The Giants’ conversation coming out of Sunday is probably not going to center around Daniel Jones, and that is something of a win for the quarterback after last week.
Jones did not lose the Giants this game, going 16 for 28 for 178 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a prototypical Daniel Jones performance. An odd confluence of factors bit the Giants in this 21-18 defeat on Austin Seibert’s winning field goal. Graham Gano was hurt on the opening kickoff, leaving the Giants without anyone capable of kicking extra points; Jamie Gillan’s missed PAT plus a pair of failed two-point conversions equaled the margin of defeat. Malik Nabers had a breakout game with 127 yards and a touchdown, then dropped a fourth-down pass late. Sometimes, it’s just not your day.
Still, even though Jones was more or less agreeable, watching a rookie quarterback drive down the field inside of two minutes to beat the Giants made you think of that clip from “Hard Knocks.”
Giants general manager Joe Schoen and Bears GM Ryan Poles were having a conversation ahead of the Georgia-Clemson opener that HBO’s cameras caught.
