New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones tossed a pair of ugly interceptions, together with one close to his personal finish zone that was returned for a landing, whereas making his 2024 preseason debut towards the Houston Texans this previous Saturday.
Throughout a Tuesday look on the WFAN “Boomer and Gio” program, Giants head coach Brian Daboll spoke about Jones making his in-game return from the torn ACL he suffered final November.
“He knew it wasn’t play,” Daboll mentioned concerning the pick-six, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. “The opposite interception, these are gonna occur. It was one-on-one outdoors…simply hold pushing the ball down the sphere and let’s hold engaged on our timing. We did that fairly a bit. I believe half our throws have been at the least 20 yards. That was vital to me and I believe vital to him.”
Jones displaying indicators of rust this summer time is comprehensible contemplating he missed time final fall together with his second neck damage in three years earlier than he went down with the ACL tear. With that mentioned, Daboll and common supervisor Joe Schoen left little doubt after they explored drafting Jones’ eventual alternative earlier this 12 months that the 27-year-old is getting into a make-or-break season concerning his Giants profession.
“I wished to try this a bunch this recreation,” Daboll mentioned about having Jones repeatedly throw down the sphere versus Houston. “One, to get his timing again…getting back from his ACL and having not performed, I wished the safety round him to be good. I wished to develop the routes down the sphere and have him hold onto it if he wanted to hold onto it, and see the selections he made.”
On Monday, former NFL quarterback and present analyst Dan Orlovsky ripped the decision-making that Jones displayed when he practically took a security earlier than he tossed a present of a pick-six at Houston’s NRG Stadium. To his credit score, Jones settled down whereas going through the Texans’ backups en path to ending 11-of-18 passing for 138 yards with no touchdowns and the 2 interceptions.
“It’s exhausting to have 15-play drives again and again…having the ability to push the ball down the sphere is gonna be vital,” Daboll added an offense that has promising rookie Malik Nabers as its new No. 1 huge receiver. “That’s one thing we’ve been specializing in since [organized team activities].”
How lengthy that offense will characteristic Jones earlier than Daboll and Schoen contemplate making a business decision that will enable them to half methods with the signal-caller early subsequent 12 months shall be seen.