Why Daniel Jones won’t crumble under Giants pressure

Eli Manning spoke first — at his locker — the only time he went ahead of Daniel Jones on the first day of the Daniel Jones Era:

“I’m not dying, and the season’s not over.”

Manning thankfully was not dying, only lying. Because he was dying on the inside as he was putting on a brave face and somehow cracking jokes on the day he ran the scout team in practice, weeks and maybe months before he thought he ever would when the Giants asked him back.

Daniel Jones went second — at a podium inside the auditorium.

“I certainly feel good about how far I’ve come and my preparation and my progress since I got here in the spring, and through camp, through these first couple of weeks,” Jones said.

“I feel ready…