The New York Giants made sure to approach the offseason with two things in mind. Finding a way to keep both Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley, while upgrading the team around them. 

So far, they have proven to do so, with a paramount draft in less than a month, potentially adding to the moves made in free agency. 

But in Mike Sando's latest piece for The Athletic, anonymous NFL executives were asked for their opinion on each team's free agent signings to date. What they said about the Giants is sure to leave a sour taste in your mouth. 

Sando opened up his Giants blurb with the following:

"The Giants have done so much right under their new leadership over the past year," said Sando. "Signing quarterback Daniel Jones to an extension worth $40 million per year, tied for the seventh-highest figure in the league at the position, was the first major move inviting pushback."

“They would have been better off doing a bad deal with Saquon Barkley and (franchise) tagging Jones rather than the other way around,” an exec said. “Who was going to step out and pay Daniel Jones? That one was wild.”

Really?

I firmly believe Saquon Barkley is the best back in football when he's firing on all cylinders, the two time Pro Bowler has yet to have even above-average players on the line in front of him, yet he displays some of the best runs you'll see from a player. 

But at the end of the day, he's a running back and that position's shelf life contrasts directly with quarterback, making Daniel Jones a more pertinent extension. 

“That is surprising that they didn’t try to squeeze (Jones) a little bit, but the new regime just got there and won with him,” another exec said. “They probably want to continue to instill confidence in him. They overpaid Eli (Manning) in the past. That could just be a position they don’t want to mess around with and get too cute with.”

I'm stepping in what this exec is putting down, as his response seems more logical of the two. 

Let's just say that the Giants extended Barkley and placed the non-exclusive tag on Jones, similar to what Lamar Jackson is dealing with in Baltimore. 

Maybe Jones doesn't receive the offer he wants and ends up on the Giants with a more team-friendly deal in the long run. 

Or maybe, another team likes Jones even more than New York, and now you're stuck without a quarterback, on a young, overachieving roster that should be ascending. 

I don't know about you, but I think the Giants made the only choice possible here.