They didn’t want him, not with the sixth pick of the NFL draft. They booed, and booed loudly. They wanted Dwayne Haskins.
But Daniel Jones wanted them. He wanted Giants fans and he wanted New York. He wanted the opportunity to learn at the feet of Eli Manning.
Now Jones tries to unseat an icon, one pass at a time, one day at a time. Tries to close the gap on a New York football legend, one pass at a time, one day at a time.
No one since Manning showed up in the summer of 2005 as the incumbent starter has been given so much as a hint of that chance.