Giants Officially Sign WR James Jones To One-Year Deal

Update:

The New York Giants officially signed veteran WR James Jones to a one-year contract on Friday.

The #Giants have signed WR James Jones who played for the #Raiders & #Packers! READ: http://t.co/Ji2aGNrjMS pic.twitter.com/EVkfredwrf

— New York Giants (@Giants) August 1, 2015

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Fallon Smith of CSN Bay Area reports that the Giants are signing veteran WR James Jones to a one-year contract.

• According to Smith, Jones will be in New York on Friday to finalize the deal.
• Ian Rapoport confirms that Jones will be signing a one-year deal with the Giants, and adds that Jones chose to sign with New York over the Eagles, Chiefs, Seahawks and Bengals.

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Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Giants are hosting free agent WR James Jones for a visit.

• According to Rapoport, the two sides are both hoping that this leads to a signing.

There’s an obvious connection here with former Packers QBs coach Ben McAdoo now the Giants’ offensive coordinator.

Just a month ago, Jones told Sirius XM NFL Radio that the Chiefs, Giants, Jaguars, and Seahawks as teams that would make sense as potential options for him.

Jones, 31, signed a three-year contract worth $10 million with the Raiders back in 2014. However, he released by Oakland in a move that cleared $3,433,333 in available cap space.

In 2014, Jones appeared in all 16 games for the Raiders and caught 73 passes for 666 yards receiving and six touchdowns. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 89 receiver out of 110 qualifying players.

We have Jones listed as the No. 19 player in our Top 25 Best Available Free Agents list.