While not unfair, I don't think I would personally kill him for the Neal pick. There weren't many people who disagreed with that pick at the time it was made. Not all draft picks will work out and early results indicate that Schoen may have had a good first draft - Thibs, Robinson, Flott, Bellinger, and Belton all look like solid contributors. Unfortunately, he may have whiffed on his 2 OL picks, but no one bats 1.000.
On Jones, my criticism runs deeper than the contract. His evaluation of Jones has been wildly inconsistent. His initial evaluation was that he wasn't worth a 5th year extension of 1 year at about $23-24M. 9 months and a decent season later, his evaluation was that he was worth $160M over 4 years with $81M of that guaranteed, plus another $23M guaranteed for injury (to an injury-prone player). Now, 1 year and 6 games played after that contract was signed- behind a porous OL and with no dangerous receiving threats - he is (at least) willing to move on if the right replacement falls to him in the draft. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Jones, those are some pretty wild swings in Schoen's opinion of his value.
On Jones, my criticism runs deeper than the contract. His evaluation of Jones has been wildly inconsistent. His initial evaluation was that he wasn't worth a 5th year extension of 1 year at about $23-24M. 9 months and a decent season later, his evaluation was that he was worth $160M over 4 years with $81M of that guaranteed, plus another $23M guaranteed for injury (to an injury-prone player). Now, 1 year and 6 games played after that contract was signed- behind a porous OL and with no dangerous receiving threats - he is (at least) willing to move on if the right replacement falls to him in the draft. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Jones, those are some pretty wild swings in Schoen's opinion of his value.