{"id":376507,"date":"2021-12-04T21:27:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/no-daniel-jones-not-an-excuse-for-giants-against-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2021-12-04T21:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:27:25","slug":"no-daniel-jones-not-an-excuse-for-giants-against-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-daniel-jones-not-an-excuse-for-giants-against-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"#No Daniel Jones not an excuse for Giants against Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#No Daniel Jones not an excuse for Giants against Dolphins<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Ian O'Connor\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Ian-OConnor.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Daniel Jones has been ruled out of Sunday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> at Miami with a bum neck, and suddenly the Giants are supposed to have only a slim chance of winning. How exactly does that work?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How does the absence of a quarterback who has lost 25 of his 37 starts, for a winning percentage of 32.4, turn what was a manageable proposition for the Giants into Mission: Next to Impossible?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When you substitute in Mike Glennon and his 6-21 career record and 28.6 winning percentage, that\u2019s how.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is a cold, hard NFL fact that the dropoff from the first-string quarterback to the second-string quarterback is the biggest dropoff in sports. Very few people on the planet can play the game\u2019s most important position with any degree of success. There might be 32 teams in the league, but there are most definitely not 32 capable quarterbacks to go around. So when backups get the ball, America\u2019s most popular game often gets reduced to an unwieldy, unwatchable mess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But here is the one benefit to having a starter with a 12-25 career record: The dropoff to the proverbial next-man-up shouldn\u2019t have a dramatic impact on a team\u2019s chances of prevailing. And after 11 games of mostly uneven and uninspired performances, the Giants are way overdue to accomplish something they are not expected to accomplish \u2014 like winning two games in a row for the first time this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So no excuses: The Giants need to figure out how to win this game and keep their season alive. Remember, this is a franchise that once won a Super Bowl with a backup quarterback, against an opponent that would beat the 2021 Dolphins by three touchdowns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/120121Giants07CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Giants\" class=\"wp-image-20373135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/120121Giants07CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/120121Giants07CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/120121Giants07CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mike Glennon walks onto the field at practice Wednesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No, Glennon isn\u2019t Jeff Hostetler, not even close. But the point is, there are ways for mediocre and even sub-mediocre teams to win with backup quarterbacks. The Jets won a game this season with a backup, Mike White, who looked like Joe Namath on steroids against a playoff team, the Bengals. The Texans beat the Titans on the road with Tyrod Taylor throwing for just 107 yards. The Dolphins beat the Ravens with Jacoby Brissett throwing for just 156 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of confidence in Mike,\u201d said Giants head coach Joe Judge, who called the eight-year veteran \u201ca true professional\u201d who takes his preparation very seriously every week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect Mike to go in and run the offense,\u201d Judge said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/blue-rush\/jonesornojonesforgiants-feat.reggieragland?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Maybe Glennon will even run the offense better than Jones did, though that\u2019s an awfully low bar to clear. The Giants are averaging 18.4 points per game, a stat that got Jason Garrett fired as offensive coordinator and got Freddie Kitchens promoted to play-caller. Given that the 6-foot-7 Glennon is far less mobile and athletic than Jones, and given that Judge\u2019s former colleague in New England, Miami coach Brian Flores, loves to attack on defense, expect the Dolphins to throw the kitchen sink at Kitchens\u2019 quarterback.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Glennon might be able to handle it, despite the fact he hasn\u2019t won a start since 2017 and went 0-5 for last year\u2019s 1-15 Jaguars. He looked pretty good in his one Giants <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance at Dallas, after Jones suffered a concussion, throwing for 196 yards and a touchdown in the second half. And for what it\u2019s worth, his career quarterback rating of 83.1 is right behind Jones\u2019s (84.3) and Eli Manning\u2019s (84.1). Oh, and it\u2019s ahead of Hostetler\u2019s (80.5).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Giants will still need to play at a high level around Glennon to make this work, and that won\u2019t be easy without Sterling Shepard and Kadarius Toney. But as they stand one game out of the NFC\u2019s seventh and final playoff spot, with a long list of fellow mediocrities to hurdle on the way there, the Giants should be motivated to honor the words of co-owner John Mara, who called theirs a playoff roster in the spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The returning Logan Ryan, two-time Super Bowl champ with the Patriots and a veteran of 15 postseason games, said last week\u2019s ugly victory over Philadelphia was reason to hope that the Giants can still qualify for the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA playoff team needs to be a team that\u2019s resilient,\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how it went. \u2026 A team like Miami, who lost seven straight, they just won four straight. They\u2019re playing as well as anybody in football right now at finding ways to win. A playoff team finds a way to win \u2014 ugly, pretty, whatever it is. Last week was a good example of that. \u2026 You\u2019ve got to play well at the right time, and this is the time that matters.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the Sunday that the Giants need to become relevant again. They are not playing Don Shula\u2019s 1972 Dolphins. They are playing a beatable team that they need to handle, and no, a backup quarterback doesn\u2019t qualify as an excuse to fail.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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