The now-Commanders quarterback hinted just how much he wants to score in a pre-draft interview with the Giants.
—but one of his answers to a question during the pre-draft process might have had them wishing they could've., which this offseason is following the Giants as they enter their historic centennial season, showed a pre-draft interview where Giants brass grilled Jayden Daniels.
Head coach Brian Daboll put Daniels through a situational wringer, having him draw up plays on the whiteboard, rename positions, and recall play names back to him.A pretty iconic answer, and a massive display of confidence from a would-be rookie quarterback. Of course, that confidence is part of why he was taken with the No. 2 pick, never to be made available for the Giants, who drafted sixth. New York wound up taking wide receiver Malik Nabers with their first-round pick.
The irony now is Daniels may very well end up throwing touchdowns against the Giants twice per year for the foreseeable future as a division rival.Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site.
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