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 reduce the wire on their 2019 first-round decide, 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 workforce is successfully over.
Jones was chosen sixth general out of Duke within the 2019 NFL draft. After a promising rookie season during 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 % 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 energetic 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 brief 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 brief in massive moments. He had simply seven fourth-quarter comebacks in his 70 video games beneath middle and his failures in primetime (1-15) and on different nationally-televised video games have been well-documented.
Former Giants basic 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 Purple Zone and what they do within the fourth quarter with the sport on the road,” he mentioned. “That, to me, goes to be the distinction between a get-by good man who, in the event you encompass him (with expertise), you’ll be able to win with him or someone who’s going to be nice and going take you to championships.”
That first sentence alone sums it up about Jones. He isn’t proficient in any of these areas. It’s no marvel the Giants have such little success with him beneath middle.
The Giants have taken step one in the appropriate path at quarterback. Don’t get us mistaken. We like Daniel Jones however it is a enterprise, one that’s failing, and the Giants must do what’s finest for the long run right here.
