Daniel Jones contract details: How much dead cap will the Giants get if they cut him in 2025?

Well, it finally happened.

Daniel Jones is reportedly getting benched after the New York Giants’ bye week, which makes a ton of sense for a variety of reasons.

Firstly, he’s not very good.

Second, as NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo noted, benching him now “protects the team from next year’s $23 million injury guarantee.”

Third, this all sets up for the Giants to cut him with a lot less dead cap money than they would have had to put on their balance sheet in 2024.

Cutting him after this season means they’ll have just over $22 million in dead cap. If they had done it before this year, it would have been over $69 million.