PITTSBURGH — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones took all of the first-team reps at follow this week and isn’t anticipated to be on a brief leash Monday evening towards the Pittsburgh Steelers regardless of getting pulled within the fourth quarter final week, a number of sources instructed ESPN.
Jones went to the bench in a 28-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and was changed by backup Drew Lock. Coach Brian Daboll stated he was in search of a “spark.” It did not occur. Lock went 3-of-8 passing for six yards.
A handful of Giants gamers instructed ESPN this week they weren’t pushing for a everlasting change at quarterback getting into the Monday evening matchup. Jones is their starter. A number of gamers did word that it could be completely different if Tyrod Taylor had been nonetheless on the roster. He is not. It is nonetheless Jones’ workforce.
Taylor was the backup every of the previous two seasons. He signed with the New York Jets this offseason.
It has been a wrestle for Jones and the 2-5 Giants, particularly at dwelling. They’ve scored only one offensive landing in 4 dwelling video games. Jones has six landing passes and 4 interceptions in seven begins this season. New York has the Thirty first-ranked scoring offense averaging 14.1 factors per recreation getting into Monday evening.
Jones was not pleased with the scenario after the Oct. 20 loss and all through this week. He is attempting to not suppose what occur if he struggles on Monday evening or transferring ahead.
“I am simply going to deal with taking part in effectively. I feel taking part in effectively, successful the sport, that places us all in the most effective place,” Jones stated in the course of the week. [Daboll] could make his determination, he is the pinnacle coach, so my job is to play and play effectively and that is what I am centered on.”
Jones would not say if he has been given reassurances past that he is beginning Monday evening. Daboll instructed the workforce within the locker room after final week’s loss that Jones was the starter going ahead. He didn’t specify something greater than that.
Daboll additionally would not specify if he is given his quarterback any reassurance he would not be pulled midgame once more. Solely that their focus was on taking part in effectively.
“That is the place our focus is,” Daboll stated this week.
Jones has been the Giants’ clear-cut starter since early in his rookie 12 months. He was drafted sixth general by New York in 2019.
That is his sixth season because the starter. Regardless of ups and downs, Jones was given a four-year, $160 million contract after a robust 2022 season. That is the second 12 months of that deal.
However the Giants have struggled ever since, compiling an 8-16 mark. Jones had a neck damage that price him time and tore the ACL in his proper knee halfway by means of final season. He has come again sturdy bodily. The knee hasn’t been a noticeable downside.
Nonetheless, the Giants made their ideas on his long-term future apparent by their actions this offseason. The workforce appeared carefully at quarterbacks within the draft. They even tried to commerce up for one. All this was documented on an offseason “Laborious Knocks.”
Jones has taken all of it in stride. He admittedly “wasn’t fired up” to listen to and see in regards to the Giants’ curiosity in quarterbacks. The identical may be stated about being benched towards the Eagles.
