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10 players who will be wildly overpaid in 2023 NFL Free Agency

By Sayre Bedinger

NFL Free Agency: Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants looks to pass against the Philadelphia Eagles during the third quarter in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field on January 21, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
NFL Free Agency: Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants looks to pass against the Philadelphia Eagles during the third quarter in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field on January 21, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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NFL Free Agency Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants passes the ball against the Philadelphia Eagles during the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field on January 21, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

1. Daniel Jones, QB, New York Giants

I don’t know that any free agent in all of NFL Free Agency in the 2023 offseason — maybe the last couple of offseasons — is shaping up to be overpaid quite like New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones. This is not meant to be a roast of Daniel Jones, but where in the world are these $45 million per year (or more) rumors coming from?

Are they actually coming from Jones’ camp? I guess you can’t fault Jones for shooting his shot. Unfortunately, any deal this guy signs over $20-25 million per year is going to qualify as him being vastly overpaid. Jones went from looking like a first-round NFL Draft bust from 2019-2021 to being a much more competent game manager in 2022. The Giants did have team success, winning a playoff game in the first year of Brian Daboll’s reign as head coach.

Even with the Giants having team success, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Daniel Jones is the primary catalyst of that. He did a much better job of limiting mistakes in 2022 but was his improvement this past season worth $45 million per year? The Giants might need to take the risk of letting Jones hit the QB market and really see his true market value.

What would other teams be willing to pay him? Is Jones just holding the Giants hostage here? He will probably get the franchise tag (the deadline is approaching as I’m writing this piece) which means that he will be one of the most overpaid players in the league in 2023. $32 million-plus for Daniel Jones? 100 percent of that counting against the salary cap?

It’s just a really bad situation for the Giants, who don’t really have great alternatives at their disposal but this is a truly brutal situation for them. Jones seems to think he’s worth much more than he actually is, and trying to get the Giants to pay for the position rather than the player. I hate it.

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