New York Giants legend Tiki Barber examined Daniel Jones’ woeful efficiency in New York’s season-opening 28-6 house loss to the Minnesota Vikings final Sunday and insisted throughout Thursday’s version of the WFAN afternoon present that Jones shouldn’t be but a completely “broken” quarterback.
Former tight finish and present analyst Kyle Rudolph performed alongside Jones with the Giants in the course of the 2021 season and seemingly disagrees with Barber’s evaluation.
“The Daniel Jones that I noticed on Sunday in that recreation shouldn’t be the Daniel Jones that I watched take them to the divisional spherical of the playoffs,” Rudolph stated throughout an look on the “Up & Adams Present with Kay Adams,” as shared by Matt Ehalt of the New York Put up. “It’s not the man I performed with once I was there for a 12 months. His confidence appears utterly destroyed. How will you blame him? Each time he goes on the market, he’s fighting for his life.”
Barber is amongst those that acknowledged this week that Jones gave the impression to be “missing confidence” coming off the season-ending torn ACL he suffered on Nov. 5 of final 12 months. Jones also missed a complete of 9 video games from the beginning of the 2021 marketing campaign by way of final fall attributable to neck accidents.
Jones completed 22-of-42 passes for 186 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions, one among which was returned for a rating, within the blowout defeat towards Minnesota. In accordance with ESPN stats, he enters this weekend ranked thirtieth within the NFL amongst 32 certified gamers with a 21.7 adjusted QBR.
“He’s bought to get his confidence again,” Rudolph added about Jones. “I don’t know the way they get it again, however that man I watched on Sunday taking part in towards [the Vikings] … that wasn’t the man that I do know and that I do know he has the flexibility to be.”
Rudolph stated in the course of the phase that he believes Jones is “tremendous gifted” and “extremely gifted.” If Jones does not start proving Rudolph proper starting with this Sunday’s recreation on the 0-1 Washington Commanders, the 27-year-old may discover himself dealing with a benching and the inevitable end of his Giants tenure.
As of Friday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Giants as 1.5-point highway underdogs towards the Commanders.
