It is easier, and often more effective, for a player to ask for more after his team actually accomplishes more.

After the Giants won three, five, four, six and four games, respectively, each season from 2017 to 2021, players did not pound their chests for more money when their individual exploits rarely translated to collective success.

In 2022, however, the Giants won nine games in the regular season and one more in the playoffs, shocking some, surprising all. And the timing couldn’t have been better for a few of the highest-profile players on the team, all at the end of their contracts or in need of enhancements to their contracts.

Daniel Jones would not have attained a new deal anywhere in the vicinity of $40 million per year on average if he had been the starting quarterback for a team that won only a handful of games in 2022.