The Minnesota Vikings are including quarterback Daniel Jones, who was launched by the New York Giants simply days in the past after a disappointing 5 seasons.
Jones will begin out on the Vikings’ observe squad, however he may give them a stable backup possibility behind Sam Darnold, who’s having a breakout season.
However so far as Jones making an precise influence, ESPN character Stephen A. Smith isn’t impressed as a result of Jones can be backing up a person who has additionally had a disappointing profession.
“Here’s what I might say to Daniel Jones. You’re backing up Sam Darnold,” Smith mentioned.
Each Jones and Darnold have been very excessive draft picks a number of years in the past and have been thought to have the potential to turn out to be official franchise quarterbacks within the NFL.
However neither panned out, and it appeared to render each as, at greatest, first rate backup quarterbacks.
However this season, Darnold is enjoying wonderful soccer, as Smith famous, and he has guided the Vikings to a 9-2 file whereas giving them a seemingly actual probability of profitable the NFC North.
Jones threw for an ample 3,027 yards and 24 touchdowns as a rookie in 2019, however his manufacturing has significantly declined since, and in 10 video games this 12 months, he’s at 2,070 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
It stays to be seen if he’ll ever get one other alternative to start out below heart for an NFL workforce transferring ahead, however maybe there’s a scenario that can assist him considerably enhance his manufacturing, very like Darnold has this 12 months in Minnesota.
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