Belly Up Fantasy Sports writer Ryan Hicks has been working his way through the Ceilings and Floors for all 32 NFL teams. Today he started the NFC East with the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants. Reading through those, I found a player to take a closer look at- Giants quarterback Daniel Jones.

Many fans and critics ridiculed the Giants when they selected Jones sixth overall in 2019. He had been pumped up a little just before the draft but was still relatively unheralded. Coming out of three mediocre seasons at Duke, his final year saw a large uptick in touchdowns. His completion percentage stayed stuck at 60.4 and he generally didn’t do much to wow against pretty weak competition, though.

A Closer Look at Jones’ Rookie Year

His rookie season was a bit of a mixed bag. Four great fantasy performances were leveled out by weeks of disappointing point totals. His completion percentage as a whole was 61.9 percent. That was dragged down by a 30.4 completion percentage on deep passes. With Saquon Barkley in the mix, this is the biggest issue facing Jones at the moment. Barkley demands a lot of attention as a runner and catch-and-run receiver, so it will be up to Jones to develop the ability to hit the deep ball off of play-action.

There is another little issue. Okay 18 more big issues. Jones showed a bit of a penchant for losing his grip on the ball under pressure last year. Call it rookie yips, but it is still concerning as it will lead to a limited ceiling if it persists. Let’s hope Eli Manning comes back to help teach him a thing or two. If I’m Dave Gettleman, I’m begging him to. We all know he has experience with the matter.

New Coaches Calling All the Shots

That leaves the most difficult to answer question facing the signal-caller heading into his sophomore season. What exactly will the offense look like under Joe Judge and Jason Garrett? How well will Jones be able to execute it? For all the shortcomings in Dallas, the offense could move and had its own explosive weapon at running back. Dak Prescott managed to complete 65 percent of his passes, and thrived specifically on deep throws, completing almost half of the 78 attempts he threw.

If Garrett brings a similar scheme to New York, can Jones develop the kind of deep accuracy he, and the rest of the Giants offense, will need to reach their pinnacle? If not, can Garrett retool his scheme to fit Jones’ strengths and still properly utilize Barkley? The offense should be running through him regardless. I can’t say I have any faith in either of those happening. Prove me wrong, though, because I really like all the pieces of this team.

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