{"id":187938,"date":"2023-01-16T07:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T07:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/daniel-jones-is-real-and-on-sunday-he-was-spectacular\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T07:38:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T07:38:04","slug":"daniel-jones-is-real-and-on-sunday-he-was-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/daniel-jones-is-real-and-on-sunday-he-was-spectacular\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Jones Is Real, and On Sunday, He Was Spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first major decision the New York Giants made on their roster this offseason was to note<\/em> invest in quarterback Daniel Jones. Back in April, the Giants had the chance to lock in Jones for the 2023 season for just $22 million. But the Giants new brain trust of general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll decided they didn’t want to hit their wagon to Jones just yet. They declined Jones’s fifth-year option on his rookie contract. Refusing to extend a quarterback’s first contract is almost always the first step to parting ways with a team’s highly-drafted signal caller. But the Giants insisted they were not giving up on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve done everything possible to screw this kid up since he’s been here,\u201d Giants owner John Mara said about Jones last January when he introduced Schoen as the GM. \u201cWe keep changing coaches, keep changing offensive coordinators, keep changing offensive line coaches. I take a lot of responsibility for that. But let’s bring in the right group of coaches now and give him some continuity and try to rebuild the offensive line and then be able to make an intelligent evaluation of whether he can be the franchise quarterback or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
That evaluation is complete. Jones delivered his greatest game on his career’s biggest stage on Sunday, leading the Giants to a 31-24 win over the Minnesota Vikings to advance to the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. Jones completed 24 of his 35 passes for 301 yards (8.6 yards per throw) with two touchdowns and no turnovers. He also ran the ball 17 times for 78 yards and a touchdown, picking up a whopping seven first downs on the ground (Jones almost doubled Saquon Barkley’s carries). Jones is the first quarterback in NFL history with 300 or more passing yards, two or more passing touchdowns, and 70 or more rushing yards in a playoff game, according to NFL Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n