New York Giants head coach Joe Judge learned from the start that the team had Daniel Jones as quarterbacks.
But in a 27-17 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, perhaps the biggest win of Jones and Judge’s respective careers, the young communicator proved to be the leader and overall in the area that the Giants organization knew he could be.
“I wasn’t told anything new about Daniel today,” Judge said after the game. “I knew all along that I was running with him, and I think we all did, internally. That’s why the team has so much confidence in Daniel. ” That’s why he’s our quarterback. “
For a long time, the trial and, to some extent, Jones tried to convince the disbelievers that Jones and the offensive were progressing to nevertheless complement the ever-highest quality of football that special groups have and the defense of the Giants. produced in recent weeks.
But the ball losses and the inability to carry the team on their backs and lead them to victory created enough doubt among the detractors who at one point this year began to dream about Trevor Lawrence or Justin. The fields arrive in a white stallion to save the defeated giants. Franchise.
Jones, however, kept his course.
He did not remount the ball for the week in a row, a major challenge in his game, and in victory over the Eagles showed a lead to eli Manning’s, especially in the last quarter with the Giants who had a 24-17 lead and the overly familiar situation that saw them blow up their NFC East Division rivals too many times before.
Not this time.
In the Giants’ last attempt, which at his 36-yard line, Jones connected with catcher Darius Slayton in a 40-yard strike that immediately put the team inside the finish line.
Four plays later, kicker Graham Gano, who after the game would point to a contract extension that would make him a giant until 2023, nailed his basket of moments of the game to achieve a two-point lead with the Giants, the Eagles out of time.
Early in the game, Jones, perhaps despite all he learned that it is general to take what the defense gives him, showed brilliant decision-making prowess.
On the team’s first attempt, he made a better zone play in which he ran through a gap to the left through a competitive Eagles defense to the finish line for a 34-yard landing for an advantage the Giants would never give up.
In the third quarter, when the Eagles cut the Giants’ lead to 14-11, Jones and the Giants responded with a practice that featured two deep balls for 27 yards for Sterling Shepard and Golden Tate for 38 yards despite everything. Wayne Gallman instead. Second landing race of the day to one meter.
When Jones had to be conservative, he took two bags of awning (and fiercely the ball in the process) instead of forcing the ball into a window that was simply not there.
“He’s done a great job of betting when we want and making more important decisions during the season,” Judge said. “This guy’s a young player who’s developing. He learns a lot every week. You can see its improvement in week by week.
“There are many games he plays in where there would possibly be a flaw that takes away 99% of the very smart football he plays. But Daniel’s still a player who’s getting better, he’s a tough guy, mentally and physically, and that’s expanding our team. “
All in the one-day paintings for last year’s sixth draft pick.
“I think it’s a vital detail in positional play – intellectual and physical strength – for any soccer player, especially a quarterback,” Jones said.
“It’s anything I check to do every time I step into the field. I think our team takes that training identity and I think we’re playing tough football right now. I’m definitely looking to be a component of that. “
I’ve been an NFL crediter for 22 years. I am the site administrator/editor of Giants Country, a sports channel in SI. com. I’m also the host of the newspaper Lo
I’ve been accredited to the NFL for 22 years. I am the site administrator/editor of Giants Country, a sports channel in SI. com. I’m also the host of LockedOn Giants.