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Post by GameTime on Aug 20, 2019 17:24:43 GMT -5
www.giants.com/news/daniel-jones-my-focus-is-on-the-giantsLocal media took it to him.....he did well!! “I try not to listen to much that’s said. I think I’ve done a pretty good job of that,” Jones said. “I heard that before, I kind of have the same mindset, I certainly have a lot to focus on here, I have a lot to worry about here and I’m focused on that. It’s been good, but just focused on what I’m doing here.”
Jones did admit that the criticism from Mayfield seemed “a little bit” out of left field because they have never spoken to each other. Jones said, however, there are a lot of things that motivate him before someone else’s opinion would. Jones also believes he is a winner but also takes responsibility for his losses in college.
“Going back to Duke, I wish we did win more games,” Jones said. “I played a big part in that. I take responsibility for that, I wish we did win more games. Our goal was always to win ACC championships and to go to big bowl games and we weren’t able to do that. I don’t look back on that without a large responsibility for that.”
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Post by Kruunch on Aug 20, 2019 17:37:08 GMT -5
He’s too busy to care what people are saying. Nose in the playbook, staying healthy, and being a sponge to everything Eli is saying. Part of being a pro is understanding that the media is not your friend, they don’t care for your best interest. And this is nothing, wait till you have a game losing interception in a big game. The media will swarm you like a bunch of hyenas.
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Post by GameTime on Aug 20, 2019 17:37:35 GMT -5
The kid is certainly getting some pressure from the media. It will actually help him grow as a player and person.
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Post by giantlegacy on Aug 20, 2019 17:41:51 GMT -5
Also proof how bad that Duke team was when he was there.
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Post by GameTime on Aug 20, 2019 17:49:28 GMT -5
Also proof how bad that Duke team was when he was there. well as he said he was part of that team so that is what it is... But that is history.....hopefully his NFL career is much better....
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Post by soflo on Aug 20, 2019 17:49:49 GMT -5
I watched the video on Giants.com.
You just can't say enough about this kid.
He is by far the easy person to root for and he's even winning over lots of non-Giant fans with his maturity.
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Post by Kruunch on Aug 20, 2019 17:56:51 GMT -5
I watched the video on Giants.com. You just can't say enough about this kid. He is by far the easy person to root for and he's even winning over lots of non-Giant fans with his maturity. Ask any Giants fan what they want from their players. Hard worker, tough, never quits, professional. Every fan favorite of this franchises history has checked off most if not all of the boxes.
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Post by giantlegacy on Aug 20, 2019 17:57:07 GMT -5
Also proof how bad that Duke team was when he was there. well as he said he was part of that team so that is what it is... But that is history.....hopefully his NFL career is much better.... One reason he is throwing into really tight windows like its second nature already,with the bonus our guys are actually catching them. This is why I have said week 12 in Chicago after the bye would really be the idea time for his first start becsuse of the adversity he faced having to go into Death Valley against that defense with that pathetic offense around him. Soldier field and having what seems to be a good NFL o line and NFL receivers that can catch the ball would in theory be cake compared to last year's game at Death Valley
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Post by soflo on Aug 20, 2019 18:08:19 GMT -5
I watched the video on Giants.com. You just can't say enough about this kid. He is by far the easy person to root for and he's even winning over lots of non-Giant fans with his maturity. Ask any Giants fan what they want from their players. Hard worker, tough, never quits, professional. Every fan favorite of this franchises history has checked off most if not all of the boxes. Ask that same question to Browns fans and they'll just list players like Baker and Odell because 20 years of losing would make anyone overlook glaring personal and professional flaws. It's why both of these morons were welcomed with open arms there. I bet Browns fans don't even care that Odell just jizzed on their city after implying it's a place where players are sent to die. They're tickled to have a guy who doesn't even want to be there.
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Post by JoeBigBlue on Aug 20, 2019 18:11:19 GMT -5
He's doing/saying everything the right way so far.
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Post by BigBlueDog42 on Aug 20, 2019 18:15:43 GMT -5
I watched the video on Giants.com. You just can't say enough about this kid. He is by far the easy person to root for and he's even winning over lots of non-Giant fans with his maturity. Ask any Giants fan what they want from their players. Hard worker, tough, never quits, professional. Every fan favorite of this franchises history has checked off most if not all of the boxes. There is a large portion of the fan base that are much bucket blue collars folks we relate to that.
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Post by BigBlueDog42 on Aug 20, 2019 18:23:21 GMT -5
well as he said he was part of that team so that is what it is... But that is history.....hopefully his NFL career is much better.... One reason he is throwing into really tight windows like its second nature already,with the bonus our guys are actually catching them. This is why I have said week 12 in Chicago after the bye would really be the idea time for his first start becsuse of the adversity he faced having to go into Death Valley against that defense with that pathetic offense around him. Soldier field and having what seems to be a good NFL o line and NFL receivers that can catch the ball would in theory be cake compared to last year's game at Death Valley I also think he has been forced to throw into tight windows his whole college career and has gotten pretty good at. Something the arm chair GMs didn't see because they didn't watch him. Still waiting to see him on the move he has been doing it in practice on rollouts, he had to do it for survival in college.
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Post by piddy283 on Aug 20, 2019 18:46:17 GMT -5
Pertaining to the notes at the bottom of the article.......
What is with the WR's we draft and their propensity to pull hammy's, quads, groins, etc? I wasn't too excited about the fact Auburn didn't open up the route tree for their WR's, but Slayton has top end speed and would be a nice compliment to our current weapons. One play-action deep ball would keep defenses on their heels the rest of the game. I'm excited to see him play and see if his skills translate to the NFL.
If so, and considering what looks to be a vastly improved OL, we should have a nice compliment of weapons offensively......if they stay healthy.
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Post by EliDaGoat713 on Aug 20, 2019 18:51:21 GMT -5
I told you all that Jones is a carbon copy of Eli's personality.
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Post by ocgiant on Aug 20, 2019 18:54:46 GMT -5
Daniel Jones has handled Baker Mayfield's comments better professionally than Baker Mayfield did in making them...
DJ has quelled the criticism, had his team mates stand up for him and most importantly answered the critics with his game play thus far. IMO he is doing all the right things on and off the field
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Post by TheAnalyst on Aug 20, 2019 19:06:28 GMT -5
He is Eli Manning 2.0
That is 100% why the Giants drafted him.
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Post by Jomo on Aug 20, 2019 19:07:07 GMT -5
Honestly this whole conversation is a little nutty to me...……..so here is what Wikipedia has on Phil Simms (borderline HOF QB) in college.
College career He chose to attend Division II Morehead State of the Ohio Valley Conference in nearby Morehead.. The Morehead State Eagles ran a ball-control offense, and Simms' numbers were unspectacular—in his senior season he completed 92 of 173 passes for a 53.2% completion percentage and had six touchdown passes, 11 interceptions, and 1,229 yards. The Ohio Valley moved up to the new Division I-AA in 1978, but the Eagles went 2–6–1; they failed to make the postseason during his college career. Simms finished with 409 completions in 835 attempts for a 48.9% completion percentage. He also totaled 32 touchdowns, 45 interceptions, and a school-record 5,545 yards.
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Post by TheAnalyst on Aug 20, 2019 19:09:47 GMT -5
Honestly this whole conversation is a little nutty to me...……..so here is what Wikipedia has on Phil Simms (borderline HOF QB) in college. College career He chose to attend Division II Morehead State of the Ohio Valley Conference in nearby Morehead.. The Morehead State Eagles ran a ball-control offense, and Simms' numbers were unspectacular—in his senior season he completed 92 of 173 passes for a 53.2% completion percentage and had six touchdown passes, 11 interceptions, and 1,229 yards. The Ohio Valley moved up to the new Division I-AA in 1978, but the Eagles went 2–6–1; they failed to make the postseason during his college career. Simms finished with 409 completions in 835 attempts for a 48.9% completion percentage. He also totaled 32 touchdowns, 45 interceptions, and a school-record 5,545 yards. There is no comparing the 1970s to 2018 for college offenses.
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Post by Eazy E on Aug 20, 2019 19:17:06 GMT -5
I like how this TEAM is shaping up. The future is bright.
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Post by GameTime on Aug 20, 2019 19:31:41 GMT -5
Honestly this whole conversation is a little nutty to me...……..so here is what Wikipedia has on Phil Simms (borderline HOF QB) in college. College career He chose to attend Division II Morehead State of the Ohio Valley Conference in nearby Morehead.. The Morehead State Eagles ran a ball-control offense, and Simms' numbers were unspectacular—in his senior season he completed 92 of 173 passes for a 53.2% completion percentage and had six touchdown passes, 11 interceptions, and 1,229 yards. The Ohio Valley moved up to the new Division I-AA in 1978, but the Eagles went 2–6–1; they failed to make the postseason during his college career. Simms finished with 409 completions in 835 attempts for a 48.9% completion percentage. He also totaled 32 touchdowns, 45 interceptions, and a school-record 5,545 yards. He sucked!!!......
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Post by Jomo on Aug 20, 2019 19:39:12 GMT -5
Honestly this whole conversation is a little nutty to me...……..so here is what Wikipedia has on Phil Simms (borderline HOF QB) in college. College career He chose to attend Division II Morehead State of the Ohio Valley Conference in nearby Morehead.. The Morehead State Eagles ran a ball-control offense, and Simms' numbers were unspectacular—in his senior season he completed 92 of 173 passes for a 53.2% completion percentage and had six touchdown passes, 11 interceptions, and 1,229 yards. The Ohio Valley moved up to the new Division I-AA in 1978, but the Eagles went 2–6–1; they failed to make the postseason during his college career. Simms finished with 409 completions in 835 attempts for a 48.9% completion percentage. He also totaled 32 touchdowns, 45 interceptions, and a school-record 5,545 yards. There is no comparing the 1970s to 2018 for college offenses. I respectfully disagree with that one. There have been football mills for as long as I have been watching football. There were the Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma dominated eras. There was the Notre Dame era with plenty of top QBs, from Hanraty to Theisman to Montana. There was Penn State through the 1970s and of course there was QB U in Miami with a string that included Testaverde, Kosar and Jim Kelly. Quaterbacks are not made by a program as Mayfield suggest...…...very smug coming from a guy out of one of the elite programs I might add. Nope, great quarterbacks are born and there have always been multiple routes to NFL greatness. Ask Phil Simms or Drew Brees out of Purdue or Ben Rothliesberger out of Miami of OHIO or Alex Smith out of Utah.
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Post by TheAnalyst on Aug 20, 2019 19:44:44 GMT -5
There is no comparing the 1970s to 2018 for college offenses. I respectfully disagree with that one. There have been football mills for as long as I have been watching football. There were the Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma dominated eras. There was the Notre Dame era with plenty of top QBs, from Hanraty to Theisman to Montana. There was Penn State through the 1970s and of course there was QB U in Miami with a string that included Testaverde, Kosar and Jim Kelly. Quaterbacks are not made by a program as Mayfield suggest...…...very smug coming from a guy out of one of the elite programs I might add. Nope, great quarterbacks are born and there have always been multiple routes to NFL greatness. Ask Phil Simms or Drew Brees out of Purdue or Ben Rothliesberger out of Miami of OHIO or Alex Smith out of Utah. You were citing stats though. I'm not saying there weren't any good QBs from the 1970s in college. The stats are completely different in today's game than 40-50 years ago.
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Post by Jomo on Aug 20, 2019 19:53:33 GMT -5
I respectfully disagree with that one. There have been football mills for as long as I have been watching football. There were the Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma dominated eras. There was the Notre Dame era with plenty of top QBs, from Hanraty to Theisman to Montana. There was Penn State through the 1970s and of course there was QB U in Miami with a string that included Testaverde, Kosar and Jim Kelly. Quaterbacks are not made by a program as Mayfield suggest...…...very smug coming from a guy out of one of the elite programs I might add. Nope, great quarterbacks are born and there have always been multiple routes to NFL greatness. Ask Phil Simms or Drew Brees out of Purdue or Ben Rothliesberger out of Miami of OHIO or Alex Smith out of Utah. You were citing stats though. I'm not saying there weren't any good QBs from the 1970s in college. The stats are completely different in today's game than 40-50 years ago. Not sure what I was citing but Mayfield was condescending on smaller programs using his elite program as a key indicator of NFL success. I was rejecting it just like I rejected all but one of the Ivy league kids I've hired over 30 years. It is not where they or Mayfield went to school that is the critical success factor for success. It is what is inside them as an individual. I am not even knocking Mayfield's abilities. He is a very talented young QB. I am just saying that he doesn't realize what has made the biggest difference for him. (hint, it was not where he went to school) Jones should apologize to no one for his Duke football experience.
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Post by Jomo on Aug 20, 2019 20:35:57 GMT -5
I respectfully disagree with that one. There have been football mills for as long as I have been watching football. There were the Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma dominated eras. There was the Notre Dame era with plenty of top QBs, from Hanraty to Theisman to Montana. There was Penn State through the 1970s and of course there was QB U in Miami with a string that included Testaverde, Kosar and Jim Kelly. Quaterbacks are not made by a program as Mayfield suggest...…...very smug coming from a guy out of one of the elite programs I might add. Nope, great quarterbacks are born and there have always been multiple routes to NFL greatness. Ask Phil Simms or Drew Brees out of Purdue or Ben Rothliesberger out of Miami of OHIO or Alex Smith out of Utah. I agree with your statement but NFL QB's do not come from DUKE .…..or Morehead St, or Purdue or Miami of Ohio or Utah etc etc.
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Post by GameTime on Aug 20, 2019 20:42:20 GMT -5
I agree with your statement but NFL QB's do not come from DUKE .…..or Morehead St, or Purdue or Miami of Ohio or Utah etc etc. or Delaware....
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Post by Merc on Aug 20, 2019 20:43:35 GMT -5
I respectfully disagree with that one. There have been football mills for as long as I have been watching football. There were the Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma dominated eras. There was the Notre Dame era with plenty of top QBs, from Hanraty to Theisman to Montana. There was Penn State through the 1970s and of course there was QB U in Miami with a string that included Testaverde, Kosar and Jim Kelly. Quaterbacks are not made by a program as Mayfield suggest...…...very smug coming from a guy out of one of the elite programs I might add. Nope, great quarterbacks are born and there have always been multiple routes to NFL greatness. Ask Phil Simms or Drew Brees out of Purdue or Ben Rothliesberger out of Miami of OHIO or Alex Smith out of Utah. I agree with your statement but NFL QB's do not come from DUKE .Until now!
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Post by ocgiant on Aug 21, 2019 0:15:07 GMT -5
He is Eli Manning 2.0 That is 100% why the Giants drafted him. Amazingly, his answers were Eliesque, there maybe some cloning going on here!
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Post by Waybackfan on Aug 21, 2019 6:02:12 GMT -5
Soon we'll see TV commercials with Denial, Eli, and maybe Sequin too.
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Post by Fletch842 on Aug 21, 2019 6:35:36 GMT -5
What is wrong with this kid. He should be working on his brand, first and foremost!!
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Post by Waybackfan on Aug 21, 2019 7:42:50 GMT -5
Soon we'll see TV commercials with Denial, Eli, and maybe Sequin too. yes,.........................but can he DANCE ?My hunch is he can't.
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