Exploring the Impact of Daniel Jones on the Giants

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00:00It's time to continue with the letter N, the New York Giants.

00:08Now let me tell you something, I've lived in New York my entire life and I think this

00:12season is going to be riots, it's going to be fights, and I'm not talking about the political

00:17landscape, I'm just talking just right in Jersey alone because I think the Giants are

00:20trending downward, I think the Jets are trending upward, it's going to be rough.

00:24Let's talk Giants first, Joe.

00:26Yeah, the New York Giants.

00:29You see Daniel Jones with a new beard, but I don't think it's going to hide the bad quarterback

00:33play.

00:34Yesterday, instead of taking a sack for safety and giving up two points, he chucked a ball

00:39in the air, threw a pick, and it was six points.

00:43And I think that's what it comes down to, I think people tend to forget with Daniel

00:47Jones too, there's always this cockeyed optimism when it comes to the New York Giants because

00:52in the past they were an organization that had established themselves as a Super Bowl

00:56contender at certain times, with the Parcells era, and then even later on during Eli Manning's

01:01tenure with Tom Coughlin, it was an organization that's had some good moments over the last

01:0630, 40 years in our lifetime.

01:08Now, it's been a while since one of those good seasons, and hard knocks gave a lot of

01:13people a lot of, you know, the hard knocks offseason, we drafted Malik Nabors, he's going

01:17to be great, he might be great, but he can only be as good as your quarterback plays.

01:21And it's funny because I'm now on this weird situation where I have to somehow be the guy

01:25who used to defend Daniel Jones, say, I don't think he's as bad as everybody thinks he is,

01:29and now I'm the guy saying, I don't think he's as good as everybody says he is either,

01:32or thinks he's going to be this year.

01:34Daniel Jones, without Saquon Barkley, those numbers are stark.

01:40And I know you can make the argument and say, well, he didn't have a lot else to work with

01:43besides Saquon Barkley.

01:44My argument is, well, if you don't have a lot to work with without Saquon Barkley, what's

01:49going to happen this year when you don't have Saquon Barkley?

01:51Because you don't, you have Devin Singletary.

01:53So that's a big question I think we have to ask ourselves.

01:56What does Daniel Jones look like without that elite running back to take some pressure off

02:00of him?

02:01Yeah, Malik Neighbors is there.

02:02And if you look at the stats for Malik Neighbors in terms of projections, they look like six

02:06touchdowns, about 1,000 yards receiving, 80 catches.

02:09I think that sounds about right to me.

02:11I don't think this is the floor, though.

02:12I think this is kind of what you're going to get.

02:16Is he have the talent to go 1,300 yards and 10 touchdowns?

02:20Of course he does.

02:21Does Daniel Jones have the way to get him there?

02:23And if it's not Daniel Jones or he gets hurt again, is it Drew Locke?

02:26There's a lot to unpack here if you're the Giants.

02:29So I know people love Malik Neighbors, but this is that perfect quintessential moment

02:34where you look at the offensive ecosystem, look at the quarterback play, look at the

02:36offensive line, look at the coaching, look at all those things coming together and say,

02:41why do I believe Malik Neighbors is better than wide receiver 20 or in that range where

02:44he's being drafted?

02:45And I don't think he is.

02:47I know some people think he is talent wise, and I would agree there.

02:49We're not talking about talent.

02:51We're talking about application.

02:52And I think that's where I struggle most here with the New York Giants.

02:55So I'm going to put it to you.

02:56What have you seen out of Daniel Jones and his career that makes you confident that now

03:00just because he's got an elite level talent wide receiver, that Daniel Jones can supply

03:06him with catchable balls in good situations where it turns into fantasy?

03:11Short answer is nothing because the first time teams double on Neighbors and Jones has

03:16to check down to Wandel Robinson and then Slayton, and you just see the panic.

03:20He's the only guy that I've ever seen where you can see panic through a football helmet.

03:24And that's Daniel Jones for me.

03:25So I'm with you a hundred percent.

03:27I think that Neighbors is good.

03:28But again, once you eliminate him from the equation, what's left?

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