The New York Giants received even more confirmation that Daniel Jones is not going to be the quarterback who drags them out of the muck and back to the promised land when he got smacked by the Philadelphia Eagles in a 28-3 loss to such a degree that Drew Lock came in during the fourth quarter to provide a spark.
Jones' infamous lack of production at home is now becoming somewhat of a meme across the chronically online NFL community. Jones' last home touchdown pass came on New Year's Day of 2023 against the Colts. Since then, Jones has thrown as many touchdowns as you and I at MetLife Stadium, albeit with nine figures more in the bank.
Jones' struggles at home are borderline unexplainable. His production on the road in his career makes him look like a franchise quarterback. At home, however, Jones' numbers make him look like someone worthy of being benched, making him an even more mysterious and difficult evaluation as a player.
Jones is 12-21 both at home and on the road, with an extra tie mixed on away from MetLife. On the road, he's thrown 41 touchdown passes against just 14 interceptions, good for a 91.8 passer rating. In essentially the same sample size at home, Jones has 27 touchdowns and 30 interceptions, which gives him a 77.9 passer rating.
Giants QB Daniel Jones continues to struggle at MetLife Stadium
While Philadelphia was certainly a quality opponent despite some of their recent turmoil, they're not good enough to eviscerate the Giants in the manner they did. Saquon Barkley might as well have been Walter Payton for how difficult it was for New York to tackle him.
Jones may have been playing in an offense that was down some of their best individual players and is lacking high-end skill position targets outside of rookie sensation Malik Nabers, but they aren't so putrid that a player in his sixth season should be making these sorts of errors and having complete stinkers against division rivals.
Even the Jones supporters have to be concerned with 2024. It's not necessarily the fact he hasn't taken that star leap they all seem to have deluded themselves into believing he will take, but it's the fact he's essentially made no improvements over the last half-decade that has them irritated.
The Giants offense seems like a dead man walking as long as Jones is under center. Hopefully, they get a better signal-caller for Nabers next year.