EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Quarterback Daniel Jones has been benched already this season, he is not enjoying his greatest soccer and the New York Giants are in final place within the NFC East. He is “annoyed” with how this season has gone.
The Giants (2-6) are coming off a 26-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers that had Jones talking afterward in a pointy tone that deviated from his norm. It was moments after coach Brian Daboll disclosed that his quarterback had didn’t shift tight finish Theo Johnson over to the suitable facet with a view to execute a chip block on All-Professional edge rusher T.J. Watt, who had a strip sack on the play.
It contributed to the Giants’ third straight loss.
“After the sport and when it does not go properly when you’ve got a sport like that,” Jones mentioned, “you are going to be annoyed.”
The Giants’ beginning quarterback does not imagine it is cause to panic or overreact. That very same frustration could be channeled in a way more optimistic method.
New York hosts the Washington Commanders on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
“Yeah, I believe so. I believe everyone feels the identical means,” Jones mentioned. “I believe not ending a number of of those video games and never getting the outcomes that we would like, yeah, it could possibly drive everyone to work more durable and to place ourselves able to complete these video games.”
The outcomes are going to wish to return quickly for Jones. His standing because the Giants’ starter already feels shaky contemplating the staff tried to commerce up within the draft for his substitute earlier this yr and he was despatched to the bench within the fourth quarter of a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles two weeks in the past.
This week, New York hosts one of many quarterbacks whom it was eyeing within the draft after they play the Commanders and rookie Jayden Daniels, who was chosen second total earlier this yr.
Contemplating the Giants’ struggles, Daboll does not appear to thoughts his quarterback being annoyed from the latest string of occasions.
“I would like him to be him, however I do not thoughts emotion,” Daboll mentioned.
There was an overflow of emotion on the sector Monday night time in Pittsburgh. Jones was seen yelling and gesturing after a trick play gone mistaken for a two-point conversion within the fourth quarter. He was particularly animated on the sideline afterward as properly.
It was on the following possession that Watt had the strip sack.
Daboll and Jones have each mentioned they talked about not getting Johnson to the opposite facet of the formation earlier than their information conferences. It was nonetheless out of the norm for the often tight-lipped Daboll to show a participant of such an error.
“I imply that is what occurred,” Jones mentioned. “So, I perceive that.”
Jones went 24-of-38 passing for 264 yards with no touchdowns, an interception on the ultimate drive and the misplaced fumble within the fourth quarter. He has now thrown simply six landing passes and 5 interceptions in eight begins this season. The Giants are thirty first within the NFL with a mean of 14.6 factors per sport.
Jones nonetheless appeared a bit extra animated Monday night time than common. He did not assume it was all that uncommon although.
The sixth-year starter talked about he usually tries to curb the outward emotion as a result of he believes it helps him assume higher and play higher. There’s a time and place for all the things, however he thinks he performs greatest when his feelings are underneath management.
It doesn’t suggest there is not a fierce competitor underneath all of it.
“Yeah, I’ve at all times performed actually onerous. I’ve at all times performed powerful. I’ve performed with an edge,” Jones mentioned. “I imagine in that strongly, and that is one thing I at all times do each time I step on the sector. How I present that, how a lot I yell, I do not assume that is instantly correlated with that. I at all times play with an edge and play with a chip. And there is a time and place to perhaps present a few of that. But it surely does not change how onerous I play, or it does not change my edge in any respect.”
Daboll mentioned he sees a gentle quarterback who does not trip the emotional curler coaster. He has seen that once more this week.
He hasn’t seen any frustration this week from his quarterback as they put together for the division-rival Commanders.
“Constant. He is often fairly level-headed,” Daboll mentioned. “We have a look at the issues that we did properly, which he was actually a part of them, undergo a few of the issues that we are able to repair, after which transfer on to the following week. That is what it is advisable to do.”
