3. In his first career start, Daniel Jones totaled 34.2 fantasy points (second-best on the week) and helped lead the Giants to their largest come-from-behind victory in 49 years. This ranked behind Eric Hipple (42.7) and just ahead of Daunte Culpepper (30.9) and Cam Newton(30.7) for the most fantasy points scored by a quarterback in his first career start all-time.
Jones was a controversial prospect coming out of the draft, with a lot of question marks, but this was an encouraging start to his career. And this comes following an equally encouraging preseason, where Jones led all (112 qualifying) quarterbacks in completion percentage (85.3%), yards per attempt (12.2), and passer rating (137.3). Given Eli Manning’s performance this season, and in recent years, I don’t think it’s a stretch to assume Jones is an upgrade to all New York pass-catchers. Further, I think Jones has high-end QB2 upside given the state of the defense (which should lead the Giants to lean pass-heavy) and rushing appeal (four attempts for 28 yards and two touchdowns).
Also of note: Jones’ performance under pressure:
Scott Barrett @ScottBarrettDFB
FYI, that's the 4th-most pressured passing yards by any QB in any regular season game in PFF history (2007-2019)
Over that span, there are 1,674 instances of a QB attempting at least 12 pressured pass attempts in a game. Jones is the first to record a perfect passer rating
Pat Thorman (@Pat_Thorman) Tweeted:
#Giants Daniel Jones was under pressure on 47% of his dropbacks (3rd highest of Week 3).
He competed 80% of pressured attempts for 233 yards, 2 TDs, and a perfect 158.3 passer rating.
https://twitter.com/Pat_Thorman/status/1176079450729041920?s=17
Pat Thorman @Pat_Thorman
#Giants Daniel Jones was under pressure on 47% of his dropbacks (3rd highest of Week 3).
He competed 80% of pressured attempts for 233 yards, 2 TDs, and a perfect 158.3 passer rating.