There is confidence in New York that the physical problem that prevented their quarterback from playing down the stretch last season will not be an issue when the new season begins.
EAST RUTHERFORD — Los New York Giants y el quarterback Daniel Jones they feel pretty good about their health. They don’t seem to have any doubts about the quarterback’s neck injury, even though it cost him the final six games last season.
“Yes, I will be discharged and I will be ready,” he said. Jones Monday during a conference call on the first day of the offseason work program.
The team and the quarterback have remained steadfast in their belief that the neck injury sustained by Jones towards the end of last year it would not be a long-term problem. A source said that Jones he was, in fact, close to returning to action in early January, in the final stretch of the season.
But the Giants they have time now, and the new coach Brian Daboll pointed out last week that Jones must be “ready” for the off-season program. Jones he was there on Monday for the first day, after spending the weekend supporting his brother Batesmember of the basketball team Duke that reached the Final Four.
Phase 1 of the off-season program focuses primarily on strength and conditioning. Jones won’t need to face contact until spring training in August, so there’s no real need for him to be cleared for contact now, or in the near future. He has been training locally and at the team complex without limitations for much of the offseason.
Jones he prepares to be the team’s starting quarterback again next season, even with a new general manager and head coach at the club. New York also signed the veteran Tyrod Taylor to a two-year contract last month.
The Giants have continued to reiterate their confidence in Jones throughout the off-season. He was declared the unequivocal starter by the team’s management last week during the owners meetings of the NFL. This came not long after John Mara declared that the organization had “done everything we could to ruin this kid since he got here” earlier in the offseason.
It is something that caught the attention of the Jones.
“I’m excited. I’m excited to get here. I appreciate the support,” he offered. “But it’s my job to fulfill my role, to prepare this team, to prepare myself to play as well as I can, and to put this team in position to win games. So, I take that responsibility very seriously and that’s what I’m focused on.” .
The Giants they haven’t won many games since Jones was drafted sixth overall in the Draft 2019 de la NFL. They are 12-25 with him starting, and he has turned the ball over 49 times in 38 career games.
Jones, 24, is entering the final year of his rookie deal. The Giants they need to make a decision on whether to exercise a $22.4 million fifth-year option for 2023. The general manager Joe Schoen he said last week that this is a decision that still needs to be made.
Jones he doesn’t seem too concerned.
“There will be a time and a place for those conversations,” he explained. “We’ll see and deal with it. We’ll do it when it comes up. But, I’m focused on what we’re doing here, and preparing and making the most of every day that we have here, together.”
Monday marked a significant day in that it was the first time players were able to get their hands on the new playbook. Jones and the rest of his teammates can start digging into what the new coach Brian Daboll has armed.
There is so much to do.
“For me, like I said, my focus is on getting ready,” he revealed. Jones. “I take full responsibility for how I’ve played. We haven’t won enough games. We haven’t scored enough points. We haven’t done well enough.
“I take responsibility for that as a quarterback. You play a big role in those things. That’s what I’m focused on. I’m working on getting better and making sure that I, and the offense, and the team, are ready on a daily basis.”