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team,” the head coach said. “The guys respond to him. Daniel’s our guy and we’re going with him.”
Still, Garrett’s conservative offense still looks cumbersome for the young QB, who at least scored some points under Pat Shurmur last season. And the harsh reality is that Jones has two touchdowns and eight turnovers on the season, and no touchdown passes since Week 1.
Schuplinski insisted Jones is “resilient” and said that while young players sometimes “take some lumps, by no means do I think [Jones] is shell-shocked.”
“I’m really not worried about it with him,” the QB coach said. “He’s trying to do the best he can on every play. I haven’t seen anything that would give me concern for that.”
But a turnover-filled loss to Washington just might tip the scales toward the Giants genuinely questioning if he can ever be the one.
Not to mention, with the Dolphins poised to drown the Jets to 0-6 on Sunday, a loss would call into question when on Earth a New York football team will ever get the first win of the 2020 NFL season.
Could this be the week when Gase’s offense finally breaks through inside the 20s? The Jets’ worst-ranked red-zone offense (25 percent) has been unwatchable all season, but Miami hasn’t put up much resistance in the red zone. The Dolphins are 30th in red zone defense, allowing opponents to score a touchdown on 76.5 percent of their trips.