The way Mike Shula sees it, on a different franchise without an Eli Manning standing in his way, Daniel Jones could have been Sam Darnold … Day 1 starter.
“I think he’d be ready to go, that’s my personal opinion,” the Giants offensive coordinator and quarterback coach said Wednesday. “I do. I would say this — times have changed. In years past, you draft a guy, whenever you draft him, even if he was that early, those guys would traditionally not play until their second or third year. But really ever since probably six or seven years ago you started seeing more guys playing early.