“No one’s happy with where we are.”
Daniel Jones uncharacteristically showed some frustration on Monday night after the New York Giants botched a 2-point conversion in their loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Head coach Brian Daboll did not mind seeing the fire from his quarterback.
“I want him to be him. But I don’t mind emotion,” Daboll said.
Jones knows his vocal reaction is one not usually seen from him.
“I try to do a good job controlling myself and controlling my emotions,” he said. “That time, I didn’t do as good a job, but it’s football and we’re into it. We care about it a lot and it’s frustrating when you don’t get the result.”
Jones prefers to keep his emotions in check on the field.
“You think better, you play better,” he said. “And there’s a time and a place for everything. But yeah, I found I’m able to play my best, think my best, prepare my best when I’m in control.”
There is a ton of frustration emanating from the 2-6 Giants, losers of three straight games. They aren’t winning games they think they should win. They aren’t scoring enough points, 31st in the league at 14.6 per game. They aren’t creating enough turnovers, having gone a franchise record seven straight games without one.
“Losing is frustrating,” Daboll said. “You put everything you have into this each week. So, when you’re having all those meetings and you’re going through all those practices and you’re giving everything you have on the field, everybody, and you don’t get the results, certainly that is … you’re never happy after a loss. That’s why you do this, to win.”
Jones echoed the coach:
“No one’s happy with where we are,” Jones said. “I think everyone understands that we’re leaving a lot out there. We need to play better, and we need to execute and win. So, no one’s happy with that. I think we’re all motivated and driven to fix it and to play well.”
Jones was also asked if he took issue with Daboll revealing after the game on Monday that Jones had messed up the protection call on T.J. Watt’s fourth-quarter strip sack, failing to shift tight end Theo Johnson to Watt’s side to help right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor.
“I mean that’s what happened. So, I understand that,” Jones said. “We had a conversation with him, and I knew what I was going to say. So, understood him saying that. And (tackle) Jermaine (Eluemunor) was expecting help, he didn’t get it. So, yeah, I’m fine with everybody knowing that.”
