{"id":80213,"date":"2022-09-28T02:10:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T02:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-daniel-jones-shows-toughness-in-loss-to-cowboys\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T02:10:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T02:10:02","slug":"giants-daniel-jones-shows-toughness-in-loss-to-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-daniel-jones-shows-toughness-in-loss-to-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants&#8217; Daniel Jones shows toughness in loss to Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sacrificial tributes in \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d spend less time running for survival than Daniel Jones did against the Cowboys on Monday night. <\/p>\n<p>As impressive as any of Patrick Mahomes&#8217; no-look passes or Lamar Jackson&#8217;s electrifying moves was Jones keeping his team competitive under siege from 24 pressures \u2014 the most against a Giants quarterback since at least 2009, according to ESPN.  Ten of those pressures came from a four-man (no blitz) rush, per NextGenStats. <\/p>\n<p>With the exception of Saquon Barkley&#8217;s 36-yard touchdown run, Jones was a one-man band, scrambling nine times for 79 yards and rising to his feet from 12 hits (five sacks). <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) walks off the field after the Giants lost to the Cowboys.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The failure of the offensive line to protect Jones and of the receivers to gain separation on routes was a big part of the story of the quarterback&#8217;s first three turnover-plagued seasons.  He is tough enough to take a beating, but is he good enough to consistently make winning plays? <\/p>\n<p>All those muddying factors were supposed to be minimized this season, so that the Giants finally could get a fair read on whether Jones is worthy of a big second contract.  Monday was a reminder that the season might end without clarity. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYou never want [breakdowns] to happen, but that&#8217;s a good evaluation to get, too, particularly on a quarterback,\u201d head coach Brian Daboll said.  \u201cWhen you&#8217;re under pressure or things aren&#8217;t always perfect, how can you ad lib and make plays when it&#8217;s not just exactly like it is on the play diagram?  I thought he did that well.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Giants haven&#8217;t won enough (14-26 with Jones as a starter) or scored enough (the fewest-points in the NFL since the start of the 2020 season).  But that must be measured against the question of how any other quarterback would fare with the Giants&#8217; limitations, which are stacking the odds against Jones. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was under some duress,\u201d Daboll said in the understatement of the year.  \u201cHe escaped.  He made some loose plays.  He did some things with his feet.  He made some good throws.  I thought he was really good on the sideline.  He&#8217;s improved every game.  He&#8217;s really improved every practice, and he was a good leader out there.  And he competed as hard as he could and gave us a chance.\u201d <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>The Giants had only 10 players on the field \u2014 five linemen, two inside linebackers, two safeties and an edge rusher \u2014 when Ezekiel Elliott rushed for a game-tying 1-yard touchdown.  Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale subbed out from a base package that included two cornerbacks on the previous play. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH2967884161&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWink called for a personnel group, and there was one player that didn&#8217;t go in,\u201d Daboll said.  \u201cSo we need to do a good job of listening to the playcaller&#8217;s instructions and be ready to go.\u201d <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Guards Ben Bredeson and rookie Josh Ezeudu did not rotate, as they did in the first two games.  Ezeudu, whose run-blocking is superior to his pass-blocking, did not play on offense.  But the rotation continued at cornerback, where rookie Cor&#8217;Dale Flott started on the outside, but played fewer snaps (19) than practice squad call-up Fabian Moreau (39). <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>RB Antonio Williams \u2014 who has played 33 special-teams snaps \u2014 was waived and LB Charles Wiley was cut from the practice squad.  If Williams clears waivers, he could be re-signed to Wiley&#8217;s spot and would be eligible for three game-day elevations to the active roster.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacrificial tributes in \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d spend less time running for survival than Daniel Jones did against the Cowboys on Monday night. As impressive as any of Patrick Mahomes&#8217; no-look passes or Lamar Jackson&#8217;s electrifying moves was Jones keeping his team competitive under siege from 24 pressures \u2014 the most against a Giants quarterback since &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-daniel-jones-shows-toughness-in-loss-to-cowboys\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants&#8217; Daniel Jones shows toughness in loss to Cowboys<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[10238,10997,9026,423,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79263,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cooper-rush-rallies-to-win-third-straight-career-start-as-dallas-cowboys-hand-new-york-giants-first-loss\/","url_meta":{"origin":80213,"position":0},"title":"Cooper Rush rallies to win third straight career start as Dallas Cowboys hand New York Giants first loss","date":"September 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"11:28 PM ETTodd ArcherCloseESPN Staff WriterCovered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two childrenJordan RaananEAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- Filling in for an injured Dak Prescott and making consecutive starts for the first time in his career, Cooper\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":78604,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-eager-to-shed-past-prime-time-struggles-against-cowboys\/","url_meta":{"origin":80213,"position":1},"title":"Giants eager to shed past prime-time struggles against Cowboys","date":"September 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Does he? \u201cYeah, I do,\u201d Daniel Jones said. \u201cI think we all do.\u201d really? 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