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New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones hasn’t had it easy since signing his four-year, $160 extension after helping lead his squad to the NFC Divisional Round in the 2022 playoffs.
He was on pace for noticeable regression across the board in 2023 after the best year of his career in 2022. Unfortunately for the Giants offense, Jones’ downswing continued in a joint practice with the New York Jets on Wednesday. That left two-time first-team All-Pro Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner at a loss for words when asked to describe the Giants quarterback post-practice, a session the Jets dominated.
One of Jones’ longtime targets in wide receiver Darius Slayton, also a member of the Giants’ 2019 draft class, had a problem with Gardner’s comments, specifically when Gardner said he didn’t know what to say when trying to describe his quarterback.
“I don’t know what his intent was,” Slayton said on Thursday, per the New York Daily News. “I think I saw a tweet he said maybe he got distracted or something like that and that’s why he paused. But whatever it was, regardless … it’s easy to say negative things once there’s a negative narrative around a person. But it doesn’t always make it — well, in this case it doesn’t make it true. Nor does he see him on a day-in, day-out basis.”
Daniel Jones last 2 seasons
W-L
9-6-1
1-5*
TD-INT
15-5
2-6
Pass Yards/Att
6.8
5.7
Passer Rating
92.5
70.5
* 2023 season cut short by torn ACL
Slayton also blamed being in New York, the largest media market in the United States, in addition to regularly playing primetime football, for the negativity surrounding Jones while taking shots at other young quarterbacks who have received large contracts lately in Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (five years, $275 million) and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (five years, $262.5 million).
“I think because we play in prime time a lot, we’re media-covered a lot, we’re…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-08-23 15:18:36
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