When the Giants open training camp this week in East Rutherford, N.J., perhaps the strangest quarterback controversy officially begins.
Daniel Jones, the surprise sixth-overall draft pick from Duke, isn’t expected to unseat the 16-year veteran Eli Manning as the starter no matter how well the youngster plays during the preseason.
But Jones, 22, doesn’t get a pass this summer. This isn’t a free internship in which he simply observes or does a few menial tasks to add a recommendation to his résumé. Thousands of Giants fans, who are invested in their team’s present and future, will be attending training camp workouts, and all eyes will be on the rookie quarterback to see why general manager Dave Gettleman used such a high pick on someone not projected to be drafted that early, to make him their quarterback of the future.