Realistically, the Giants locking up their young talent at QB, LT and DT is a job well done this offseason for the future core of that squad. Overshadowed by the lack of a deal for Saquon, but I'd argue they have their priorities straight with the 3 they did sign.
Our LT and DT were All Pro last year, everyone knew they were getting paid.
According to analytics, Daniel was worse at throwing the ball than the year before. I don’t know how to put in quotes or in a spoiler, I’m old.
“It was important to have improvement in the RB-rushing game, because as a passer,
Daniel Jonesactually didn't do very well outside the red zone.
In fact, he was worse in 2022 than he was in 2021 per most metrics:
2022: -0.03 EPA/att, 41.9% success, 7.0 YPA, 68% comp, 32% conversions on third down.
2021: 0.00 EPA/att, 43.1% success, 7.4 YPA, 68% comp, 36% conversions on third down.
Jones completed passes at an identical rate in 2022 despite his target depth decreasing from 7.6 air yards in 2021 to 6.7 air yards in 2022.
One solid area of improvement was reducing interceptions, dropping his interception rate from 2.2% in 2021 to 0.9% in 2022. But that came with a huge increase in his sack rate, from 5.3% in 2021 up to 8.7% in 2022.
The bottom line was
Daniel Jones was a less efficient passer outside of the red zone in 2022 than he was in 2021.
In almost every key situation, he was worse in 2022.
Passes on first down averaged -0.06 EPA/attempt (lowest since his rookie year) and his 45.1% success rate was a career low.
His EPA/att on first downs ranked 38th out of 47 QBs.
His numbers when passing on third or fourth down were terrible. Jones averaged -0.16 EPA/attempt and a 36.6% success rate. Both were career lows. His completion percentage was only 56%, which was a career low by 5% (prior low was 61%) despite the fact that his air yards per attempt was only 7.1, a full two yards shorter than in 2021 (9.1). As a result of a low completion rate coupled with low target depth, his passes averaged just 6.0 YPA, exactly 2.5 yards fewer than in 2021 (8.5).
Out of 47 QBs last year, Jones ranked:
- 44th in percentage of throws to travel beyond the first down marker (only 37%)
- 42nd n YPA (6.0)
- 41st in target depth (7.1)
- 39th in completion rate (56%)
- 33rd in first down conversion rate (31%)
- 26th in EPA/att (-0.16)
Jones posted career lows on first-down passing and on third/fourth-down passing, and was a bottom-10 QB out of 47 qualifying passers in multiple efficiency metrics on these downs.
These are shockingly bad numbers.
Because he completed 63% of passes that averaged 3.9 air yards per attempt?
Only 18% of these passes went beyond the line of scrimmage. The 3.9 air yards ranked 31st out of 36 QBs.
This is how you know it was the offense — Daboll and Kafka — rather than massive improvements from Jones as to why this offense scored more points and the team won more games.
And remember, outside the red zone, he was worse in 2022 than he was in 2021.”