Thankfully, it appears as if the concussion Daniel Jones was diagnosed with during last Sunday’s game in Dallas was mild.
Speaking after the Giants’ 38-11 loss to the Rams on Sunday, Jones revealed that he had the wind knocked out of him on the play that knocked him out of last week’s loss to Dallas, and was placed in concussion protocol because of his stumble as he got up.
“The play on the goal line, stumbled there, and when I got back to the locker room I passed the tests, so I just went through the week and went one day at a time,” Jones said. “I went through the protocol obviously, I understand the situation. But I passed everything, and didn’t have any other symptoms.”
Jones had no memory loss, and went through all the tests to pass through concussion protocol and return to the active roster on Sunday.
However, it was a return that is better off left in the rear-view for the Giants and Jones, who was 29-for-51 for 242 yards and threw three interceptions, two of which went to Taylor Rapp on similar plats.
“He made good plays on both of those…bad decisions on my part,” Jones said.
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He also wasn’t nervous about getting hurt again, nor did he think his truncated week affected his performance.
“I don’t think so, I was still able to get those reps in practice,” he said.
And, he won’t blame his offensive line, which once again was shuffled around quite a bit during the game and got the signal-caller knocked around a bit.
“It’s part of the game, and I have to do a good job communicating and getting the ball out of my hands,” Jones said.
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Jones did, however, acknowledge that not having Saquon Barkley or two of his top wideouts in Kenny Golladay and Darius Slayton, and then losing Kadarius Toney early, disrupted some things, but it’s all about the adjustments the team makes
“It’s going to have some effect when you go into a week planning and set things up, but guys came in and we have a lot of guys who can make plays, so I have to do a good job finding them,” he said.
All in all, it got so bad that those who were left at MetLife towards the end vehemently booed the home team, something defensive lineman Leonard Williams expressed disappointment with – but Jones, to his credit, understands.
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“They’re upset we didn’t play well; we’re certainly upset about that too, I get it,” he said.
The Giants now, as Joe Judge would say, have seven days to fix it ahead of a Week 7 date with Carolina, which will see former Jets quarterback Sam Darnold return to MetLife for the first time just a week after nearly leading his Panthers to a comeback win at home in an eventual 34-28 overtime loss to Minnesota.
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