Merely put, there have been causes Giants followers had been burning Daniel Jones jerseys within the parking zone after Sunday’s sport within the Meadowlands.
With an improved offensive line, a real No. 1 receiver in Malik Nabers, and regardless of shedding Saquon Barkley, the Giants put forth optimism that Jones may present why he was drafted No. 6 total. That didn’t occur in Week 1.
Jones struggled on 42 makes an attempt with simply 186 yards and two interceptions whereas getting sacked 5 occasions. Finishing 22 passes, his common depth of goal was simply 3.8 yards. Nabers performed his function with 66 yards and 5 catches on seven targets, however New York couldn’t get in gear with solely two discipline objectives regardless of working 68 complete performs.
As a consequence of that low completion price, paired with the modest depth of every throw, Jones recorded simply 186 yards however nonetheless threw a pair of interceptions, one in every of which was returned for a landing.
With a passer ranking of 44.3, it was the third-worst sport of Jones’ profession by that metric. It was additionally his third-worst sport by way of first downs recorded per move try. All of this was regardless of the Vikings main huge for roughly your complete sport, which ought to have led to a good sport script for large passing numbers.
Maybe most troublingly, Jones noticed the second-lowest blitz price (at 10.3%) he has ever confronted in any sport of his profession, and the third-lowest of any quarterback by means of the 1 p.m. slot of Week 1. The Vikings’ protection knocked down six passes within the sport, however Jones’ poor selections made them straightforward knocks.
Large Blue has an NFC East matchup in Week 2 as they head all the way down to Washington to tackle Jayden Daniels and the Commanders.
