will use the franchise tag on their quarterback if they are unable to get a long-term deal done before March 7, the deadline to use the tag. The non-exclusive tag for a quarterback is $32.4 million. But that would limit the team's ability to spend this offseason and upgrade the weapons Jones and the Giants lacked this past season.

The expectations prior to the agent switch was that a long-term deal with Jones would come in at more than $35 million per season, according to sources. That would currently put him inside the top 10 paid players at the position.

Jones, 25, led the Giants to a winning season for the first time this season, played brilliantly and won a playoff game, and greatly reduced the mistakes that plagued him earlier in his career. Jones had just nine