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Jordan Raanan, ESPN Employees Author
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Quarterback Daniel Jones has been benched already this season, he is not taking part in his finest soccer and the New York Giants are in final place within the NFC East. He is “annoyed” with how this season has gone.
The Giants (2-6) are coming off a 26-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers that had Jones talking afterward in a pointy tone that deviated from his norm. It was moments after coach Brian Daboll disclosed that his quarterback had did not shift tight finish Theo Johnson over to the precise facet to be able to execute a chip block on All-Professional edge rusher T.J. Watt, who had a strip sack on the play.
It contributed to the Giants’ third straight loss.
“After the sport and when it would not go properly when you may have a sport like that,” Jones mentioned, “you are going to be annoyed.”
The Giants’ beginning quarterback would not imagine it is motive to panic or overreact. That very same frustration could be channeled in a way more constructive method.
New York hosts the Washington Commanders on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
“Yeah, I believe so. I believe all people feels the identical approach,” Jones mentioned. “I believe not ending a number of of those video games and never getting the outcomes that we wish, yeah, it could possibly drive all people to work tougher and to place ourselves ready to complete these video games.”
The outcomes are going to want to come back quickly for Jones. His standing because the Giants’ starter already feels shaky contemplating the group tried to commerce up within the draft for his substitute earlier this 12 months and he was despatched to the bench within the fourth quarter of a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles two weeks in the past.
This week, New York hosts one of many quarterbacks whom it was eyeing within the draft after they play the Commanders and rookie Jayden Daniels, who was chosen second general earlier this 12 months.
Contemplating the Giants’ struggles, Daboll would not appear to thoughts his quarterback being annoyed from the latest string of occasions.
“I would like him to be him, however I do not thoughts emotion,” Daboll mentioned.
There was an overflow of emotion on the sector Monday evening in Pittsburgh. Jones was seen yelling and gesturing after a trick play gone mistaken for a two-point conversion within the fourth quarter. He was particularly animated on the sideline afterward as properly.
It was on the subsequent possession that Watt had the strip sack.
Daboll and Jones have each mentioned they talked about not getting Johnson to the opposite facet of the formation earlier than their information conferences. It was nonetheless out of the norm for the often tight-lipped Daboll to reveal a participant of such an error.
“I imply that is what occurred,” Jones mentioned. “So, I perceive that.”
Jones went 24-of-38 passing for 264 yards with no touchdowns, an interception on the ultimate drive and the misplaced fumble within the fourth quarter. He has now thrown simply six landing passes and 5 interceptions in eight begins this season. The Giants are thirty first within the NFL with a mean of 14.6 factors per sport.
Jones nonetheless appeared a bit extra animated Monday evening than traditional. He did not assume it was all that uncommon although.
The sixth-year starter talked about he typically tries to curb the outward emotion as a result of he believes it helps him assume higher and play higher. There’s a time and place for every part, however he thinks he performs finest when his feelings are below management.
It does not imply there is not a fierce competitor below all of it.
“Yeah, I’ve all the time performed actually exhausting. I’ve all the time performed robust. I’ve performed with an edge,” Jones mentioned. “I imagine in that strongly, and that is one thing I all the time do each time I step on the sector. How I present that, how a lot I yell, I do not assume that is immediately correlated with that. I all the time play with an edge and play with a chip. And there is a time and place to perhaps present a few of that. However it would not change how exhausting I play, or it would not change my edge in any respect.”
Daboll mentioned he sees a gentle quarterback who would not journey the emotional curler coaster. He has seen that once more this week.
He hasn’t seen any frustration this week from his quarterback as they put together for the division-rival Commanders.
“Constant. He is often fairly level-headed,” Daboll mentioned. “We take a look at the issues that we did properly, which he was definitely a part of them, undergo among the issues that we are able to repair, after which transfer on to the subsequent week. That is what you want to do.”
