{"id":114578,"date":"2024-04-23T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=114578"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:17:55","slug":"giants-super-bowl-qb-sends-daniel-jones-a-warning-before-draft-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/giants-super-bowl-qb-sends-daniel-jones-a-warning-before-draft-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants\u2019 Super Bowl QB Sends Daniel Jones a Warning Before Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1609081892-e1713880700925.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Daniel Jones\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"876\" data-img-load-time=\"1514\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0Daniel Jones received a warning about the 2024 NFL draft from a former Super Bowl QB for the New York Giants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kerry Collins knows how it feels to see the\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0use a first-round draft pick at his position. The quarterback who guided the Giants to the 2001 Super Bowl has warned\u00a0Daniel Jones\u00a0to prepare for the exit if it happens again.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has grown the Giants will select a new QB1 in the 2024 NFL draft. Even if it means\u00a0trading up\u00a0from the sixth-overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>Collins saw the Giants trade to acquire Eli Manning back in 2004, and the veteran starter knew what the move meant. As Collins put it, \u201cUnless the guy\u2019s just an absolute, total flop, your days are numbered. You draft somebody that high, everybody is clamoring to see him on the field and see what he can do. They\u2019re counting down the days until you\u2019re not in there anymore and the other guy is in. That\u2019s just the way it is,\u201d per\u00a0Paul Schwartz of the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>While he acknowledged the Giants were ultimately right to bet on Manning, who would win two Super Bowls, Collins still remembers being stung on draft day. He hopes Jones understands the implications: \u201cIt\u2019s basically saying, \u2018We don\u2019t believe in you anymore, we\u2019re going to bring in somebody else.\u2019 I\u2019m sure if it happens that way, Daniel will be a pro and he\u2019ll do what he has to do, but he knows he\u2019s out of there at some point. Some point soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are differences between the situations faced by Collins and Jones. Yet, not enough of a difference for Jones to still think he has a future if the Giants draft a J.J. McCarthy, Jayden Daniels\u00a0or even a Drake Maye.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Kerry Collins Faced Slightly Different Situation<\/h2>\n<p>It was easier for the Giants to release Collins than it would be to send Jones packing, according to Schwartz: \u201cJones is guaranteed $36 million for the 2024 season and thus he is un-cuttable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even so, there are some similarities between what Collins faced and what Jones might have to deal with after draft day. Collins had been firmly ensconced as the starter, despite some inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p>He played some exceptional football during the 2000 season, en route to the Super Bowl. Notably, throwing\u00a0five touchdowns\u00a0to highlight a 41-0 demolition of the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0in the NFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n<div id=\"07463d5310fd8fee8df53a1f2eb3bb97\">\n<article>Kerry Collins TORE apart Minnesota\u2019s secondary \ud83d\udc40<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>Collins followed that career-defining display by tossing\u00a0four interceptions\u00a0against Ray Lewis and the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0as part of a lopsided 34-7 defeat in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>An indifferent 2001 season followed, before Collins bounced back in style a year later. He directed a high-powered offense featuring Tiki Barber, Amani Toomer and Jeremy Shockey that propelled the Giants to the postseason, only to suffer an\u00a0epic playoff collapse\u00a0agains the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>Collins threw just\u00a013 touchdowns compared with 16 interceptions\u00a0during his final season at the controls in 2023. There are shades of his erratic tenure as starter in the way Jones has performed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Daniel Jones at a Crossroads<\/h2>\n<p>Jones\u2019 story is more than familiar by now. A banner season in 2022 earned him a four-year, $160-million contract, but turnovers and injuries meant he\u2019s struggled to live up to those terms.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the 26-year-old is recovering from a torn ACL and facing the prospect the Giants are prepared to trade picks to find his successor. It\u2019s a tough reality, but the stakes won\u2019t really change for Jones if the Giants do draft a quarterback. Not immediately at least.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll still need to prove he can\u00a0stay fully healthy. He\u2019ll still need to prove he can protect the football and make the right reads.<\/p>\n<p>If he can\u2019t, the Giants had better be in a position to replace him sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0Daniel Jones received a warning about the 2024 NFL draft from a former Super Bowl QB for the New York Giants. 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