The Giants’ choice to re-sign Daniel Jones was an understandable one given the alternative was going back to square one.

And after a 9-7-1 season and the franchise’s first playoff victory since the 2011 season, that is an unacceptable proposition.

So here they are.

The team agreed to ink Jones to a four-year, $160 million contract extension in the minutes leading up to Tuesday’s franchise tag deadline, sealing him as the team’s quarterback of the future and the face of the franchise.