Former NFL QB expands on criticisms of Giants' Daniel Jones

Former NFL quarterback and current "The NFL Today" analyst Boomer Esiason once again ripped Daniel Jones after Esiason was unimpressed by what he saw from the New York Giants signal-caller in the club's 31-16 loss at the Miami Dolphins this past Sunday. 

"You cannot be a flatliner and play in this league," Esiason explained during the Tuesday edition of the WFAN "Boomer and Gio" program, per Ryan Chichester of Audacy. "(Kansas City Chiefs star) Patrick Mahomes, throw him out there with any 10 guys. He’s not gonna flatline himself into the locker room and lose. He’s gonna compete his a-- off and raise everyone’s level up. That’s what I’m talking about when I talk about quarterbacking, for any team." 

Esiason offered similar comments last week after he felt Jones showed "no spirit" and "no fight" in New York's 24-3 home loss to the Seattle Seahawks that featured the 26-year-old taking 10 sacks while playing behind a much-maligned offensive line. More recently, Jones suffered a second neck injury in three years after he was sacked six times by the Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium. 

Matt Ehalt of the New York Post previously noted how former quarterback and current analyst Dan Orlovsky blamed Jones for several of the sacks that occurred in the Seattle game. Esiason said Tuesday that Jones was at fault for "a number of those sacks" the 2019 first-round draft pick took against Miami. 

"They’re not all on the offensive line," Esiason insisted. "He has to react accordingly when those blitzes start happening and guys come free. That’s the troubling part for me. I played that position, so I know what the responsibility is…Everybody’s screaming about the offensive line and the offensive coordinator when the player isn’t doing what he’s supposed to do." 

A 1-4 Big Blue team that has suffered four double-digit defeats this season could sit Jones for at least this coming Sunday's game at the 3-2 Buffalo Bills to protect him and give him somewhat of a mental reset. If Esiason is right and Jones has regressed to what he was two seasons ago, those running the Giants may already be thinking of ways they can move on from the contract the fifth-year pro signed in March.