May 4, 2021
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones wasn't teammates with Eli Manning very long, but one of the things Jones took away from his time with the legend is that if you can walk, you can play.
Such was the attitude Jones took last season when a high ankle sprain and a hamstring injury forced him to miss two games. And Giants head coach Joe Judge, in an interview with ESPN's The Michael Kay Show on Monday, revealed that Jones's injuries were so bad that any other person might have been shut down for the season after sustaining them.
“Daniel’s the last guy that’s gonna use anything as an excuse,” Judge said. “What I would say about the injury last year — it was much more serious than maybe people thought on the outside.