Besides Malik Nabers being a star, all the flags and injuries, the only talking point I saw last night is Daniel Jones throwing a ball shorter than Weird Haircut Seth. Remember how bad that throw was?

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Yeah, that’s our starting quarterback right now. I don’t even think he was terrible last night. He hit those intermediate passes, that’s important. But the fact that Daniel Jones can’t throw a ball 20 yards cost the Giants as much as anything else. The first big play for Nabers? That’s six if he gets a decent pass:

Then on that free play he threw it to Darius Slayton to the point where I assumed the ball slipped. No. That’s exactly how Daniel Jones throws a deep ball now. It’s not even like Jones is running for his life there. The Giants offensive line is pretty decent! He has time to step into throws and, you know, be an NFL quarterback. But whether it is the ACL injury, the neck injury or another injury, Daniel Jones cannot throw a ball more than twenty meters in the air. That’s not even far. Children throw the ball 20 meters into the air.

The only solution I can think of for the rest of the season is simple. Bring in Drew Lock as the anti-Wildcat quarterback. Instead of drafting a running back who everyone knows is a run, bring in Drew Lock who everyone knows will likely launch deep. It has to work. I mean, we still see the Wildcat working! What is the worst case scenario? An interception? I’ve been through a lot already.

Finally we have an offensive line. We finally have 2 wide receivers that can make plays. Now we have a quarterback who is essentially forced to throw every ball between 5 and 15 yards because that’s all he has in his arm. Good times!