During a morning radio interview earlier this week Daniel Jones was asked a routine question, one that doesn’t require an in-depth knowledge or even interest in football. The quarterback agreed to a new four-year, $160 million deal with the Giants during the offseason and so the natural query was to find out if there was something he’d bought for himself or someone else once that first direct deposit landed in his account.
He deflected and stammered a bit, definitely unwilling to share.
The hosts pressed him a bit. Surely there was some splurge that he embarked on to celebrate this life-changing money and the accomplishments that led up to it.
Finally, he confessed there was.
“Furniture,” he said.
Furniture.
The man inked a contract with a $36 million signing bonus and $104 million guaranteed and his first instinct was to go shopping for a new sectional.
Maybe it’s for the best, then, that Jones says he isn’t going to appear on the second season of the Netflix show “Quarterback.” Most of us dread shopping for our own furniture; imagine the Emmy-worthy tedium of watching someone else do it?
I just can’t seem to decide between the oak and the walnut.
I like the fabric pattern on this ottoman, but the cushioning feels a little too soft.
Jones appearing on the show might make Kirk Cousins’ tepid takes and wardrobe choices look like a John Bonham biopic in comparison.
“I thought it was interesting watching those guys and watching each of their stories,” Jones said of the first season which aired this summer and featured Cousins, Patrick Mahomes and Marcus Mariota. “I thought they did a really good job with the show. Just not necessarily for me.”
That’s exactly what you’d expect someone who has agreed to appear on the show to say, perhaps blood sworn to some Manning-family Cosa Nostra NDA to keep production a secret. It’s worth wondering if Jones, with his hedgy denials, actually might be a covert participant.
It’s not…
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