Pretty crappy way to treat Eli. Geno Smith isn't their future QB, some dude currently playing in college is. They aren't winning with Geno either and at this point in the season what difference does it make if you win a game or two? You let Eli play out the season, you let him walk off the field waving at everyone at the end of the last game, etc., and then once the season is over you have a business conversation with him where you say "do you want us to try and find you a suitable team that we could trade you to that might give you another chance at a ring or do you want to retire?"