Eli Manning 'excited' for Giants' Daniel Jones in new-look offense

The New York Giants hired ex-Buffalo Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen to be their new general manager in January, and Schoen ultimately turned to former Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll to serve as his head coach with Big Blue. Daboll and company then selected Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Mike Kafka to be offensive coordinator with the Giants, and Kafka explained earlier this month he's "taking a collaborative approach with" quarterback Daniel Jones to design the team's new offense. 

The Giants declined the fifth-year option attached to Jones' rookie contract this spring, meaning the 25-year-old will be playing later this year to either receive a new deal or to be franchise tagged. Club legend and two-time Super Bowl champion signal-caller Eli Manning is no stranger to Jones, as the two were teammates during the 2019 season before Manning called time on his career. Per Matt Citak of the Giants' website, Manning recently spoke with NFL Network's Rhett Lewis at the Manning Passing Academy about the team's current QB1. 

"With Coach Daboll and what they're doing with that staff and Joe Schoen, having been around the facility some, the atmosphere has changed," Manning said. "I'm excited for him, excited for Daniel. I know he's worked extremely hard. He's been through a lot of offenses, a lot of coaching changes. Hopefully, this will be the right one."

Daboll will be Jones' third NFL head coach. 

"By my fifth year, I had been in the same offense the whole time," Manning continued during his comments. "I knew it, I could coach it up. New guys were coming in, I was speaking the same language as my offensive coordinator and as Coach (Tom) Coughlin and kind of preaching the same stuff. With him, it's all new and he's learning. He's consistently trying to learn and learn and learn. Eventually, it just takes some time before it all sinks in."

If Jones is not on the same page as his coaches by early January, the Giants will almost certainly move on and search for his replacement next winter.