3 reasons Tyrod Taylor should remain the Giants starter over Daniel Jones

With the NY Giants just taking down the Washington Commanders, as well as coming just one play short of beating the Buffalo Bills on SNF, many fans have started questioning who the team's starting quarterback should be moving forward. Some believe it should be Daniel Jones once he returns back from injury, which is understandable as he has been QB1 for nearly five years now and led them to the playoffs last season.

However, despite all of this, there is still a subsection of Giants fans who wish for backup QB Tyrod Taylor to be promoted to the starter regardless of whether Jones is healthy or not. This is tough, as all QB controversies tend to be, but let's try and make an objective case for Taylor to remain the go-to guy moving forward:

3. The Giants offense has simply looked better with Tyrod Taylor

It may not look great, but I don't think there's much doubt that the Giants offense has looked a bit better with Taylor under center these last two weeks. Not only did the team, again, come just one play away from beating the Bills, who have a top defense in the league, but they finally scored not just one, but two touchdowns against the Commanders, both of which came off throws from Taylor.

Through his first two starts, Taylor has completed 42-of-65 pass attempts for 479 yards, two touchdowns, and zero interceptions. In both games, Taylor has surpassed 200 passing yards, meanwhile Jones only has two games where he's done this, but he had five attempts to do so.

Not everything has been perfect, and Taylor has missed his fair amount of simple passes just like Jones has, but something we can't ignore is the amount of deep shots Taylor has taken in just two games. Personally, I trust Jones to consistently make the easy throws more than Taylor, but when it comes to the deep ball game, it's not close as of now.

Not only is Taylor taking more deep shots than Jones, but he's completing them at a better rate and it's been helping the Giants offense out a ton, setting them up to succeed more than Jones' usual dump-offs. Maybe this will make Jones have more temptation to let it fly if he does start once healthy, but as of now, Taylor clears in this aspect.

2. Tyrod Taylor does a good amount of things better than Daniel Jones

From an objective standpoint, Jones is still likely the better QB. However, this does not mean that Taylor doesn't do certain things on the football field better than him. Most notably, his ability to move around in the pocket and extend plays. Jones isn't necessarily bad at this, but he has far too many moments where he is just standing around in the pocket, which, with this offensive line, cannot happen.

Alongside this, there's the aforementioned deep ball ability and willingness to throw them. Jones has proven that he can be an accurate passer when throwing the ball deep, but the problem is that he doesn't do it often, if at all. Jones has consistently missed receivers wide open down the field for what could have been game-changing plays in order to get the ball out for a shorter gain.

You could even make the argument that Taylor reads and processes defenses better. At the very least, he does it faster, which leads to high amounts of success and some of the big-time plays that we've seen him make, such as his TD pass to Waller against the Commanders on Sunday.

Immediately when he takes the snap, Taylor reads the zone and drops a pass perfectly between the defenders. I'm not saying Jones can't do this, but the speed with which Taylor makes the read and throw leads to a perfect ball for the Giants' first TD since the SF game. Jones may objectively be better, but with the holes this offense has, there's little doubt that Taylor's skill set fits a little better than that of Jones.

1. Daniel Jones has struggled this season and should have a tighter leash

While a good portion of Jones' struggles can be blamed on things like the offensive line and competition he's played against, there's no doubt that he hasn't lived up to his $160 million contract thus far. This, combined with him making far more mistakes on easy plays than he ever did last season, has us concerned about his future with the team. Maybe he'll turn it around upon his return, but as of now, Taylor has undoubtedly looked better.

Through five games, Jones has completed 68.9 percent of his passes for just 884 yards, two touchdowns, and six interceptions while also fumbling the ball four times. Granted, four of Jones' interceptions have come off the hands of receivers he's targeted, but they're turnovers nonetheless. In addition to this, Jones has missed a lot of easy throws that have set the Giants back big time on offense.

Taylor hasn't been perfect, but thus far he's played some pretty mistake-free football, not having turned the ball over or even fumbled once through his first two starts. In addition to the other things we've seen Taylor do well, it's almost hard to say with an objective point of view that Jones should continue to start. Brian Daboll has said there's no QB controversy in East Rutherford, but you know what... there should be.