It’s no secret the New York Giants have been searching for Daniel Jones’ successor at quarterback on this 12 months’s NFL draft. All of us noticed the footage shot by the HBO crew throughout Laborious Knocks the previous 5 weeks the place normal supervisor Joe Schoen labored the telephones attempting to swing a commerce to 1 up within the draft.
When Schoen lastly exhausted all avenues and broke the information to the remainder of the Giants’ brass, head coach Brian Daboll seemed to be disillusioned. It could be one other 12 months with Jones, who has struggled to attain factors and keep wholesome.
Jones was not drafted by Schoen and the group — regardless that they inked him to a four-year, $160 million extension a 12 months in the past — and want to usher in their very own quarterback to maneuver ahead with.
The Giants signed one other underachieving quarterback, Drew Lock, in free company as insurance coverage in case Jones suffers one other neck or knee harm.
However what if Jones simply doesn’t play as much as the extent that Daboll and Schoen want him to? Will they bench him?
Jones is coming off a torn ACL however appears to be like to be wholesome in drills and in scrimmages. However he hasn’t been sharp or constant, usually beneath and overthrowing wide-open targets, and now there may be concern that he received’t be capable of capitalize on the various weapons the entrance workplace has offered him with.
Connor Hughes of SNY not too long ago wrote that perhaps we’re seeing one of the best of Jones and maybe the Giants ought to be able to name on Lock.
Rust is predicted for the Giants quarterback — an excuse, certain, however a justified one. Perhaps, simply perhaps, extra time will transport Jones again to the participant who led the Giants to that inconceivable playoff victory in Minnesota two years in the past.
Or perhaps that is simply the participant Jones is now.
Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen should be prepared for that actuality and switch to Drew Lock in that case.
The parents at Draft Sharks, who don’t attend practices, added the beneath quote concerning Jones:
He’s constantly been underthrowing gamers this summer time. … Accuracy can be a problem. There’s a transparent level of emphasis from [HC Brian] Daboll to push the ball ever since he yanked the play calling from [OC] Mike Kafka. You’ll see extra incompletions for that cause. Jones, although, has missed backs within the flat and receivers quick close to the sideline at an alarming charge. … The quarterback has time. The quarterback has receivers open. He’s not making the performs. The offense is struggling due to Jones, not despite him. That’s what’s alarming.
Lock has repeatedly stated that he’s right here to again up Jones however the fact is, he was in all probability the larger profile of the 2 popping out of school in 2019.
Jones was chosen sixth general and Lock was drafted by Denver within the second spherical (forty second general). He was traded to Seattle within the Russell Wilson deal after three unfulfilling seasons.
The stress is on Jones to supply this 12 months. The Giants have an out in his contract after this season. In addition they wish to win video games.
The “quick leash” may very well be a actuality if issues don’t change quickly however it’s price remembering that we’re simply six practices into coaching camp — the primary workforce snaps Jones has taken since Week 9 of final season.