Hall of Fame evaluator Gil Brandt sees a lot of Manning in new Giants quarterback Daniel Jones.
But not Eli.
Brandt, who works for SiriusXM NFL Radio, suggested that Jones could live up to one of the game’s greatest quarterbacks of all time.
“I’ve got to be careful how I say this: This guy, when you compare Peyton Manning coming out of Tennessee, the numbers are exactly the same,” Brandt said on Thursday night after the Giants made the sixth overall selection. “Now, is he going to work as hard as Peyton Manning? That’s the question.