{"id":15198,"date":"2024-11-27T22:32:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15198"},"modified":"2024-11-27T22:32:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:32:49","slug":"report-daniel-jones-could-still-sign-with-another-qb-needy-team-despite-joining-minnesota-vikings-practice-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15198","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Daniel Jones Could Still Sign With Another QB-Needy Team Despite Joining Minnesota Vikings Practice Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, it was announced that recently released quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/daniel-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Jones<\/a>\u00a0would be signing with the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>\u00a0on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>The contract is worth $375,000 and places him on the Viking\u2019s practice squad, making him the fourth option behind\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/sam-darnold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Darnold<\/a>, Nick Mullens, and Brett Rypien, who are all on the active roster.<\/p>\n<p>This scenario is very interesting for Jones, who could still sign with a new team within the next three weeks if another quarterback goes down with an injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Contract update: Daniel Jones\u2019 is signing a one-year deal with the Vikings through the remainder of this season for $375,000, per source.<\/p>\n<p>He will start out on the Vikings\u2019 practice squad, and Jones still could sign with another team if another starting quarterback went down in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LP09RNeJ8G\">pic.twitter.com\/LP09RNeJ8G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1861802069817958515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When a team does sign a player off another organization\u2019s practice squad, the player must be signed to the 53-man active roster.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jones is unlikely to contemplate this scenario unless the team is of playoff caliber.<\/p>\n<p>While still a free agent, he prioritized going to a well-established team and possibly being the backup rather than the starter on a struggling franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is also set to become a free agent at the end of the year, so he will likely use this time to reset and refocus before even considering becoming a starter again.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-daniel-jones-will-still-get-millions-from-the-giants\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Daniel Jones Will Still get Millions From The Giants<\/h2>\n<p>Jones still had two years left of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/29041\/daniel-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four-year $160 million<\/a>\u00a0extension with New York.<\/p>\n<p>Just because they cut him does not mean they don\u2019t owe him any more of that money. Since he passed through waivers, the Giants still owe him $11.83 million.<\/p>\n<p>A large price tag for a player is not even on the team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; On Wednesday, it was announced that recently released quarterback\u00a0Daniel Jones\u00a0would be signing with the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0on a one-year deal. The contract is worth $375,000 and places him on &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15200,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198\/revisions\/15200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}