New York Giants announce Daniel Jones will miss third game due to neck injury
The New York Giants will face the New York Jets on Sunday without starting quarterback Daniel Jones as he continues his recovery from a neck injury he sustained almost three weeks ago. Jones has missed the last two games due to the injury he suffered against the Dolphins in Week 5. Backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor will start in the QB1 role after leading the Giants to a win over the Washington Commanders last week.
Taylor, a former starter for the Buffalo Bills, is 53-for-80 passing so far this season with 571 passing yards and two touchdowns, both of which came against the Commanders in Week 7. Playing his former team in Week 6, Taylor and the Giants lost 14-9.
New York, initially predicted to go head-to-head with the Cowboys and Eagles in the NFC East, is now last in the division with a 2-5 record going into Week 8. The Jets, meanwhile, are 3-3 and coming off of back-to-back wins against the Broncos and Eagles.
Prior to his injury, Jones was 104-for-151 with 884 passing yards, two touchdowns and six interceptions. He also took a whopping 28 sacks in the first five games of the season.
Saquon Barkley blasts Giants fans ‘rooting’ for Daniel Jones injury
Saquon Barkley went to bat for his teammate after he noticed some Giants fans cheering for Jones’s injury.
During New York’s loss to the Dolphins, Barkley started chirping with some fans. Apparently, those individuals had some unsavory comments regarding Jones — who had entered the medical tent for a neck injury.
“When [Jones], someone who would give his freaking all for this franchise and this city and would go out there and risk it every single day and do whatever he can to bring a Super Bowl to this city and this organization, and he just hurt his neck, and he’s sitting in a blue tent getting check on for his neck, and you’ve got a fan just mother-king him, that just doesn’t sit well with me,” Barkley said, per the New York Post. “He’s helpless. He can’t do nothing.”
New York is off to a disappointing start this NFL season, drawing plenty of frustration from fans. Barkley says he understands that anger and displeasure. But to root for a player’s injury? That’s when Barkley said he’d heard enough.
“I get it. I was a fan of football before,” Barkley said. “That’s not in my makeup, in my character, to boo and do stuff like that. But, fans, if you don’t like the product that we’re doing out there — we’ve got to give them a product to be happy about. Go ahead and boo. Or go ahead and cheer. That’s part of the game. But have sympathy at the same time. He’s a human being. Out of all people, it shouldn’t be 8.”