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Daniel Jones couldn't have picked a worse time to throw interception as he takes one step forward, two steps back in Giants' Week 1 loss

Daniel Jones #8 of the Giants is pressured into throwing a pass that was intercepted at the goal line during the third quarter by Bud Dupree #48 of the Pittsburgh Steelers at MetLife Stadium on Monday, Sep. 14, 2020. Credit: Jim McIsaac

Football is a game of decisions, some of them small, some of them big, yet all of them consequential in their own way. Make mostly good choices, and the odds are in your favor. Make one wrong move, and calamity can follow.

Welcome to Daniel Jones’ world.

The Giants’ second-year quarterback was doing some of his finest work in the second half of Monday night’s regular season opener against the Steelers, driving the Giants for what might have been the go-ahead touchdown with a series of smart moves.