{"id":147195,"date":"2021-01-05T01:01:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T22:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/giants-fate-rests-on-daniel-jones-year-3\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T01:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T22:01:03","slug":"giants-fate-rests-on-daniel-jones-year-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giants-fate-rests-on-daniel-jones-year-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#Giants’ fate rests on Daniel Jones’ Year 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Giants’ fate rests on Daniel Jones’ Year 3<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Joe Judge has hitched his wagon to Daniel Jones. The organization loves the kid, is convinced he is the right successor to Eli Manning.<\/p>\n

The 2020 Giants, undoubtedly on cue from Joe Judge, took the high road Monday \u2014 in the wake of the unforgivable, unforgettable stunt that Doug Pederson pulled Sunday night when he pulled Jalen Hurts for Nate Sudfeld \u2014 recognizing that the 2021 Giants had better keep destiny in their own hands and not count on anyone else for help.<\/p>\n

Which means that Daniel Jones must take the second-year leap that we were expecting from him in his third year.<\/p>\n

And he knows it.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying my best football next year is certainly my goal,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

As rookies, Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert made it look easy.<\/p>\n

Daniel Jones, not so much.<\/p>\n

He should be past his ball-security obsession enough now to honor the franchise quarterback\u2019s mandate:<\/p>\n

Get your team in the end zone, and win game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

Jones didn\u2019t do enough of either this season.<\/p>\n

In his 14 starts, the Giants scored only 257 points.<\/p>\n

In his 26 career starts, his record is 8-18 (.308). Even Sam Darnold (13-25, .342) somehow has a better record.<\/p>\n

Guilty \u2026 with some explanations.<\/p>\n

New head coach. New offensive coordinator. Rebuilt offensive line with inexperienced left tackle, left guard and center. And man alive, does he need a No. 1 receiver who would make Sterling Shepard all the more dangerous. And yes, if Evan Engram had caught that deep shot against That Team Down South, the Giants would be preparing for Tom Brady.<\/p>\n

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Be that as it may, there are more questions about Jones entering this offseason than there were entering last offseason.<\/p>\n

His pocket awareness did improve at the end of this season, and he thankfully did stop being a veritable turnover machine (11 fumbles, six lost, but just two over the last seven games). And when healthy, his legs become a weapon, even if they did betray him at the end of that 80-yard run against That Team Down South.<\/p>\n

But his touchdown-to-interception ratio fell from 24-12 to 11-10.<\/p>\n

You cannot expect to be a playoff team when your quarterback throws 11 TD passes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout the season, I felt like we made considerable improvement week-to-week,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a straight incline, there were bumps in the road, there were games that we didn\u2019t play as well and took steps back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason Garrett\u2019s offense wasn\u2019t as quarterback-friendly as advertised, but a lack of continuity is the enemy of young quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve loved working with [Garrett], and learned a ton from him,\u201d Jones said. \u201cHe\u2019s a tremendous football coach and tremendous person, and I\u2019d love to continue to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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