TAMPA — The story, of course, is as much about who he is replacing as how he performs. A year ago, Daniel Jones was living the perfect life of a BMOC, allowed to roam the Duke campus as a football hero and virtually unknown to the world beyond.
Now, he becomes the QB1 of the New York Giants.
Now, he replaces Eli Manning.
Now, the erstwhile Big Man On Campus is the Toast of the Big Town, an army of hungry Giants fans turning their eyes to him, hoping he can show at least a glimpse of tomorrow, of next year, of the next decade-and-a-half, when he trots onto the Raymond James Stadium field Sunday afternoon to make his starting debut for Big Blue.