Brian Daboll backs Daniel Jones as 'the fellow' for Giants, but hints QB couldn’t be engaging Week 1

As rumors and speculation continue to swirl spherical whether or no longer the Giants will seize a quarterback in subsequent month’s NFL Draft, head coach Brian Daboll equipped a gorgeous company evaluation on where he stands on newest starter Daniel Jones.

“When he gets support [from his injury], he’ll be the fellow,” Daboll knowledgeable NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero on Saturday morning on the Annual League Conferences.

Whereas Daboll’s observation is a transparent indication that the Giants gaze Jones as their quarterback subsequent season, it does originate the door that the old first-spherical decide would possibly perhaps no longer be engaging for Week 1 as he rehabs from a torn ACL.

Currently, newly signed QB Drew Lock is slated to be the backup – any individual whom Daboll steered is imperative that he gets up to go with the Giants’ offense rapid.

“We’re infected to non-public Drew, and he knows what his role is going to be,” Daboll mentioned. “He’s going to rating rather a lot of reps this spring, he desires to learn our gadget, but one more time, infected to rating Daniel support.”

In newest weeks, there non-public been experiences of the Giants drawn to quarterbacks, in particular Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy with the No. 6 decide.

SNY’s Connor Hughes reported final week there turned into “buzz” the quarterback turned into the player the Giants want to dangle whereas other newest mock drafts non-public the Giants having a verify in direction of at the side of a broad receiver for Jones.