Daniel Jones is no one-week wonder. The Giants rookie quarterback impressed again, this time in his MetLife Stadium debut, tossing for 225 yards and a touchdown as the Giants thumped the hapless Washington Redskins 24-3.
It didn't take long for Jones to get the Giants into the end zone. Following a interception by Redskins quarterback Case Keenum, Jones got the Giants to pay dirt on a snappy eight-pay 32-yard drive to take the lead. Pass plays of 15-yards to Wayne Gallman and 13-yards to Sterling Shepherd set up shot at the Skins' six-yard line, before Jones went back to Gallman for the score to put the Giants up 7-0.
After a Washington three-and-out, Jones displayed some nice patience picking apart the Skins from underneath with short throws to Gallman, Evan Engram and Darius Slayton as the Giants ate up chunks of yards on what would turn into a 94-yard drive.
Perhaps the biggest play of the drive came on first down at the Giants 32, when Jones found Shepherd uncovered in the middle of the field for a 23-yard gain to march into Washington territory.
Six plays later, Gallman cut through the Skins defense for 22-yards to the Washington three to set up a goal-to-go scenerio. Gillman capped off the the drive with a one-yard plunge to give the Giants a commanding 14-0 lead.
For his part, Gallman did a fine job filling in for injured Pro Bowler Saquon Barkley. Proving to be shifty on the run, and critical in the passing game, Gallman amassed 118 all purpose yards in the victory. It was exactly what the Giants were hoping for from him in the pinch.
Defensively the Giants dominated the Redskins at the line of scrimmage all afternoon. Case Keenum was dreadful for the Skins, completing only six passes before being removed for rookie Dwayne Haskins Jr. Haskins gave the Skins a slight jolt, leading them to a field goal, but that was all. The Giants picked off Haskins three times, including a 32-yard pick six by safety Jabrill Peppers in the third quarter to ice the scoring at 24-3.
Overall the Giants held Washington to only eight first downs and 176 yards of offense.
Back on Jones, he too had his issues with turnovers, tossing two bad picks early in the game. Fortunately for Jones, the Giants defense shutdown the Redskins from converting those turnovers into points. Look, let's be real, mistakes are going to happen for Jones. He is a rookie after all, so this is going to be a growing process.
The next two weeks against Minnesota and New England will be stiffer tests for Jones and the Giants. While fans should be giddy by the way he has performed so far, there will be some bad games coming. That's the process when working a rookie quarterback into the mix. The one thing he has going for him, he's got a veteran offensive line in front of him, a good running game, and solid foundation.
The Giants have a season folks.
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