However, all bets are off and the head coach has to take action if the quarterback starts to be the primary reason for the team’s losses and the locker room notices it.
Without a doubt, Jones would do well to write a statement game that would, if necessary, offer him a stay of execution, as another Game for the Rages would cut his leash considerably shorter than it might already be.
Mike Kafka, the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach, described the offense as an 11-man operation.
However, the enterprise stumbles along with the one man at quarterback.
Because of his ability to remain composed under pressure and his natural affinity for exuberant, chaotic New York, Jones was chosen as Eli Manning’s replacement. Now, he must fight to maintain his composure in the pocket and prevent any self-fulfilling prophecies from coming true.
Since I’ve been here, I don’t think his confidence has faltered at all, Kafka said.
Recall that Daboll took on play-calling responsibilities this season, and if Jones is unable to send his team into the end zone, it will be detrimental to his stellar reputation.
By choosing to choose Malik Nabers with the sixth choice in the draft instead of paying Saquon Barkley, general manager Joe Schoen effectively gave the quarterback control over the ball. The Giants were expecting, perhaps against hope, that Jones, behind a more resilient offensive line, could lead them as their first legitimate No. 1 receiver and with the fastest and greatest receiving room of his six seasons. This is a quarterback-driven league.
And if he can’t, because of the escape hatch on Jones’s contract after this season, someone else will be driving the 2025 Giants.
Schoen was telling the $40 million Quarterback in no uncertain terms: It’s your show.
Showtime.
Remind us why we showed you the money in the expectation that you would be an ascending quarterback after your 2022 playoff win in Minnesota.
Or else.
Or else we will have no choice but to move on.
Daboll is intent on an explosive vertical attack, and Jones showed up against the Vikings resembling a backup in survival mode.
Daboll’s challenge during the week was standing by his quarterback and keeping his confidence from flagging, and devising and designing more creative ways for Jones to get the ball in Nabers’ hands. Just give him the damn ball. Early and often. The club did unretire Ray Flaherty’s No. 1 for him, right?
The last thing Jones needs to be thinking about is the rookie quarterback he is facing, Jayden Daniels, was the apple of Daboll’s “Hard Knocks” eyes.
Jones would be better off reminiscing about his five-TD game five years ago in a 51-45 win at what is now Northwest Stadium.
“I think my mental toughness is in a good spot,” Jones said.
The fact that Jones will be traveling and away from the MetLife boobirds can’t be a bad thing. In Week 1, Baker Mayfield (four touchdowns) shredded the Commanders secondary.
In the midst of the storm, Jones can no longer afford to blink. Only Week 1 had passed. It’d better not be Week 2 for him too.
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