New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is taking “every snap” with the first-team offense in training camp until further notice, head coach Brian Daboll said on the first day of workouts Wednesday.
Jones’ 2023 season ended after six games because of an ACL tear and he wasn’t cleared to participate in team drills during spring workouts.
“Yeah, he’s ready to go,” Daboll said Wednesday. “I think we’ll take it as we go. So he’s getting all the reps today. He’ll get them with the ones every day. If we need to pull him back for whatever reason, maintenance, then we’ll talk about that after every practice. Right now, he’s gonna be in there every snap that the ones are in.”
Jones had a rough 2023 season behind New York’s injury-riddled offensive line. He was sacked 30 times in 190 dropbacks.
General manager Joe Schoen said the plan with Jones is fluid, but he echoed Daboll’s assessment that Jones is “full go” until further notice.
“We’ve got to see how the body (responds),” Schoen said. “We don’t know. In spring, he didn’t do team drills. He’s eight months off of it. We’re gonna work with him, and he’s got to communicate with us on how his body feels, how the knee feels, and that’ll determine how much he does moving forward.”
Jones said it felt good to be back out there following Wednesday’s workouts.
“I thought for the most part it went well,” he said. “A couple of plays here and there, but for the most part, we kept the ball moving forward and stayed out of negative plays. The first day, we are all getting our feet underneath us, so build on it and go from there.”
Jones said his recovery process has been “smooth.”
“I feel like I’ll be back to where I was, if not better,” he said.
The Giants held discussions about adding quarterbacks in the offseason, including free agent Russell Wilson and multiple draft prospects, which was revealed on the “Hard Knocks” offseason docuseries.
“You’re not excited about it, but they have a job to do, I got a job to do,” Jones said when asked about those revelations. “You know it is what it is, and we’re at this point now, so I’m grateful for the opportunity and excited to play football. That’s my focus now, but it’s not a fun conversation.”
Jones, 27, is in the second year of a four-year, $160 million contract that includes $92 million in total guarantees. He is 22-36-1 as the starter with 62 touchdown passes and 40 interceptions.
–Field Level Media
