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The New York Giants and Daniel Jones' agency are apparently not close to reaching an agreement on a long-term contract extension. According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, neither party will leave the NFL combine in Indianapolis with a deal to retain Jones with the Giants for the foreseeable future.
With the franchise tag deadline approaching in two days, Pelissero also indicated that the Giants will use the non-exclusive tag on Jones if they are unable to strike an agreement by Tuesday. Jones' 2023 compensation will be $32.416 million, $13 million less than his stated initial offer of $45 million per year. Jones would also be able to negotiate with other teams with the non-exclusive tag.
Jones will become a free agent at the end of the month if the Giants do not take up the fifth-year option on his contract before the start of last season, or if they elect to tag running back Saquon Barkley for $10 million instead. Jones was selected sixth overall in the 2019 NFL Draft. His first few years in the NFL were generally forgotten (or noteworthy for the wrong reasons), but things changed when the Giants sacked head coach Joe Judge after the 2021 season and replaced him with Brian Daboll. Jones had his greatest season in the NFL under Daboll, tossing 15 touchdowns for a career-high 3,205 yards and running for 708 yards with seven scores. He also reduced his interceptions from 12 in his debut year to 5 in 2022, as well as his fumbles from 19 in his rookie year to six in 2022.
Of course, Jones having only one really excellent winning season in the NFL out of four is a factor in this equation. It's a lot of money to pay a quarterback you're not sure about for four or five years. That's why the Giants look more likely than ever to sign Jones on a non-exclusive franchise tag: they'll get an extra year of him at a reduced cost to determine if he's the player they want — or need — him to be.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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