On Sunday afternoon, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones will be playing in the first playoff game of his career. And before the game, he wanted some advice from someone who has been there before. Naturally, he chose Eli Manning, who has plenty of experience, winning two Super Bowls with the Giants during his playing career.
Daniel Jones revealed that he called Eli Manning this week to get advice before facing the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round on Sunday afternoon. And Manning’s advice was pretty simple: “It’s the same game.”
“It was ‘keep your process the same, keep your approach the same,'” Jones said Friday according to ESPN. “Largely, it’s the same game. Your intensity is up a little bit, but nothing changes as far as your decision-making and how you approach the game. It’s the same game. Trust what has gotten you there.”
Jones made it clear that even though this is a huge game for him personally, the game is more about his team than it is about him as an individual.
“These games are the most meaningful games you can go play. And huge opportunities,” Jones said. “But it’s about the team. It’s about what we do as a group and how we’re remembered collectively rather than how any individual is remembered. Think we have a group of guys with that mindset.”
[ESPN]
