Earlier in the week, NY Giants head coach Brian Daboll made it quite clear that there's no quarterback controversy in East Rutherford: Daniel Jones is his guy. However, Danny Dimes is out for his second consecutive game, with Tyrod Taylor getting the start.
So far, things are looking pretty darn good for Taylor and the Giants, with them just entering the halftime break up 14-0 against the Commanders. As of this writing, Taylor has thrown for 209 yards and two touchdowns - one to Darren Waller and one to Saquon Barkley.
To throw for more than 200 yards in the first half alone is impressive. Because of how great he's playing, a lot of people out there think that this offense is looking way better with Tyrod out there over Jones. It's hard to argue with that...
Tyrod Taylor playing really well. No way around it.
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) October 22, 2023
He started 6-of-6 for 92 yards against the blitz Sunday, per ESPN Stats and Information.
Taylor went 14-of-22 passing for 209 yards and 2 TDs in the first half overall.
Tyrod Taylor is putting on a show for the NY Giants vs. Washington
If you take a look on social media, countless Giants fans are showering Taylor with love and rightfully so. Before he went down with his neck injury, Jones was struggling and he couldn't get his unit into any kind of a rhythm. Taylor is also dealing with a banged-up offensive line, but he's still moving the chains. Big Blue supporters are taking notice of this:
Can we talk about the real difference maker in this game… his name is Tyrod Taylor! #NYGiants
— Eazy (@EazyBKNY) October 22, 2023
Tyrod Taylor might need to take Daniel Jones' spot
— Freaky Frog (@youvebeen_duped) October 22, 2023
I’ve seen enough. Tyrod Taylor is levels above Daniel Jones.#NYGiants pic.twitter.com/nLc2ZYotnK
— ¹⁰ (@HoodiGarland) October 22, 2023
Tyrod Taylor looking better as the NY Giants starter than Daniel Jones but they gave him all that money. Gotta keep Daniel Jones as the starter to save face I guess
— JAYFORCE (@Jayforce) October 22, 2023
Wanna hear a hot take #NFL fans? Tyrod Taylor is a better QB for the #Giants than Daniel Jones.
— Drake Wally (@DwallsterDrake) October 22, 2023
Shouldn't really be controversial to say Tyrod Taylor is better than Daniel Jones but I assume it is.
— Cian (@Cianaf) October 22, 2023
You can’t tell me this offense doesn’t look better under Tyrod Taylor. We player the #2 Defense in the NFL last week and everyone wanted to compare it to playing a bottom 5 Defense in Miami. Well guess what we are playing a Bottom 5 defense and how does the offense look?
— Monte (@MONTECRI5TO) October 22, 2023
As you can see from those tweets above, folks are loving what they're seeing out of Taylor and it has them convinced that he's a better option over Jones. The fact of the matter, though, is that general manager Joe Schoen gave Jones $160 million this offseason.
It is simply way too early to throw the towel in on Jones after making such a big investment on him earlier in the year. Coach Dabes has backed Jones for a while now, but if Taylor continues to look so strong when out on the field, it will only put more pressure on Jones to up his game when he's back from his injury. If he struggles, fans will be begging for Daboll to send him to the bench in favor of Taylor.