New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones opened the team’s 2023 training camp with a stellar performance that would have shut even his most ardent detractors up.
Jones, in his second season working under head coach Brian Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka, spread the ball around liberally to all of his old and new weapons and moved in and out of the pocket as well as anyone could remember.
Jones tossed three touchdowns to tight end Darren Waller, two to wide receiver Parris Campbell, and another to veteran Cole Beasley — all new faces this summer.
In addition, Jones continued his rapport with wideout Isaiah Hodgins and tight end Daniel Bellinger, as well as with another familiar face: running back Saquon Barkley.
Oh, and the offense did not turn the football over all day.
And that was just the first day 😏 pic.twitter.com/zx2LMPr9SM
— New York Giants (@Giants) July 26, 2023
Jones is finally coming into a camp where he’ll have less learning to do, less chaos, making this year much more stable than years past for him.
He’s had four head coaches and an army of coordinators and coaches barking in his ear during this four-year career in New York. Now, that noise has been streamlined and centralized under Daboll and Kafka.
“I think it’s nice not to be learning completely new at this point,” Jones told reporters on Wednesday. “We’re picking up from things we started with in the spring, and we’ll continue to build off of it, but we’re always learning and growing and kind of evolving the offense in whatever way is going to make us better.”
Jones was asked if he was surprised at how the offense has been stabilized under the new regime.
“I don’t know if I’m surprised. I think, like I said, we’ve got a lot of really good dudes, a lot of really good players who have performed and done the right things on and off the field. It’s fun to be in a locker room like that. It’s fun to be with a group of guys working together, guys who do all the right things. I don’t know if I’m surprised, but we’re looking forward to getting to work and kind of staying right here in training camp right now.”
