New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones stays cool, calm, and picked up no matter circumstance. Regardless of his mellow demeanor, he has endured intensive criticism in recent times.
Whereas many consider that simply rolls off of Jones’ again, he does hear it and he does see it.
Following a season of regression in 2023, which was capped off with a torn ACL, Jones is utilizing the more and more loud hate as motivation.
“Privately, all offseason lengthy, he’s been telling individuals that he’s as motivated as ever earlier than — the negativity, the discuss drafting a quarterback with the sixth total choose,” Ari Meirov of The thirty third Group stated. “That lit a fireplace in a participant like him and he desires to show all people fallacious a yr after getting that huge contract.”
Presently, Jones is down in North Carolina working personal exercises with a slew of his teammates — an annual occasion for Giants quarterbacks courting again to Eli Manning.
For Jones, it’s going to give him a possibility for extra one-on-one classes together with his receivers and working backs after being held out of 11-on-11’s this spring.
“We’ve excessive expectations. We all the time do. You understand, we’re going to get there by placing the work in daily and ensuring we’re able to go for the primary day of coaching camp, and after we get into coaching camp, getting all the pieces out of every follow and bettering and rising collectively. We’ve received excessive expectations of what we will be as a crew and what we will be as an offense,” Jones stated throughout minicamp.
Jones additionally stated the Giants have targeted on creating extra explosive downfield performs this offseason. If he and the talent place gamers can get that firing, possibly DJ will lastly be capable of quiet the noise coming in from outdoors the constructing.