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The restrictions placed in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have offered up its own set of challenges for teams preparing for the 2020 NFL season. Fortunately, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and wide receiver Darius Slayton have managed to keep their rapport going throughout the offseason. Slayton said in an interview with Giants.com […]

The Giants and Daniel Jones are part of this story: Former NFL quarterback and current NBC football analyst Chris Simms was willing to eat some crow about some of his past evaluations. Simms said earlier this week he was wrong about New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, who he apparently criticized after the Giants took […]

Coming off his up-and-down debut season in the NFL, New York Giants rising sophomore quarterback Daniel Jones is looking to connect with his teammates, demonstrate some leadership and get reps in while the sports world waits to see what’s next with the 2020 season. Jones, the 23-year-old Duke product and former sixth-overall pick in the […]

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is currently gearing up to enter his first season outside the shadow of longtime NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who retired following the conclusion of the 2019-20 campaign. Already stepping up as a leader for the Giants, the soon-to-be second-year signal-caller is now motivated to ‘drive change’ in the United […]

The New York Giants have themselves a lethal combination in Jason Garrett and Daniel Jones that could potentially turn the tide for the franchise that has been struggling for some time now. Jones will be paired with Garrett, who is the new offensive coordinator of the Giants starting this 2020. According to former Giants QB […]

Daniel Jones had a positive rookie season with the New York Giants outside of the fumbling woes he had. David Cutcliffe, Jones’ former coach at Duke, shared how he is helping Jones fix his fumble issues: “We have a bunch of drills that are designed for pocket movement,” Cutcliffe said, via Dan Duggan of The […]

Three of the New York Giants’ first five selections in the 2020 NFL Draft went to addressing their offensive line, which included using the fourth-overall selection on Georgia offensive tackle Andrew Thomas. The team’s left tackle of the future is a great addition to helping keep sophomore quarterback Daniel Jones upright in the pocket in […]

Year after year, there seems to be a group of players that rise into stardom or take a leap forward at their respective position. Similar to previous seasons, the 2020 NFL season is shaping up to have quite a few players that have a chance of bursting onto the scene. Also, that includes players that […]

Former NFL player and current NBC Sports analyst Chris Simms believes that New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones had a phenomenal rookie season. In an interview with NJ Advance Media, Simms spoke out about Jones’ rookie season last year. “I was blown away by Daniel Jones,” Chris Simms said of the Giants youngster. “It was […]

Daniel Jones is preparing to enter his second season with the New York Giants, and his college coach had some high praise for him this offseason. While Jones is attempting to improve his game, Duke Blue Devils head coach David Cutcliffe compared his work ethic to those of Eli Manning and Peyton Manning. Per Steve […]

Former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky had an explosive take during the My Sports Update Football Podcast earlier this week, involving New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold. I asked @danorlovsky7 if he'd rather have Sam Darnold or Daniel Jones for the next 10 years. Not only did he pick Darnold… but he took it one step […]

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones admitted to talking to Tony Romo for some inside knowledge regarding the Dallas Cowboys offense. Jones, who’ll be entering his second year in the league, will now be working closely with offensive coordinator Jason Garrett — who happens to be the Cowboys’ former head coach. Aware of this, Jones […]

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is already having to adapt to a new offense ahead of his sophomore season. The Giants brought in former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett to be the offensive coordinator, and Jones said he has been watching some tape on the Cowboys to familiarize himself with concepts (via Charean […]

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is coming off of a terrific rookie campaign in which he supplanted Eli Manning as the starter in Week 3. Going into 2019, it was widely assumed that Jones would usurp Manning at some point, which was certainly a sensitive topic given that Manning had been the Giants’ starter […]

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones was able to show plenty of promise as a franchise cornerstone during his rookie year. Of course, he seems to be well aware that he is far from a finished product heading into the 2020 NFL season. There are a number of notable areas Jones will need to improve […]

The torch has been officially passed in the New York Giants franchise. After almost two decades in the helm, star quarterback Eli Manning has decided to hang up his cleats and retire from the NFL. His replacement? The Giants’ sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Daniel Jones. Jones played a full season alongside […]

Eli Manning saw two last starts for his longtime New York Giants during the 2019 NFL season before the two-time Super Bowl MVP retired at the conclusion of the year. With Manning, 39, officially gone, rising sophomore Daniel Jones will be the No. 1 quarterback on the depth chart moving forward with the burden of […]

A years after Dave Gettleman shocked the NFL world by drafting Duke quarterback Daniel Jones with the sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, New York Giants new coach Joe Judge looks to be rousingly optimistic about his growth at the position. Jones threw for 24 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his rookie year […]

Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa are considered to be the top two quarterbacks in the 2020 NFL Draft, and ESPN’s Mel Kiper seems to believe they are better than last year’s first two quarterbacks taken. While answering questions from fans, Kiper ranked Burrow and Tagovailoa ahead of Kyler Murray and Daniel Jones. For months, Burrow […]

Daniel Jones will enter his second season with the New York Giants with a lot of uncertainty. However, he’ll have ample support in the form of Colt McCoy and his breadth of experience of being a quarterback in the league. The 33-year-old QB, who signed a one-year deal with the Giants for $1.5 million, is […]

Colt McCoy is fully aware that he won’t be the starting quarterback in New York. That title belongs to Daniel Jones. However, McCoy is prepared to help Jones along in the event that offseason team activities and training camp are compromised due to the coronavirus. On Wednesday, the new Giants backup said that he remembers […]

The coronavirus has made its presence felt in the NFL and Eli Manning believes the pandemic could cause some disruption in the development of Daniel Jones for the New York Giants. When asked if the coronavirus could have a negative effect on Jones this offseason, Manning had an interesting answer. “It has the potential to be,” […]

The coronavirus, called COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, is a contagious virus that can spread from person to person. According to the Washington Post, there have been more than 20,000 confirmed cases in the United States as of Saturday. Of those cases, 10,356 are in New York. In a recent video, New York Giants quarterback […]

With longtime starter Eli Manning now retired, the New York Giants need to secure a backup quarterback for 2019 rookie Daniel Jones. Per SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano, the G-Men are reportedly interested in Kansas City Chiefs backup Matt Moore. Moore, an 11-year NFL veteran, has played last season with the Chiefs after spending the previous seven […]

Incoming Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy will welcome the opportunity to work with Dak Prescott–pending the two sides agree on a contract–but a different quarterback nearly coaxed McCarthy to take another head coaching job. Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post reported McCarthy showed interest in the New York Giants due in part to the intrigue […]

Ever since Joe Judge accepted the head coaching job for the New York Giants, fans have been anxious to see what he thinks of Daniel Jones. During his press conference at the NFL Combine, Judge spoke about Jones’ status with New York. Similarly to his introductory press conference, Judge refused to mention players by name. […]

Daniel Jones surprised a lot of people in his first season with the New York Giants and it’s safe to say that Tim Tebow is a fan of his. During a press conference with the New York Mets, Tebow shared that he is impressed with Jones. Tim Tebow is a Daniel Jones fan. pic.twitter.com/lrBwsiJ5BF — […]

New York Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones has begun preparation for his sophomore season — not with Duke University, but at Duke University. Jones was putting in some work at his alma mater Duke University on Thursday, working out with fellow Duke alum Jamison Crowder as well as Giants teammates Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard: […]

Pat Shurmur will get a chance to coach another quarterback from the 2019 NFL Draft after becoming the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos. After being the head coach of the New York Giants in 2019, Shurmur sees similarities between Drew Lock and Daniel Jones. “Skill sets are very similar. They can throw the ball […]

The New York Giants have ushered in some significant changes to their coaching staff following a disappointing 2019 NFL season. This has not stopped quarterback Daniel Jones from keeping the same tradition going. According to ESPN’s Jordan Raanan, Jones has wasted no time in getting work in with his wide receivers at Duke just like […]

Daniel Jones will have a new offensive coordinator in his second season with the New York Giants and he wants to make sure he’s well prepared. While in Miami for the Super Bowl, Jones picked Dak Prescott’s brain on new offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. “I actually met Dak — well, I’ve seen him on the […]

In the NFL, quarterbacks are not allowed to wear numbers past 20. That limits their options, of course, especially if their previous number is taken by another player. For New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, that meant finding a new number. When Jones arrived to the Giants as a rookie in late April of 2019, […]

The torch has been passed in New York. With Eli Manning officially announcing his retirement from the game of football on Friday, Daniel Jones takes over as the permanent starter for the Giants under center, and Manning thinks Big Blue is in good hands: “Daniel Jones loves the game of football, he’s passionate, and I […]

Eli Manning has hung ’em up. On Friday, he officially announced his retirement from the NFL. The New York Giants will now turn to Daniel Jones to usher in a new era of Big Apple football. Manning won two Super Bowls as the starting quarterback of the Giants. It’s now Jones’ turn to try to […]

The New York Giants have brought in Jason Garrett as their offensive coordinator to help with Daniel Jones’ development. Garrett got a lot of heat during his time as the head coach with the Dallas Cowboys for team success, but he did great work with the development of Tony Romo and Dak Prescott. With Jones […]

The New York Giants are moving forward with Joe Judge as their next head coach and he’s focused on improving the offense. While it would be ideal for the offense to immediately improve, Judge realizes it isn’t going to happen overnight. Per Pat Leonard in the New York Daily News: “We’ve got to build a […]

Jason Garrett was named as the next offensive coordinator of the New York Giants and he was more than comfortable accepting the job. A couple of days after being hired, Garrett appears to be content with his decision to reunite with the Giants. Before beginning his coaching career, Garrett was a backup quarterback in the […]

Coming out of high school, Daniel Jones was a tall, lanky kid that, despite racking up nearly 7,000 yards and 98 touchdowns throughout his high school career, was an unranked prospect with just one Division-I scholarship offer. That one offer was from Princeton, a school Jones originally committed to play at until choosing another route. […]

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones proved a sea of doubters wrong this season, enjoying a terrific rookie campaign and making a lot of those same doubters believe that he was, in fact, worth the sixth overall pick of the NFL Draft. In 13 appearances and 12 starts this year, Jones threw for 3,027 yards, […]