N.Y. Giants: Danny Downer Needs a Lift

From the desk of: DO IT FOR THE DUKE

Downward Daniel

WEEK SIX

Giants      14

Patriots    24

FINAL

Like I say, you can't be disappointed with what you do not expect.  Of course New England was going to pose a huge problem.  Did you think otherwise?  The defending Super Bowl champions are the measure of all teams, after all.  That being said, it's still nice knowing how well Big Blue stacks up against the best ... or not.

Now we know.

Dave Gettleman still has lots of work to do.  I'll leave it at that.

In the meantime Daniel Jones needs to study last Thursday's game film for the rest of the season.  The more he understands what happened to him the better off the Giants will be.  Just one sack, but three interceptions - that's what Bill Belichick does to young quarterbacks.  With eight other QB hits Daniel Jones was under duress and sufficiently confused.  The numbers prove that out: 15/31 for 161 yards, with 64-yards coming on a touchdown connection with Golden Tate.  Take away that play and Jones goes 14/30 (46%) for 97 yards.  That's a hard lesson.

Through four starts Daniel Jones is 82/136 (60%) for 904 yards, with five touchdowns and six interceptions.  Two touchdowns come in his first start.  Three interceptions occur last week.

Since his starting debut against Tampa, Daniel's attempts, yards per game, and completion percentage, have fallen incrementally over his last three games.  He now needs a performance that bucks these trends.

The Giants next host the Arizona Cardinals; a manageable opponent.