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The Minnesota Vikings are including quarterback Daniel Jones, who was launched by the New York Giants simply days in the past after a disappointing 5 seasons.
Jones will begin out on the Vikings’ follow squad, however he might give them a stable backup choice behind Sam Darnold, who’s having a breakout season.
However so far as Jones making an precise impression, ESPN character Stephen A. Smith isn’t impressed as a result of Jones will probably be backing up a person who has additionally had a disappointing profession.
“Here is what I would say to Daniel Jones. You’re backing up Sam Darnold,” Smith stated.
Each Jones and Darnold had been very excessive draft picks a number of years in the past and had been thought to have the potential to develop into respectable franchise quarterbacks within the NFL.
However neither panned out, and it appeared to render each as, at finest, respectable backup quarterbacks.
However this season, Darnold is enjoying glorious soccer, as Smith famous, and he has guided the Vikings to a 9-2 report whereas giving them a seemingly actual probability of profitable the NFC North.
Jones threw for an satisfactory 3,027 yards and 24 touchdowns as a rookie in 2019, however his manufacturing has enormously declined since, and in 10 video games this 12 months, he’s at 2,070 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
It stays to be seen if he’ll ever get one other alternative to begin underneath middle for an NFL crew transferring ahead, however maybe there’s a scenario that can assist him considerably enhance his manufacturing, very similar to Darnold has this 12 months in Minnesota.
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