Joe Schoen was “cautiously optimistic” in getting contract agreements done with both Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley when he arrived at the NFL Combine, but after meeting with Jones’ representatives every day this week, the Giants GM wishes the two sides were closer to an agreement.
“You’re starting to feel the time crunch a little bit,” Schoen said Thursday morning on NFL Network. “I wish we were a little bit closer on a deal than what we are right now. But again, there’s still time.”
There is time, but not much. The deadline for New York to place the franchise tag on Jones is Tuesday, and is something Schoen has said he will do if the two sides can’t come to an agreement. That franchise tag would pay Jones $32.4 million next season.
The franchise tag would mean less salary cap room for the team to make other needed moves, including re-signing Barkley. So, agreeing to a new contract would be the preferred outcome, but it doesn’t seem like the sides are any closer to an agreement than they were at the start of this week.
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