The last time Daniel Jones approached a game week like this, he was a walk-on. It’s been that long since he wasn’t the starter, all the way back to his redshirt freshman year at Duke in 2015.
As the Giants prepare to open the regular season Sunday afternoon against the Cowboys, Jones’ job is helping Eli Manning get ready to take on Dallas, and mimicking quarterback Dak Prescott as the scout-team quarterback. The only way he gets any action is if the game gets out of hand or Manning gets hurt.
“It’s a change. It’s a little different,” the rookie signal-caller said Monday.