1. Long story short, Daniel Jones needs to hit some deep passes. Daniel Jones had his third consecutive solid game at quarterback for the Giants and received lavish praise from coach Brian Daboll.
But . . .
Jones and the Giants continue to miss on opportunities to connect on deep passes. There was one in Thursday night’s 20-15 loss to the Cowboys, a 39-yarder to Malik Nabers. But Jones failed on several chances for long plays, including an underthrow to Darius Slayton on what was a free play after an offsides call on the Cowboys.
“I thought the quarterback played well,” Daboll said. “You’d like to have all completions. But certainly, it’s something we want to continue to work on.
” Said Jones, “Got to him ‘em. We’ll look at it and see where we can improve . .
. I’ll look at where I can improve on that.” 2.
The Giants might actually have an offensive line. No one involved in the Giants’ running game had a good night, not when they totaled 26 yards on 24 rushes against what was the worst rushing defense in the NFL after three weeks. But after years of trouble with pass protection, the Giants had to feel good about what they saw from their line in giving Jones time to throw.
Jones was sacked only once and for much of the night had time to actually stand in the pocket and survey his options – an unimaginable luxury for much of his NFL career. “I thought the pass (protection) was really good,” Jones said. “The execution in the pass game was pretty .
