Mike Tannenbaum thinks Mitchell Trubisky will cost up to $16M

Ex-Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum believes potential New York Giants target, QB Mitchell Trubisky, may cost upwards of $16 million in 2022.

The New York Giants will be in the market for a backup to quarterback Daniel Jones this offseason and early rumors have them targeting Mitchell Trubisky.

Trubisky, of course, has some familiarity with Giants general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll. All three spent the past season in Buffalo and Trubisky recently raved about Daboll’s offense. But in the end, it will all come down to the financials.

The Giants are in rough cap shape and will have little to spend in free agency, while Trubisky is suddenly a hot name. Some believe he’ll warrant a contract of up to $10 million annually, but former New York Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum thinks it could be even more.

In fact, Tannenbaum sees Trubisky landing a contract with up to $16 million with that $10 million guaranteed at signing.

For teams seeking a QB this season, consider this: If Trubisky was in this year’s draft class, I think he would clearly be the top signal-caller. Why not bring him in for a year, see what you have and then reassess next offseason? The 2023 offseason will offer the likes of Derek Carr and Kirk Cousins in free agency, and possibly Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud in the draft. Best case, you win big with Trubisky. Worst case, you try again with a much better crop to passers to pick from. (I think Young could be the real deal, and if I were a team that is in need of a long-term quarterback and that could be near the top of the draft order in 2023, I’d be pretty excited.)

Trubisky has already started 50 games and is only 27 years old. He has led his team to the playoffs in two seasons. Yes, he needs to continue to improve his accuracy, but because of his character, work ethic and age, he might end up the best available quarterback out there. And you can sign him to a reasonable contract.

That’s a hefty price for a historically inconsistent quarterback. It’s also far more than the Giants should be willing to spend on a backup — or even a one-year starter for that matter. If that’s the approach required with Trubisky, the team would be (and will be) better suited just paying Daniel Jones less money for one season. Jones also comes with a higher potential ceiling.

The Giants will, of course, sign a quarterback to backup and compete with Jones, but they’ll have to be much smarter with their money. $16 million is out of the question and even $10 million is pushing it.

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Matt Corral, friend of the Manning family, meets with Giants

Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral, who has a relationship with Eli Manning and the Manning family, has met with the New York Giants.

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The New York Giants are unlikely to select a quarterback with either of their two first-round picks in the 2022 NFL draft, but never say never.

General manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll seem firmly committed to Daniel Jones, but they’re also very open to increasing competition. And they’ve acknowledged that improving the situation behind Jones will be a necessity this offseason.

Accordingly, the Giants will do their due diligence and dig around quarterbacks prospects and potential free agents. In fact, they’ve already begun to do exactly that.

Schoen and Daboll have held informal meetings with several quarterback prospects at the 2022 NFL Combine in Indianapolis, including Matt Corral of Ole Miss.

“Yeah, I had an informal with the Giants (on Tuesday), just talking Xs and Os, them trying to see how much knowledge I have of it,” Corral said during his media availability. “It went really well, I think.”

Corral is not exactly a stranger to the Giants. He’s hovered around their gravitational pull in a “six degrees of Kevin Bacon” sort of way thanks to his relationship with Eli Manning and the Manning family.

“My relationship with Eli, I actually hung out with his family quite a bit, towards the beginning of my career at Ole Miss and toward the end when Arch was visiting and all that,” Corral said. “I was a big part of that, just being around and being around the family, being around Cooper a lot, honestly. The time I had with them that the school recorded us, that was kind of a surprise. I had no idea he was going to be there, so that took me by surprise. It was just really cool to be around a legend like that.”

In addition to the time he’s spent with the Mannings on campus at Ole Miss, Corral has also worked alongside Eli at the Manning Passing Academy.

The Giants do have an impressive history with Ole Miss quarterbacks, but that won’t necessarily set the stage for Corral. Nor will his relationship with the Mannings.

Although the Giants themselves have an extra “in” with Corral thanks to the Mannings, that family is also very familiar with and close to Daniel Jones — who played under David Cutcliffe at Duke and was also a regular at the Manning Passing Academy.

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2022 NFL Combine: Giants’ prospect meeting scorecard

An active prospect meeting scorecard for the New York Giants at the 2022 NFL Combine in Indianapolis.

The 2022 NFL Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana is now well underway and beyond just the on-field workouts and prospect meetings, things are beginning to stir.

There are rumors abound across the NFL as teams and agents mingle ahead of the new league year, and teams begin to tip their hand a bit with the prospects in which they are meeting.

With that in mind, we’ve decided to create a tracker for New York Giants fans so that they’re able to keep track of prospects Big Blue has met with — both formally and informally.

As each day at the Combine passes, the below list will be updated.

Formal meetings:

  • TE Trey McBride (link)
  • TE Greg Dulcich (link)

Informal meetings:

  • QB Matt Corral (link)
  • QB Jack Coan (link)

Unspecified meetings:

  • WR Treylon Burks (link)
  • OL Zion Johnson (link)

Information on NFL Combine meetings obtained via Twitter and Walter Football.

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