Merely put, there have been causes Giants followers had been burning Daniel Jones jerseys within the car parking zone after Sunday’s sport within the Meadowlands.
With an improved offensive line, a real No. 1 receiver in Malik Nabers, and despite shedding Saquon Barkley, the Giants put forth optimism that Jones may present why he was drafted No. 6 general. That didn’t occur in Week 1.
Jones struggled on 42 makes an attempt with simply 186 yards and two interceptions whereas getting sacked 5 instances. Finishing 22 passes, his common depth of goal was simply 3.8 yards. Nabers performed his position with 66 yards and 5 catches on seven targets, however New York couldn’t get in gear with solely two area objectives regardless of operating 68 complete performs.
Because of that low completion fee, paired with the modest depth of every throw, Jones recorded simply 186 yards however nonetheless threw a pair of interceptions, one among which was returned for a landing.
With a passer score of 44.3, it was the third-worst sport of Jones’ profession by that metric. It was additionally his third-worst sport when it comes to first downs recorded per go try. All of this was regardless of the Vikings main large for roughly your entire sport, which ought to have led to a good sport script for giant passing numbers.
Maybe most troublingly, Jones noticed the second-lowest blitz fee (at 10.3%) he has ever confronted in any sport of his profession, and the third-lowest of any quarterback by means of the 1 p.m. slot of Week 1. The Vikings’ protection knocked down six passes within the sport, however Jones’ poor selections made them simple knocks.
Large Blue has an NFC East matchup in Week 2 as they head all the way down to Washington to tackle Jayden Daniels and the Commanders.
