Daniel Jones Tearing His ACL Is The Best Thing That Ever Could've Happened To Him

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The 2023 New York Giants are the worst team I’ve ever watched.

I was going to say they are ‘arguably’ the worst team but I would easily win all of those arguments.

They just got BLOWN OUT by a team starting a rookie quarterback a few days after the head coach and offensive coordinator were fired in the middle of the week.

It didn’t help that after missing a few weeks with a neck injury, Daniel Jones almost immediately tore his ACL thus ending his miserable 2023 season.

Daniel Jones came into the year with a freshly signed 4-year $160 million contract after a season where he not only led a weak Giants team to the postseason but he won a playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings.¹

Week 1 as the highest-paid player on the team, Daniel Jones threw for 104 yards with 0 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles. The Giants lost 0-40 to the Dallas Cowboys.

Needless to say, that beatdown really set the table for an atrocious 2 win season and exposed how truly far away this Giants team is from actually competing for a championship.

So Daniel Jones tearing his ACL sucks of course but’s also lowkey the best thing that ever could’ve happened to him.

Walk with me here.

If DJ didn’t suffer a season-ending injury and the team continued to lose—which they absolutely were going to do with or without Jones—then he’d have to face weekly questions about the Giants potentially tanking for a QB which would’ve destroyed his confidence even further leading him to spiral into an obsolete bum.

I mean shit, reporters are ALREADY asking him about being replaced by a rookie QB next year and the man hasn’t visited a doctor yet.

Here’s his response to being asked about ‘chatter’ he might be hearing about the Giants drafting a new quarterback:

“I’m focused on what I’m doing right now and what I can control and what’s in front of me and that’s this rehab process, my knee, healing that up and then doing everything I can to help this team finish strong and play well. That’s what I’m focused on and I’m excited to watch these guys finish.”

Imagine having to deal with those same questions but being healthy as hell and still getting your ass beat every week.

Now, the Giants can rely on rookie QB, Tommy DeVito, to lead the tank to the bottom of the standings and to the top of the draft without looking like fools for giving Jones a big contract.

It’s the best case scenario for everyone, really. All parties get to avoid embarrassment.

So what’s next for Daniel Jones?

Having watched this team all season, I have total faith in their ability to get the No. 1 pick and select Caleb Williams out of USC.

This gives Daniel Jones two options.

A.) He plays the same role Kurt Warner played when the Giants drafted Eli Manning in 2004. He starts until the rookie QB is ready to take the reigns. Sure, CJ Stroud looks incredible as a rookie this year, I still think most rookie quarterbacks should sit and learn the system before being thrown to the wolves. Especially when the infrastructure isn’t in place for them to succeed yet.

Look at how the Chicago Bears broke Justin Fields because they put a rookie out there without an offensive line and zero talented skill players.

The Giants have the worst offensive line in the NFL. Whoever they draft would get CTE by Week 3.

Daniel Jones and Brian Daboll succeeded once and maybe they could go on one more run together next year while his rookie backup gets adjusted to the NFL.

And if the Giants decide it’s time to pull the trigger on the rookie, they can trade Jones to a team that needs a QB. Look at how many guys are hurt right now. Every year, there will be teams whose entire seasons are in jeopardy when their QB1 goes down. Next season, Daniel Jones will be a hot commodity at the trade deadline.

We can even stay with the Kurt Warner comparison. After keeping Eli Manning’s seat warm for a season, he signed with the Arizona Cardinals and eventually led them to a Super Bowl. Daniel Jones still has the opportunity to have a great career, just, ya know, somewhere else.

B.) Daniel Jones gets traded this offseason instead of being stuck in New York and literally training his replacement. Either way, Jones’s time in New York is over.

Tearing his ACL has given him the opportunity to disappear before he goes out there throwing more interceptions and giving teams more reasons to avoid him. At this point in his career, the less tape on him, the better.

His life as a New York Giant is most likely over with this injury but’s astronomically better than the alternative where he wins a couple more games, like, just enough to miss out on any quarterbacks in the draft so the organization pretty much runs back the same team the next year and they’d probably suck again.

In a new environment and fresh start elsewhere, Daniel Jones can revive his career and reputation. The expectations and pressures of being a first-round pick are gone once you change cities. Daniel Jones can just go out there and ball in front of a brand new hoes.

So thank you to the terrible NFL turf for saving Daniel Jones’s career.

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Daniel Jones tore his ACL on Sunday as the Giants got ragdolled by the Las Vegas Raiders who started a rookie QB the same week the coach and offensive coordinator was fired.
Not great for the Giants who just gave Jones a 4-year $160 million deal before the season.
The team has 2 wins this year. Not exactly money well spent.
But this Jones injury is the best thing to happen to both him and the team.
The Giants get to full-out tank for a star QB in next year’s draft (probably Drake Maye considering how long it took for the Giants to start a black QB).
And Daniel Jones gets a potential fresh start in a new organization without the pressures of being their first-round savior.
Hell, maybe the next team he plays for will have an offensive line made up of actual professional football players so he won’t continue injuring his neck and needing surgeons to put his knees back together.
Free DJ.

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