Retired New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, appearing on the latest Locked On Giants podcast, reflects on the highs and lows of Daniel Jones's time as Giants quarterback.
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00:00 you look at Daniel's time here, what has gone right for him and where has it gone wrong,
00:06 do you think?
00:07 I think Daniel's done a good job every year of understanding the adjustments he needs
00:12 to make in his game to get better.
00:13 He had the turnover situations early on, the fumbles, and he's fixed those.
00:18 And last year, put it all together.
00:20 It's been difficult every year, almost, you know, as a new offensive coordinator, it's
00:25 a new system, it's new players coming in and out.
00:27 And so that's not easy for a young quarterback to keep making those adjustments.
00:32 And I think now, you know, hey, we're going to have this staff, we're going to have this
00:36 team for a while.
00:37 Unfortunately, this year, Daniel, you know, had to deal with the injuries.
00:41 And that's just a part of football.
00:43 And unfortunate part of it, he had the neck or the stingers going on for a while and then,
00:50 you know, dealing with the knee injury and going on IR and having to have surgery.
00:55 So it's, you know, it's been a tough, it's been a tough run this year, everything going
00:59 on either he was injured, or a lot of guys around him were injured.
01:04 During this season, it just made it tough to compete.
01:06 They lost a couple of these close games against the Bills and the Jets.
01:10 And so it's just been one of those years where not much has gone right, or last year, a lot
01:16 was going right.
01:17 And but they were winning those tight games, they're winning those games in the fourth
01:20 quarter, when they might have been down going into the fourth quarter, and they're just
01:24 not doing that this year, some games that got away from too early.
01:29 And so but I think Daniel's got the talent, he's got the leadership skills, he's got the
01:35 drive, he wants to do things.
01:36 So I expect him to rehab, work hard and come back, you know, ready for ready for next year.