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Daniel Jones Runs the Giants to a Win in His First Start

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TAMPA, Fla. — The first prominent high note in the Daniel Jones era of Giants football was a daring 7-yard touchdown scamper by the Giants’ new starting quarterback in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was a play that symbolically breathed new life into the Giants, whose sideline was clearly buoyed not just by the score but by its execution.

Here was a bold, designed dash by a rookie quarterback with the kind of dexterous mobility so common to the cadre of young quarterbacks lighting up the N.