Here's the thing though, nobody was going to pay him. Raiders wanted Jimmy because of McDaniels; Jets wanted Carr, while the other teams either have qbs or were trying to develop them. The only team that might have signed him was Tampa, and Baker>>>Daniel everyday.
but all that does is mess up his bag while guaranteeing he has no reason to return to you.
and let's be real, Tampa getting Mayfield signified 2 things to fans:
1. He might fukk around and lose his job to Kyle Trask.
2. they're punting the season away. All you're doing is praying lightning strikes twice with another distressed QB where you're right back to either paying that QB an absurd amount of money or being out of a QB again. Either way, it's not a solution beneficial to anyone's job security.
and let's keep it a hundred. Let's say Daniel Jones proves he's not worth the deal a year and gets let go and the Giants are ass as a result. They're not drafting Young. They're not drafting Stroud. They're not drafting Richardson. They're taking Will Levis, who if he's lucky, will turn out to be Daniel Jones.