Colts name Daniel Jones the QB1

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Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

I heard a stat that DJ has three of the top 5 completion percentages in NYG history. I have not checked the validity of this.

If that is true, then the issue comes down to his unwillingness to throw the high risk, high reward, ball. I do recall a couple years ago someone doing a breakdown of his not being willing to do it. I think it might have been Orlovsky? This was taking place in that period where it looked certain Dabol was gonna get canned because of how putrid the Giants O was. The breakdown showed him throwing underneath when there were openings in the mid layer but he wouldn't throw it, and the thing being point out was his completion % was a mirage, that his conservatism was hurting the offense.

That's definitely a big concern w/ Jones, and it's not just the high risk/reward throws. At least towards the end of his time w/ NYG he was refusing to throw anything other than checkdowns. I forgot who they were playing, but I had on a Sun/Mon night game last year w/ NYG playing. The broadcast kept showing time after time that there were open receivers 10-20 yards downfield w/ Jones having plenty of time to throw the ball, but he kept ignoring that and just throwing checkdowns to his RB. Even on 3rd and longs where completing a pass to one of said open receivers was needed for a first down. Hopefully after working w/ O'Connell and Steichen this has been corrected, but I obviously have my doubts.