New York Giants head coach Joe Judge has sounded like a broken record at times, frequently praising quarterback Daniel Jones and insisting the team is committed to 23-year-old.
Even as the NFL’s quarterback carousel began to spin this offseason, Judge didn’t blink.
“We have confidence in Daniel, he’s a player that we want to work with going forward with this team. He’s shown us a lot of improvement, there’s a lot of things. I can go on and on about how we respect him and like him and how the locker room responds to him, but the simple answer to that is no, [our stance on Jones has not changed],” Judge told reporters at the start of free agency.
No matter how many times Judge repeats himself, there seems to be a slew of disbelievers — people who think the coach is merely toting the company line.
Judge has never once given that impression, but for those who flat-out refuse to see the positives in Jones, they simply can not buy into what they are hearing. In private, they thought, there’s no way Judge is such a staunch Jones supporter.
Unsurprisingly, it turns out those naysayers are wrong.
Retired NFL wide receiver and current media personality, Nate Burleson, recently sat down with Judge as their sons played a basketball game for Don Bosco Prep. One of the first questions Burleson asked Judge was about Jones.
Judge didn’t hesitate in response to Burleson’s question, immediately pointing out that the team needs to do more in their support of Jones.
“I asked him what’s going on with Daniel Jones, and he said ‘It’s up to us to help him out with coaching and getting him more weapons,’” Burleson told the New York Post.
It’s one of the reasons why the Giants went out and signed superstar wide receiver Kenny Golladay and signed running back Devontae Booker to back up Saquon Barkley. It’s also why they added tight end Kyle Rudolph and speedy wide receiver John Ross.
It’s clear that Judge and the Giants have meant what they’ve said about Jones. You can see it in their personnel moves and now, finally, you have proof that Judge is saying the same things privately that he’s saying publicly.
