Former Giants QB Daniel Jones Presents His Offensive Line Restricted-Version Tequila

Former New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is exhibiting some love for his previous teammates at Christmastime.

The previous quarterback, 27, reportedly gifted the present Giants offensive linemen with a restricted version bottle of Clase Azul tequila, ESPN’s Jordan Raanan mentioned on Friday, Dec. 20, to thank his former teammates for his or her assist and exhausting work this previous season.

“Daniel Jones with a category transfer,” Raanan wrote on X (previously Twitter). “He is probably not the Giants QB anymore however … he despatched all of the offensive linemen who had been on the roster with him a restricted version bottle of Clase Azul.”

Though it wasn’t reported which particular bottle of the high-end tequila model Jones bought for the linemen, restricted version bottles of Clase Azul vary in worth wherever from $119 to as a lot as $19,000.

Jones, who was drafted by the Giants in 2019, was launched final month regardless of the staff placing him on a $160 million contract final yr, in response to ESPN.

The 27-year-old signed with the Minnesota Vikings apply squad as a free agent on Nov. 27. The outlet reported that his contract spans for the rest of the season and is price $375,000 — though as a free agent, he might nonetheless signal with one other staff if a beginning quarterback place opens up elsewhere.

The quarterback’s former teammates have beforehand proven their assist for Jones, defending him after criticism in regards to the Giants’ poor efficiency earlier this season. Former Giants operating again Saquon Barkley (now with the Philadelphia Eagles) went viral on social media in October after he stood as much as a fan who booed Jones after he sustained a neck harm throughout a sport towards the Miami Dolphins.

“Cease reaching and attempting to make it a me vs followers factor,” Barkley wrote on X (previously Twitter) on the time, replying to a video of him calling out a fan from the sidelines. “I am not gonna simply sit there and never say something whilst you speak loopy to eight [Jones] after he simply received harm… buddy knew he was within the unsuitable.”

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Earlier than signing with the Vikings, Jones began 10 video games this season for the Giants, going 2-8 in what many critics referred to as an unlucky finish to his stint in New York.

Nonetheless, Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell expressed his pleasure at a press convention after it was introduced that Jones was signing a one-season contract and could be becoming a member of the apply squad in Minnesota.

“I’ve at all times been a fan [of Jones],” O’Connell mentioned on the time, per ESPN. “Love, actually appreciated the individual, the human being, the make-up, after which the participant, Daniel Jones. I believe there’s a lot out in entrance of him which can be going to be actually good issues that we get to personally be part of, and I am unable to wait to work with him.”