Merely put, there have been causes Giants followers had been burning Daniel Jones jerseys within the car parking zone after Sunday’s recreation within the Meadowlands.
With an improved offensive line, a real No. 1 receiver in Malik Nabers, and despite shedding Saquon Barkley, the Giants put forth optimism that Jones might present why he was drafted No. 6 general. That didn’t occur in Week 1.
Jones struggled on 42 makes an attempt with simply 186 yards and two interceptions whereas getting sacked 5 occasions. Finishing 22 passes, his common depth of goal was simply 3.8 yards. Nabers performed his position with 66 yards and 5 catches on seven targets, however New York couldn’t get in gear with solely two area targets regardless of operating 68 complete performs.
Attributable to that low completion price, paired with the modest depth of every throw, Jones recorded simply 186 yards however nonetheless threw a pair of interceptions, certainly one of which was returned for a landing.
With a passer ranking of 44.3, it was the third-worst recreation of Jones’ profession by that metric. It was additionally his third-worst recreation by way of first downs recorded per move try. All of this was regardless of the Vikings main large for kind of your complete recreation, which ought to have led to a positive recreation script for large passing numbers.
Maybe most troublingly, Jones noticed the second-lowest blitz price (at 10.3%) he has ever confronted in any recreation of his profession, and the third-lowest of any quarterback via the 1 p.m. slot of Week 1. The Vikings’ protection knocked down six passes within the recreation, however Jones’ poor selections made them simple knocks.
Large Blue has an NFC East matchup in Week 2 as they head right down to Washington to tackle Jayden Daniels and the Commanders.
