From the moment the boos for Daniel Jones subsided at the MetLife draft party, the Giants have talked up their Quarterback of the Future for his accurate down-field arm, for his legs, for his smarts, for his Eli Manning-esque makeup.
Now is no time to baby him.
Pat Shurmur doesn’t need to play Manning, or Saquon Barkley, in Thursday night’s preseason opener against the Jets.
He needs to show Giants fans desperate to cheer Daniel Jones instead of jeer Daniel Jones what kind of prize the club believes it has.
Let’s see Daniel Jones behind the first-team offensive line as much as possible.