Nearly 20 hours later, Brian Daboll’s decision didn’🐻t change.
Daniel Jones will remain the Giants starting quarterback for their Week 8 game d𒁏espite🍎 getting benched during the fourth quarter of their 28-3 loss to the Eagles, Daboll said during his press conference Monday.
Jones completed 14 of 21 passes fꦿor 99 yards on a day when the offense finished with just 119 total.
But Daboll told Jones after the game that he’d remain Big Blue’s quarterback over💃 Drew Lock, who replaced Jones and completed three passes for six yards.
Jones will continue to get all of the first꧂-team reps in practice this week.
“I think he gives us the best chance, number one,” Daboll said. “I thought there w♚ere a lot of plays that he did exactly what he needed to do, and then look, there were some plays where it wasn’t just on Daniel. It was a collection of things. It wasn’t just one person, a protection or a route.”
But for the♓ fourth time tꦑhis season, Jones failed to throw a touchdown pass, and it marked a second consecutive underwhelming week after the 27-year-old — who missed most of last season with a neck injury and an ACL tear — made some strides in wins against the Browns and Bengals, while falling just a late touchdown drive short of potentially upsetting the Cowboys.
The Giants have averaged the second-fewest points per game (14.7) — ahead of just the Dolphins, who’ve used a colle🌠ction of Skylar Thompson, Tim Boyle and Tyler Huntley with starter Tua Tagovailoa out — and the sixth-fewest yards per game (290.7)𒉰.
Again👍st their NFC East rival Eagles on Sunday, most of the Giants’ usual issues returned.&nb𒐪sp;
They went just 3-for-14 on third down. Just three pass plays went for more than 10 yards, with their longest play of the game being a 14-yard completion 𝕴to Malik Nabers in the second quarter.
And Big Blue’s latest disappointing outing appeared to prompt at least some discon✱tent, with Nabers telling reporters to “watch the target tape” because he “was open.”
In the eyes of Daboll following the game, though🌸, Jones remained the Giants’ best shot at figuring out a solution. And for now, he’s sticking with that.
“Again, I made that change when it was 28-3, 11 minutes left in the fourth to try and create some type of spark,” Daboll said. “Obviously, it wasn’t going great. That’s not all on Daﷺniel, trust me.”
