Daniel Jones probably won’t be the starting quarterback on opening day.
But he’ll be ready to be.
So said Giants offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Shula, who is so impressed by the draft pick that he believes – were he in a different circumstance – he could be a plug-and-play passer on Day One.
“I think he’d be ready to go, that’s my personal opinion,” Shula said on Wednesday. “I think he has that capability.”
If the organization thought any differently, they probably would not have drafted him with the sixth overall selection.
But they also drafted him to sit and learn behind Eli Manning for a period of time.