Daniel Jones of the New York Giants warms up before the game against the Saints at Caesars Superdome on October 3, 2021 in New Orleans. Credit: Getty Images/Jonathan Bachman
After winning his first NFC Offensive Player of the Week award, you’d have figured there’d be plenty more where that came from.
In which case, you’d have been wrong.
Jones earned top honors in that category in his very first start, when he took over for Eli Manning in Week 3 of the 2019 season and produced a tour de force against the Buccaneers by throwing for two touchdowns and running for two others — including the game-winning score — in a 32-31 win.