This is all part of the QB smokescreen.
Tells the league "see? we are thinking about 5th year options but we didn't pick up Darnold's. That's because we are gonna draft another QB"
This kinda sounds like the worst outcome. We know Teddy isnt the future long term, so this just hurts draft picks and potential to draft a QB next year. I'd rather just play someone new just to see if there's any potential (darnold/minshew)