Giants would be inviting chaos if they use a high draft pick on a QB
NY Post
He knew what would happen. And he wanted no part of it and so he got out.
It was April 28, 2004 when it became official. The Giants released Kerry Collins, their No. 1 quarterback — during one stretch he started 67 consecutive games — when he refused to accept a pay cut to stay with the team. Four days earlier, then-general manager Ernie Accorsi pulled off a bold and daring draft day trade, acquiring Eli Manning from the Chargers. The plan the Giants wanted to enact was to keep Collins the proven veteran around to start until Manning the rookie was ready to take over.
Collins was 31 years old and had no interest in a role as a caretaker quarterback.
“Unless the guy’s just an absolute, total flop, your days are numbered,’’ Collins told The Post from his home in Tennessee. “You draft somebody that high, everybody is clamoring to see him on the field and see what he can do. They’re counting down the days until you’re not in there anymore and the other guy is in. That’s just the way it is.’’
That is not exactly the way it will go down for Daniel Jones if the Giants on Thursday night take a quarterback up high in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Jones is guaranteed $36 million for the 2024 season and thus he is un-cuttable.
General manager Joe Schoen has said time and again that if Jones is healthy — he is coming off knee surgery — the expectation is he will be the opening day starter. But if there is a highly touted rookie quarterback on the scene, the starting meter on Jones begins winding down, tick, tick, tick and sooner, rather than later, it will expire.
The Jets were quiet on Day 2 of free agency after adding a new quarterback Monday.
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The Jets kicked off free agency by keeping one of their own.