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Daniel Jones steps up to protect his Giants teammates

Part of being the quarterback of an NFL team is answering for mistakes, and not all of them your own. Daniel Jones seems to have already mastered the “It’s not you it’s me” philosophy of deflecting criticisms of his teammates.

Fifth-round draft pick Darius Slayton dropped several passes in the first half of the first practice on Friday, and Jones was asked about them on Saturday.

“I think he did a lot of good things on the field,” Jones said of Slayton. “He definitely made some plays. You can see his speed on the field, you can feel that.