New York Giants: 5 things to watch the rest of the way

2. Daniel Jones’ phenomenal rookie season

The one thing that has surprised me most about this 2019 New York Giants season – including the 2-8 record – is how many Big Blue fans have been somehow down on Daniel Jones through his first eight starts. We all know by now that Jones leads the league in fumbles, but when you consider how awesome he’s looked in spite of chaos all around him, it’s hard for me to understand how anyone could be anything other than thrilled with the rookie’s overall performance.

I was surely one of the many that thought selecting Jones at #6 overall was a reach, but the former Duke QB has balled out from his very first day of training camp. To put things in perspective, in the history of the NFL, there have been three times total that rookie quarterbacks have had games in which they threw for 300 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions — Jones has two of those three games himself. Back on draft night, I think most Giant fans would have been happy to be told Jones finished his rookie year with a few positive starts under his belt, let alone the 63% completion, 1984 yards, 15 touchdowns and only eight interceptions we’ve seen with six games to go.

‘Danny Dimes’ has made numerous impressive plays with his feat, and has shown himself to be a true impact player despite playing behind one of the worst offensive lines in recent memory. Jones has a real chance to break the NFL rookie record for passing TD’s in a season (27 by Baker Mayfield last year) as he only needs to average two a game over his last six to tie it.

The fumbles have to be cleaned up, but all signs point to Daniel Jones being a productive quarterback for a long time. At least we can enjoy that the rest of the way.