12-25-2022, 06:43 PM
Every week, quarterback Daniel Jones is showing even his staunchest detractors that he can be a very capable quarterback in this league. And what's even more incredible than the won-loss record he's posted is that Jones has been doing it without top-notch receivers or a consistent offensive line.
And what did Jones do? He threw for 334 yards, only his second such 300-yard passing performance this season and his second-highest total of the year, and he completed 71.4 percent of his pass attempts as he continues to post his best completion percentage (66.5 percent) of his career this season.
What's been a difference, other than the Daboll-Mike Kafka factor? The Giants have Jones getting the ball out of his hand quickly, which helps the pass protection settle down. It takes away Jones's strength, which is the deep ball, but one can't have everything right away. Given what Jones has had to work with, he's made the most of his opportunities.
And if that's not convincing enough, look no further than the Giants' last drive, when he loaded the team on his shoulders and carried them so close to the finish line.
The Daniel Jones of recent seasons might not have been able to bring his team back from the brink of defeat. Yet, there he was, engineering a seven-play, 75-yard scoring drive ending in a 27-yard touchdown run by Saquon Barkley and the ensuing 2-point conversion to Bellinger to tie the game.
That's the kind of performance franchise quarterbacks make. Jones is finally starting to emerge as a legitimate NFL quarterback--just look around the league at all the teams with worse quarterback situations than the Giants. Thanks to Jones's development, finding a new quarterback is a big item that general manager Joe Schoen can cross off his off-season to-do list.
https://www.si.com/nfl/giants/big-blue-plus/takeaways-from-giants-27-24-loss-to-vikings
But like anything else in life, things happen in stages, and the one thing that no one can say Jones hasn't done is to take advantage of the situations in which he's supposed to excel. This week, he went toe-to-toe against a Vikings pass defense that hovered at the bottom of the league coming into this game.
And what did Jones do? He threw for 334 yards, only his second such 300-yard passing performance this season and his second-highest total of the year, and he completed 71.4 percent of his pass attempts as he continues to post his best completion percentage (66.5 percent) of his career this season.
What's been a difference, other than the Daboll-Mike Kafka factor? The Giants have Jones getting the ball out of his hand quickly, which helps the pass protection settle down. It takes away Jones's strength, which is the deep ball, but one can't have everything right away. Given what Jones has had to work with, he's made the most of his opportunities.
And if that's not convincing enough, look no further than the Giants' last drive, when he loaded the team on his shoulders and carried them so close to the finish line.
The Daniel Jones of recent seasons might not have been able to bring his team back from the brink of defeat. Yet, there he was, engineering a seven-play, 75-yard scoring drive ending in a 27-yard touchdown run by Saquon Barkley and the ensuing 2-point conversion to Bellinger to tie the game.
That's the kind of performance franchise quarterbacks make. Jones is finally starting to emerge as a legitimate NFL quarterback--just look around the league at all the teams with worse quarterback situations than the Giants. Thanks to Jones's development, finding a new quarterback is a big item that general manager Joe Schoen can cross off his off-season to-do list.
https://www.si.com/nfl/giants/big-blue-plus/takeaways-from-giants-27-24-loss-to-vikings
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