The Russell Wilson era as the New York Giants quarterback started with the wrong foot. The G-Men were easily handled by the Washington Commanders and couldnāt even score a touchdown. This immediately sent bad flashbacks to Daniel Jonesā time as the teamās quarterback. But, did Russell Wilson play better or worse than Daniel Jones in his last game for the Giants?
Wilson completed 17 of 37 passes for only 169 yards and no touchdowns. He also ran for 43 yards. The team wasnāt able to move the chains, and to be fair, Wilson had plenty of bad plays that didnāt help the team.
As for Jones, his last game for the Giants came against Carolina in November. He threw 22 completions on 37 attempts for 190 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. If honesty is the best policy, you couldnāt say Wilsonās game is worse, but it wasnāt better either.
Meanwhile, Daniel Jones thrived in his Colts debut
Jones might have had a bad last game for the Giants, but he just delivered the first blowout of the season in his debut for the Colts. āDanny Dimesā went 22/29 for 272 yards and one touchdown. He also rushed for another two touchdowns. Jones was absolutely unstoppable as the Colts beat the Dolphins 33-8.
Daniel Jones #17 of the Indianapolis Colts
Daniel Jones beat Anthony Richardson in a quarterback battle to secure his starting gig with Indianapolis. Itās safe to say that, at least for now, Indy wonāt be having any doubts regarding the decision of rolling with Jones.
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Is Russell Wilson in jeopardy?
After just one week, itās not likely that head coach Brian Daboll will bench Wilson. Also, the head coach didnāt put the teamās loss on Wilsonās shoulders. Hence, Wilsonās job is safe, for now.
During preseason, rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart was stellar, sparking a quarterback debate that Daboll quickly dismissed. However, if Wilsonās bad performances keep racking up, Dartās shadow will grow more and more.
