Rookie quarterback Daniel Jones won’t be thrown into NFL action by the New York Giants as a Week 1 starter. Unless, of course, something unforeseen happens to Eli Manning — who has never missed an NFL game due to injury.
Still, offensive coordinator Mike Shula said Wednesday he felt Jones could do that if he had to.
“I think he’d be ready to go. That’s my personal opinion,” Shula said. “I would say this: times have changed. In the years past, whenever you draft a guy, even if it was that early, those guys would traditionally not play until their second or third year.