The New York Giants have a short week coming off Monday night’s loss, their first in the Brian Daboll era after starting the season with back-to-back wins. The team will look to get back on track when they finish a three-game homestand with a visit from the Chicago Bears, who are also 2-1, before travelling to London to face Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.
Daboll spoke to the media before the Giants began on-field preparations for the Bears. Here’s what you need to know:
🔹 Since 2019, Daniel Jones ranks fifth among NFL quarterbacks with 1,125 rush yards, 79 of which came last week for the third-highest total of his career. Daboll said there have not been many designed runs and once again praised the quarterback’s decision-making.
“There’s a fair amount of scrambles, and he’s got a couple of different choices (with) what he can do when he scrambles,” Daboll said. “One is, obviously, throw it down the field if people uncover. Two is try to throw it away, and three is to make yards. If he has an opportunity to make yards, you can tell a quarterback, ‘Don’t take this hit’ or ‘Do this’. And then they start thinking about things. I think Daniel’s making good decisions, when to take off. He’s tried to protect himself. Is that always going to happen? No. But certainly you want to eliminate or limit the amount of hits. Guys that can scramble and make loose plays cause problems for the defense in that regard of keeping chains moving or making some loose plays. I’ll never take that away from him.”
🔹 Outside linebackers Kayvon Thibodeaux (37 snaps on defense) and Azeez Ojulari (30) were on pitch counts against the Cowboys in their 2022 debuts. Daboll said, like any player coming back from an injury, they’re “getting back in the flow of things.” Daboll expects their numbers to increase, but as they progress through the week, the head coach will have conversations with the training staff to see “if there’s a target number or we need to limit them.”
🔹 With Sterling Shepard out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL, there will be opportunities for other receivers to step up. One player could be Darius Slayton, who has played just 18 snaps this season. “Slay’s been a pro,” Daboll said of Slayton, who led the team in receiving yards in 2019 and 2020. “All those guys will be out there working this week, and we’ll try to put them in the best positions we can. But he’s been a pro, and he’ll be ready to go.”
🔹 With a short turnaround this week, the…
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