The transfer of power came not with a profane sideline rant, nor in the terrible moment of a broken bone or a blown-out knee or a ruined shoulder, but via gentle whisper, offered to the team website. That’s how one era ends and another begins. A simple announcement. A peaceful proclamation.
“We are making a change,” Giants coach Pat Shurmur said, “and going with Daniel as the starter.”
So Daniel Jones’ apprenticeship lasts two games. The Giants got hammered by the Cowboys and humbled by the Bills, and suddenly the future is at hand. The Giants’ present predicament isn’t all Eli Manning’s doing but he will be the one to pay the steepest public price.