We have been spoiled by how well Daniel Jones has played against Washington ever since he came into the league.
However, things may be different this year. While Washington has lost a lot of talent on their team, their new head coach (Dan Quinn) is VERY familiar with Jones from his time with the Cowboys. And whatever you think of Quinn as a head coach, he was a VERY good DC.
Now, there is a major difference in the current talent level of the Cowboys and the Commanders. Certainly, there is no Parsons in Washington. However, Quinn is no slouch, and I'm sure he's picked up what works against Jones, not only from what the Cowboys did, but also the Eagles during the 2022 playoffs and what the Vikings did last Sunday.
Without Barkley, there is no home run threat in the running game. And as much as everyone wants Jones to take deep shots, there's a real question about his confidence in throwing those...plus Washington (like Minnesota) is likely to know that as well, and drop people back to prevent it.
This game is going to be a struggle, and if the Giants can't establish an effective running game (and I don't mean Jones runs), it's going to be very tight, IMO. I expect Jones to still struggle, unless Daboll has something up his sleeve we haven't seen yet.
For DJ, this kind of production is equivalent to that of Eli's 2011 NFC Championship Game!
For some reason, Daniel LOOKS different against Washington. It just seems he has a ton of confidence going up against that team, that in his head he KNOWS he can beat them. You're not wrong with the stats, but the offense seems to actually work more like an NFL offense.
Then again, you're also right that mediocre is a massive improvement over what we normally see from him.
Normally? Like 1005? 2009? 2013?
Maybe Vegas knows something . . .
You got it right. He is just average versus them albeit one of the few teams he/Giants come out on top of. Barely out on top of, as the outcome is usually still in jeopardy until final minute or so.
Interesting Quinn hired Coach Johnson. Knows the Giants well and must have not felt it was a OL coaching issue.
It's relative. For Jones, those are like Marino's career production versus the Jets.
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at how many posters, including many good ones, insist on making the argument that somehow Jones is great v WFT. Sure, he’s gotten a large share of his wins there, but he’s been consistently mediocre. He averages just over 200 yards and 1 TD a game. I guess it’s a sign of how bad our QB play has been that average looks good.
It's relative. For Jones, those are like Marino's career production versus the Jets.
Fair.
As for Quinn and his record against Jones, its apples versus oranges here. The Dallas defensive easily overwhelmed our OL every game. When that happens game over. Washington does not nearly have the level of talent across the entire defense. As good as a defensive coach Quinn may be you need the talent.
That 5 TD game in 2019 is up there with the Minnesota playoff game in Daniel Jones lore, and it's absurd.
Nevermind that Washington was an utter disaster defensively. Other than Montez Sweat most of their defense including Ryan Kerrigan was on IR. They were feuding with Josh Norman and he was inactive.
Aside from Landon Collins, this was their starting secondary: Danny Johnson, Aaron Colvin, Coty Sensabaugh, Montae Nicholson.
Colvin and Sensabaugh played 90% of the defensive snaps at corner vs. the Giants that week.
Colvin had been either inactive or DNP for most of the season, he'd played a total of 22 defensive snaps between Week 2 and Week 14 heading into the Giants game. His career ended a week later.
Sensabaugh had been released by the Broncos in Nov 2019, and signed off the street after a tryout by Washington the week of the Giants game. Like Colvin, his career ended one week later.
Jones has 11 total TDs in 7 career games vs Washington, 5 of which came in a pillow fight against a lifeless opponent.