The Daniel Jones period in New York has reached its finish.
After 5 and a half seasons of pretending that Jones was their reply at quarterback, the Giants lastly minimize the wire on their 2019 first-round choose, benching him for the rest of the season.
For the reason that Giants have an “out” in Jones’ $160 million contract after this season, his tenure with the crew is successfully over.
Jones was chosen sixth total out of Duke within the 2019 NFL draft. After a promising rookie season through which he threw 24 touchdowns in 12 begins, Jones fell off a cliff and by no means threw greater than 15 touchdowns in any of his following seasons.
Jones’ file as a starter is 22-44-1 within the common season and 1-1 within the postseason.
In 70 video games performed for the Giants, Jones has accomplished 64.1 p.c of his passes for 14,582 yards, 70 touchdowns, and 47 interceptions with a QB score of 84.3.
Jones has been sacked 208 instances in his profession and has a sack proportion of 8.49, which is fourth amongst lively quarterbacks behind Deshaun Watson, Tyrod Taylor, and Russell Wilson.
The place Jones did excel was as a runner. He rushed for two,179 yards on 399 makes an attempt, a 5.5 yards per carry common with 15 touchdowns and 152 first downs.
Of quarterbacks who’ve performed in 70 or extra video games since 2019, Jones is third in YPC behind solely Lamar Jackson (6.3) and Kyler Murray (6.0).
However for a participant who was chosen so excessive within the draft, Jones fell quick as a passer. Since 2019, he has positioned twenty ninth in yards per completion (6.19), twenty third in touchdowns (70), and twenty second in completion proportion (64.1).
Jones by no means appeared to rise to the event for the Giants, falling quick in massive moments. He had simply seven fourth-quarter comebacks in his 70 video games below heart and his failures in primetime (1-15) and on different nationally-televised video games have been well-documented.
Former Giants common supervisor Ernie Accorsi, who drafted John Elway, Bernie Kosar, and Eli Manning in his lengthy NFL profession, was requested as soon as what he wished to see in his quarterbacks.
“I consider them on third down, what they do within the Pink Zone and what they do within the fourth quarter with the sport on the road,” he stated. “That, to me, goes to be the distinction between a get-by good man who, for those who encompass him (with expertise), you may win with him or anyone who’s going to be nice and going take you to championships.”
That first sentence alone sums it up about Jones. He’s not proficient in any of these areas. It’s no marvel the Giants have such little success with him below heart.
The Giants have taken step one in the suitable path at quarterback. Don’t get us flawed. We like Daniel Jones however this can be a enterprise, one that’s failing, and the Giants should do what’s greatest for the long run right here.
