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Daniel Jones' Impressive Preseason Debut Should Silence Critics—for Now

The boos rained down as the New York Giants selected Duke quarterback Daniel Jones with the No. 6 overall selection in the 2019 NFL draft. Fans, empowered by their light domestic beers on famous Lower Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee, had meltdowns that my five-year-old would be embarrassed by.

Giants Nation was not happy. Daniel Jones?! No. 6 overall?! What was Dave Gettleman thinking?

It would only increase from there as Giants fans booed Jones when he threw the first pitch at Yankee Stadium. It filled the summer airwaves of local sports talk radio as Monday morning quarterbacks proclaimed what New York should have done.