Daniel Jones Named Starter

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  1. dawinner127

    dawinner127 Well-Known Member

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    Daniel Jones will start this week at home vs Tampa
     
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    About time Shurmur nutted up & made the switch.
     
  3. dawinner127

    dawinner127 Well-Known Member

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    Two weeks too late IMO. Should have started from the beginning and saved $23.5million by not having Eli.
     
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    Wow, didn't expect this to happen so early in the season given how loyal John Mara is to Eli.
     
  5. HomeoftheJets

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    Good timing, sitting him against Dallas and Buffalo who are much tougher than Tampa. That was probably the plan to begin with.
     
  6. dawinner127

    dawinner127 Well-Known Member

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    For sure. But TB isn't a slouch of a defense. They looked really good on the road vs Carolina. They held CMC to ~60ish yards.
     
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    Funny how Jones's first start is gonna be against Bowles.
     
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    eli's 23 million dollar severance.
     
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  9. sackexchange

    sackexchange Well-Known Member

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    Jones is going to be good. This was a brilliant pick by Gettleman.


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  10. Section 336

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    Kid from Duke looking good!
     
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  11. Jedi mind tricks

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    Better gameplan for a rookie QB than what we've had for 3 games
     
  12. Martin&theJETS

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    That’s a wrap. Book it, guaranteed. Jones was the best player of the draft. Giants are genius.
     
  13. sackexchange

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    LOL,yeah I get it. But you have to admit, for all the crap the Giants got over that pick early returns are looking pretty good for them.


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    Barkley limping off to the locker room in Tampa, with a trainer under each arm and badly favoring his leg.

    Not a good look.

    Hope the kid is ok. He's fun to watch.
     
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  15. jilozzo

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    ok who starts the "jones or darnold" thread!!. LOL
     
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    Guys is making all type of throws
     
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  17. Jedi mind tricks

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    Welp this should be a fun week....
     
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  18. dawinner127

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    He played good, not great. Lack of ball security but that comes with experience. He had 2 fumbles and had 2 INTs dropped. People saying he played great are watching the game with colored glasses on. Hope Barkley is okay though. He was already in a walking boot and I think Jordan Raanon (sp?) said high ankle sprain.
     
  19. Jedi mind tricks

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    Doesn't matter they won an exciting game and we look like dog poop.
     
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    Not sure how that is related to anything I said, but okay. There is no rivalry between the Jets and Giants. Couldn't give two shits if they win or lose.
     

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