Things have objectively gone from bad to worse for the New York Giants.
The G-Men (2-5) have had to turn to backup Tyrod Taylor in the wake of Daniel Jones’ neck injury. Taylor has played largely fine, leading New York to a 1-1 record in relief of Jones, who has just been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Jets. So, Taylor will be making his third consecutive start come Sunday.
The question that was raised on Friday by reporters is Jones’ status for the remainder of the season.
In three games (two starts), Taylor has completed 53-of-80 pass attempts (66.3 percent) for 571 yards with two passing touchdowns. As for Jones, who coach Brian Daboll established was the team’s starter when healthy earlier this week, he’s completed 104-of-151 attempts (68.9 percent) for two touchdowns against six interceptions.
After Daboll told reporters that Jones was OUT for Sunday’s game, he was non-committal on the 26-year-old’s status. When asked if Jones will play again this season, Daboll reportedly told reporters that he doesn’t have a crystal ball and they’ll see where Jones is next week. This comes after Jones was listed as “questionable” for last week’s game against the Washington Commanders.
Daboll said Daniel Jones is OUT for Sunday. He was listed as questionable last week. Daboll was non-committal on if Jones will play again this season because he doesn’t have a crystal ball. Daboll said they’ll see where Jones is at next week.
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) October 27, 2023
This is certainly a change in tune on Daboll’s part and the NFL world was quick to react to the brutal update on his status.
Yea this should be it for Daniel Jones with the Giants. Also Tyrod is going off script. So we need DeVito starting. https://t.co/6CZKFDPDgR
— M Sports (@NGTRSLC4LIFE) October 27, 2023
Yeah Jones isn't playing again this season. Aside from Tyrod performing slightly better than him being an indictment on the money the Giants paid Jones, his injury concerns are also quite the indictment on that contract https://t.co/LqWWVXr7oN
— Josh Wolf (@itsjoshwolf) October 27, 2023
Yeah, Jones is done for the year. Just shut him down, let Tyrod run this offense https://t.co/CHdtJR6Prp
— x – Dan Colucci (@coluccid2) October 27, 2023
Shhhhh….
*whispers*
“The offense is better with Tyrod Taylor”
🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫 https://t.co/XOYFzTx0DC
— Matt Marchese (@Mattymar89) October 27, 2023
No Daniel Jones vs the #Jets, and potentially no Daniel Jones for the rest of the season.
Tyrod Taylor gives the offense a better chance IMO, but the #Jets having Sauce and Reed back is a huge boost. I have the Jets winning this “road” matchup, 23-17, and advancing to 4-3 on the… https://t.co/gNEogUa3kX
— Dylan Tereman (@DTereman) October 27, 2023
This feels like another Andrew Thomas situation: "Day-to-day" turns into 6 weeks and counting… https://t.co/Z4aOcEsf1A
— Alex Wilson (@AlexWilsonESM) October 27, 2023
According to The Athletic’s Dan Duggan, Daboll did say Jones has been taking scout-teams reps since last week. Though, right now, the issue is him being cleared for contact. And based on Daboll’s comments Friday, that doesn’t appear to be something that will happen in the near future.
