Despite signing a four-year, $160 million contract, Jones may effectively be used as a bridge quarterback by removing the 2024 option, which would result in $22.2 million in dead salary. If the Giants don’t plan ahead and free up salary space from his contract, they will be unable to sign free agents. They can restructure Dexter Lawrence and Andrew Thomas to free up about $25 million. He has a $69.3 million dead money hit this upcoming season with a $47.1 cap hit.
Think about this: if the Giants split the contract between 2025 and 2026, they would save at least $20 million by cutting him after the 2025 season. It is better for them to draft a rookie quarterback as quarterback.
With 2:50 left, the Islanders gave up three goals, suffering their 14th overtime loss of the season and again leaving a much-needed point on the board.”It was a big game with a lot of emotion,” Mathew Barzal said. “Whether it’s a point or not. Of course it’s nice to be ranked, but it was a big game and it was emotional, so it’s a shame not to get two. The best linemen were sent to the box, which sent the Islanders to the fifth shortstop of the game From a sharp
angle in the left circle, Mika Zibanejad beat Ilya Sorokin’s one-timer to tie the game for the Rangers.”They made their power plays count when they needed to,” Casey Cizikas said. “It’s tough as an assassin. You take a lot of pride in what we do over there, and we just have to get the job done. We have to do the murders. We have to get out of the box first. It’s hard and it’s been hard for us.Three goals down, it was the 12th game this season where the Islanders allowed multiple goals in penalty kicks, marring a perfect performance from their power
play.Anders Lee snapped a nine-game scoring drought early in the second period to give the Islanders their biggest lead of the game, 4-1.It seemed as if the stormy winds at the Meadowlands had turned in the Islanders’ favor, especially since Lee’s score was the team’s fourth in a row at the time.Goals from Barzal, Bo Horvat and Brock Nelson gave the Islanders a 3-1 lead at the first intermission, seemingly erasing Erik Gustafsson’s opener for the Rangers.”We didn’t get off to a great start,” Nelson said. “They got a turnover early, but I thought we did a good job of responding and getting some momentum. We were able to put together some good turnovers that we were able to capitalize on.”But even with such a seemingly safe lead, the Islanders penalty kick was a bolt that wasn’t tight enough.With Lee sitting in the bo
, Vincent Trocheck cut the Islanders’ lead in half. Trocheck pulled the Rangers within one with his second goal of the game.Aleksandr Romanov gave the Islanders a cushion to open the third period, but it wasn’t comfortable enough as their Achilles heel began to swell.”We didn’t feel [the pressure] until we were in the box and had to kill,” Lee said. “We found ourselves in the box and couldn’t get a kill tonight against a very good power play.”With a record of 22-18-14, the Islanders take a valuable spot in the wild-card race, but fall short of the second-place finish that will likely come together this season when all is said and done..
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