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After virtually six seasons with the New York Giants, the staff that chosen him with the No. 6 general decide within the 2019 NFL Draft, quarterback Daniel Jones is now a free agent.
He was launched days in the past after the staff determined to bench him in favor of Tommy DeVito, and there are certain to be a handful of groups that shall be inquisitive about signing the veteran.
One staff anticipated to be on the prime of the listing of suitors for Jones is the Minnesota Vikings, who’re competing for the NFC North title with a 9-2 document.
Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell lately relayed some constructive ideas on the 27-year-old.
“I can just say that I’ve been a big fan of Daniel’s for a long time and I hope wherever his next step takes him, it’s a good opportunity for him,” O’Connell stated, by way of Kevin Seifert of ESPN.
Kevin O’Connell earlier immediately on Daniel Jones: “I can just say that I’ve been a big fan of Daniel’s for a long time and I hope wherever his next step takes him, it’s a good opportunity for him.” https://t.co/S5Fy5yferd
However with a number of groups anticipated to have an interest, Jones reportedly will take a while earlier than deciding which one to hitch.
“With a lot of moving pieces, Daniel Jones is not expected to make an immediate decision,” NFL Community insider Ian Rapoport wrote on X.
With a number of transferring items, Daniel Jones isn’t anticipated to make a right away choice. https://t.co/LMBro2CzgT
Jones had respectable manufacturing as a rookie in 2019, and later led New York to the playoffs within the 2022 season, however general he has been a significant disappointment, and by final season, followers and even perhaps the group had given up on him.
He tore his ACL final season, and in 10 video games this 12 months, he threw for two,070 yards with eight touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
In all chance, his NFL destiny from this level ahead is as a backup, but when he joins Minnesota, maybe he can discover some inspiration from Vikings beginning quarterback Sam Darnold.
Darnold, like Jones, was a really excessive draft decide a number of years in the past however was dismissed as a bust, but this season he has performed at a Professional Bowl degree and resurrected his profession within the blink of a watch.
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