INDIANAPOLIS — There are plenty of reasons why the Giants are working so diligently to secure Daniel Jones with a multiyear contract that will ensure he is their franchise quarterback beyond the 2023 season. 

Beyond Jones’ stats and physical stature, he has a sense of commitment that the team sees as uncommon and requisite for the position.

It is not as if general manager Joe Schoen went out of his way this week to provide to Jones an update on the ongoing contract negotiations, but Schoen could not avoid it.

What could he do? Jones was right there, as usual. 

“The way Daniel’s wired, he was in the building Monday getting a workout in,’’ Schoen said Thursday morning on NFL Network. 

Schoen is not one to dance around the issue, and so he proceeded with what he described as “a good conversation with Daniel’’ about the talks.

Then, Schoen boarded a flight to the NFL Scouting Combine, where later that day he engaged in an in-person discussion with Jones’ representatives at Athletes First.

Schoen was trying to close the gap on the money Jones wants and the money the Giants deem appropriate for the 25-year old quarterback, whose four-year, $25.6 million contract expired after this past season. 

“We’ll continue to talk and see if we can get something done before Tuesday,’’ Schoen said. 

Tuesday is not far off.

It is the deadline for the Giants to place the franchise tag on Jones.

The days are winding down. 

“You’re starting to feel the time crunch a little bit,’’ Schoen said. “I wish we were a little bit closer on a deal than what we are right now. But again, there’s still time.” 

There is still time, but not a whole lot.

One way or another, Jones will be the Giants’ starting quarterback in 2023.

Schoen this week reiterated that he will put the tag on Jones (which would pay him $32.4 million for this season) if a long-term deal cannot be worked out.

The tag would keep Jones off the open market in free agency, but would withdraw $32.4 million from the Giants’ salary cap, limiting their ability to improve the roster in free agency.

The Giants are expected to have around $50 million in cap space, a figure that would drop to $18 million if Jones is tagged. 

The Giants want to put together a five-year deal and know that their initial $35 million-a-year target is not going to happen.

But it is not believed they will pay Jones $40 million a year, so a compromise will need to be worked out. 

If the Giants have to put the tag on Jones, that could prevent the team from having the cap space to re-sign running back Saquon Barkley — one of Jones’ closest friends on the team.

If Jones agrees to a deal, the Giants could put the tag on Barkley, which would pay him $10.1 million this season, if a long-term deal for Jones is not finalized by Tuesday. 

“It’s got to be right for both parties,’’ Schoen said earlier in the week. “I say it all the time, if-then scenarios, we’re going through those. If it gets out of hand and it’s out of our comfort zone we have the tag, we can only tag one player, we’ll use that. If someone’s got to walk, then that’s unfortunate, but that’s a part of the business. We’re still building a team, that’s important to keep in mind.’’ 

When he spoke with Jones at the team facility on Monday, Schoen said “we talked through this whole process.

He knows how we feel about him and he knows how [head coach Brian Daboll] and this coaching staff feels about him. We do have those personal connections.’’ 

Those personal connections prompted Schoen to warn Jones not to link what could be uncomfortable moments during the ups-and-downs of the negotiations with how the team values him. 

“This is his first time going through free agency,’’ Schoen said. “I just told him there’s a business side of this you haven’t been exposed to, so just understand it’s gonna get worse before it gets better and it doesn’t affect the way we feel about you.”