The New York Giants are 1-3 to start the season following a Thursday night loss to the Dallas Cowboys, and quarterback Daniel Jones is not playing like a superstar.
Although Jones is performing at a higher level than he was a season ago, he has not quite returned to 2022 form and appears to have a sudden issue with underthrowing the football.
That has allowed Jones’ critics to resurface and attack, which they’ve done in spades over the past several days. The latest is FOX Sports radio host Colin Cowherd, who believes the Giants are a quarterback away from being Super Bowl contenders.
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The piling on of Jones is the path of least resistance but the Giants are not just a quarterback away from being contenders. Even Cowherd doesn’t believe that, as he outlined in March but apparently forgot.
Jones may be an issue but he’s far from the only issue. The Giants lack depth at multiple positions, have problems at cornerback, are terrible on special teams, can’t handle personnel properly, and have concerns from the top to the bottom of their organization.
Still, it’s all DJ all the time. Retired Giants running back Tiki Barber has also returned to his criticism of Jones.
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Even retired defensive lineman Dave Tollefson agrees.
https://twitter.com/DTollefson71/status/1840046942077743410
What does all this commentary mean? Absolutely nothing. General manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll are committed to Jones for at least this season and are not even remotely close to moving off him. In fact, Daboll has publicly praised DJ for being “locked in.”
The criticism is easy clout and nothing more. Even those of us here at Giants Wire are guilty of it but the team has made their bed and now we all have to sleep in it.
