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Giants Country publisher Patricia Traina was a special guest on the Jets Country Podcast ahead of the Week 8 battle between local NFL rivals. Traina spoke about Giants' QB Tyrod Taylor, who will start in place of the injured Daniel Jones.
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00:00 Let's start there with Daniel Jones versus Tyrod Taylor with Jones out with
00:09 the neck injury. Taylor will be the starter and this is his third straight
00:15 start. He's been around the block so to speak but I just wanted to know from
00:20 your perspective are there any differences between Taylor and Jones and
00:26 does Kafka and Dable have to make any adjustments to the
00:34 offense depending upon which one plays or is this kind of just like a plug-and-
00:39 play type deal where you know the offense isn't necessarily
00:45 limited because Taylor is starting in place of Jones? Yeah I mean
00:53 coaches will tell you that everybody's plug-and-play next man up and all that
00:56 stuff but you and I both know that is not the case. I mean players are not
01:00 robots it's not like you you know one breaks down and you can replace it with
01:04 another model I mean it just doesn't happen. The biggest difference we have
01:08 seen from Tyrod Taylor versus Daniel Jones is he's a little bit quicker with
01:13 his processing so when he's dropping back he's quicker with his decision
01:17 making he's a lot smoother in the pocket he can slide around in the pocket to
01:22 avoid pressure his internal clock has not gotten screwed up the way Daniel
01:27 Jones's has due to the inconsistencies of the offensive line so Tyrod Taylor is
01:33 you know I like to think of it as fresh legs you know it's like when you get a
01:37 player back who you know hasn't played all season and he's got fresh legs well
01:41 Tyrod Taylor has fresh legs fresh mind fresh everything and he's been doing