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Duke’s football coach, David Cutcliffe, was in the green room Thursday night with Daniel Jones when the young quarterback received a phone call from the Giants. The team was making the surprise pick of the N.F.L. draft by selecting Jones No. 6 overall.
Cutcliffe said Jones grew emotional and even had tears in his eyes. It was coincidental because that was similar to the likely reaction from many emotional Giants fans, who cried and moaned that their team had made a colossal mistake by drafting Jones so high, even though many had never seen Jones play a down.