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Has he done enough?

Has he shown enough?

If he does not play another snap this season, can the Giants feel good about what Daniel Jones did in 2021 to move ahead with confidence that he is their starting quarterback in 2022?

“I feel good about Daniel already,” coach Joe Judge said before Wednesday morning’s walk-through. “I want him to keep growing and developing his craft. Obviously, he’s a great asset to our team. You want to have him available to play with the team. That’s obviously something that we’re not keeping secret. There’s not really much more to say past that. Daniel’s done a good job growing for us. We’re going to keep on pushing forward with him.”

Pushing forward with Jones might not happen again this season, as he is dealing with what the Giants are calling a strained neck. After consulting last week with a neck and spine specialist in Los Angeles and meeting with another neck specialist early this week at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, Jones again was not given medical clearance for contact. This means he will miss his third consecutive game when the Giants face the Cowboys on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

“Really status quo right now,” Judge said.


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Jones can run and throw without discomfort, but football is a contact sport and he cannot partake until he is cleared, as the Giants do not want to put Jones in any danger of doing more serious damage to his neck.

“It’s tough,” tight end Evan Engram said. “It’s my brother, always checking up on him and being there for him. Obviously it’s a crazy situation, he’s handling it the best he can and preparing as he always does.

“Any time a teammate, especially one of our leaders, captains, isn’t on the field it’s different. Yeah, I feel for him.”

Mike Glennon will make his third straight start at quarterback and, if he struggles, there is much more of a chance this week that Jake Fromm, signed two weeks ago off the Bills’ practice squad, gets a shot to show what he can do in an NFL game — which he has never experienced. The Giants lost Glennon’s first two starts, 20-9 at the Dolphins and 37-21 at the Chargers.

In 11 starts this season, Jones has completed a career-high 64.3 percent of his passes, with only 10 touchdowns, plus 11 interceptions. His passer rating of 84.8 is up slightly from 2020 (80.4) but down from his 2019 rookie year (87.7). He is 24, closing out his third NFL season and signed through 2022, with the fifth-year option of $21 million in 2023 a decision the Giants must make by May.

He might not take another snap this season.

“I think he’s missing experience and an opportunity to grow,” Judge said. “That’s really nothing of his fault at all. Just as any young player in this league, every rep you take is an experience you learn from, and one thing I can say for Daniel is really as you watch him throughout his young career, there’s been a lot of things that have really demonstrated growth.

“There have been times where he has made mistakes on the field that he’s shown decisions later on to make sure he doesn’t repeat that mistake. There are things he’s picked up in terms of management of the game or how to handle something at the line of scrimmage that he’s carried forward.”

Glennon in his two starts has completed 50 percent of his passes, with two passing touchdowns, two interceptions and one rushing touchdown that came with 1:18 remaining and the Giants trailing 37-13 Sunday at SoFi Stadium.

“First rushing touchdown of my career, which I guess is hard to believe,” Glennon, who has been in the NFL since 2013, said. “I always envisioned myself spiking the ball, but in that situation, I don’t think it really called for a spike.”

Good thinking.

Glennon will start Sunday but, depending on his production on the field, he might not finish. Fromm has impressed the coaching staff with his acumen, but the past two weeks he simply did not know enough of the offense. He is more ready now.

“I think it’s a fair statement,” Judge said.

As for the sentiment that the Giants know what they have in Glennon, a career backup, and should at least see what they might have with Fromm, Judge said, “There’s always a part of that. There’s always a part of wanting to evaluate everyone. At the same time, you want to make sure you give your team the best chance for success. Based on how they practice and prepare and who we think gives our team the best chance to have success out there, that’s how we’ll play the players.”

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