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Giants’ Daniel Jones shows off a skill set Eli Manning doesn’t have

There is so much — too much — emphasis on the Giants loving Daniel Jones because he reminds them of a younger Eli Manning. Some of the similarities are obvious and eye-catching — the body structure, the facial shape, the pocket-passing mannerisms. One of the most glaring differences surfaced Tuesday amid plenty of hooting and hollering from his new teammates who get paid to play offense.

On a sun-splashed morning, cool and crisp, Jones took the ball, reached back to fake a handoff and then rolled to his right, where there were no defenders to prevent him from putting on a display the Giants have not seen out of one of their quarterbacks since … Jeff Hostetler?