Giants Fumble Daniel Jones' Exit, Bears Face Make-or-Break Coaching Decisions, and More | NFL Mailbag

The Giants make a costly decision, the Bears will soon find themselves at a crossroads, and what to make of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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As Thanksgiving nears, and the stakes continue to rise for teams across the NFL, several franchises are facing major decisions that will significantly impact their futures.

Some are handling them significantly better than others.

From the Giants' disastrous handling of Daniel Jones’ exit to the Bears’ critical coaching decisions and potential playoff shake-ups, there’s plenty to unpack.

Let’s dive into your questions and break down what it all means for the stretch run and beyond in this week’s Football Friday Mailbag.

Will the Giants release Daniel Jones before June 1 to create cap space for free agency, or do they save an extra $11 million and make him a post-June 1 release ( @phillip Johnson2)

Moments before firing this column off to your inbox, the Giants granted Daniel Jones’ request to be released, today.

I’m not sure that this situation could have been mismanaged worse by Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll, dating back to not picking up Jones’ fifth-year option prior to the 2022 season to signing him to a ludicrous four-year contract extension worth $160 million the following offseason, to now benching and releasing him with seven games remaining.

None of this is curing John Mara’s insomnia from Saquon Barkley mounting an MVP campaign 96 miles south in a Philadelphia Eagles uniform.

“Everyone in that building is getting fired, anyway,” a prominent league source tells me, when asked his thoughts on the timing of Jones’ release. “Remember, he asked to be let go.”