Daniel Jones had just made history in his playoff debut, and Giants teammate Darius Slayton, was explaining why it came as no surprise.
, and one of the most thoughtful voices around, Giants teammate Darius Slayton, was explaining why it came as no surprise. The receiver was at his locker at U.S. Bank Stadium after Jones had beaten the Vikings last week by doing things with his arm and legs that no postseason quarterback had ever done, and Slayton reduced the man and the performance to the most elementary terms.
It didn’t matter in the end. Jones became the first player to deliver at least 300 yards through the air, two passing touchdowns and at least 70 yards rushing in a playoff game while leading the Giants to their first postseason victory since they beat the Patriots 11 years ago in Super Bowl XLVI.
Hey, more power to him. Every athlete should take whatever the market will give him, especially in this blood sport. If the Giants are forced to slightly overpay Jones, or to overpay him outright, well, there are worse things in the world. Jones mans the most critical position in the sport, by far, for a storied franchise in the country’s biggest media market, and yet he still acts as if he’s that teenage walk-on at Duke trying to nail down his scholarship.
His journey from bust to fan favorite wasn’t as dramatic as Edwin Diaz’s at Citi Field, but it was close enough. The Mets closer wasn’t chasing his nine-figure contract as much as he was chasing redemption and a shot at a championship, and the same goes for Jones. Nobody gave him anything. Jones just put in long hours and lived the old Ben Hogan line: The secret is in the dirt.
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