BREAKING NEWS: Ex-Seahawks QB Signs With Giants Prior to Regular Season Finale.

Before their last regular season game, a former quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks is signing a contract with the New York Giants.

According to ESPN’s Jordan Raanan, Jacob Eason, who was the Seahawks’ backup quarterback in 2021, is re-signing with the Giants practice squad. Prior to his December release, Eason had been a member of the Giants’ practice squad for one month earlier in the season.

On Thursday, January 4, Raanan stated, “QB Jacob Eason has been re-signed by the Giants to the practice squad.” It appears to be a contingency.

Throughout his NFL career, Jacob Eason has seen little playing time.
Early in his NFL career, the 26-year-old Eason has developed into a journeyman quarterback. Eason has been traded from team to team since the Indianapolis Colts selected him in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

After Russell Wilson sustained an injury in the middle of the 2021 season, Eason was released by the Colts and signed with the Seahawks. Prior to his dismissal during roster cuts that occurred before the 2022 season began, he filled a backup position until the end of the 2021 campaign.

Eason has since played for the Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and Carolina Panthers.

Eason has scarcely seen any playing time despite switching teams; in two games, he has gone 5-for-10 for 84 yards and two interceptions.

The primary reason for Eason’s signing with the Giants practice squad is the injury sustained by starter Tyrod Taylor. In the event that Taylor is forced out of the game, Tommy DeVito, the backup quarterback, would get some playing time against the Philadelphia Eagles.

A top quarterback prospect in the class of 2016, Jacob Eason
Eason was once a highly-touted quarterback even though his NFL career hasn’t been very outstanding. In 2016, the 6-foot-6 quarterback was regarded as the best quarterback prospect out of high school. Eason was so highly regarded that major programs like the Florida Gators, Miami Hurricanes, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Florida State Seminoles courted and extended offers to him. In the end, he decided to play for the Georgia Bulldogs.

He started as the starting quarterback during his first season in 2016 and carried over that role into the 2017 campaign. But after suffering an injury in the first game of the season and Jake Fromm’s rise to prominence (Fromm helped the Bulldogs to the National Championship Game after Eason’s injury), Eason was permanently removed from the starting lineup. Eason would switch to the Washington Huskies shortly after that.

Even though Eason’s collegiate career fell short of his hype in high school, he had high hopes going into the NFL draft. Eason’s NFL reference, according to Lance Zierlein of NFL.com in his scouting report from 2020, was none other than former No. 1 overall pick and three-time Pro Bowler Carson Palmer. While Zierlein describes Eason’s deficiency in

According to Zierlein, “his issues with pocket poise and getting through progressions cleanly are more reminiscent of Brock Osweiler.” However, “his elite size and arm talent are reminiscent of Carson Palmer.” “Eason’s ineffectiveness when under pressure makes it concerning that his lack of mobility both inside and outside the pocket makes him difficult to watch when he’s tearing throws around the field and taking deep play-action shots.”

Eason has obviously fallen short of those standards. The former five-star prospect might finally have the opportunity to start his first game if the Giants decide to keep him around for the upcoming campaign.