Rook’s ability to move could be a reason behind move

This sounded … wistful. As Pat Shurmur mulls benching Eli Manning in favor of rookie Daniel Jones, t he mobility t he rookie brings to the field compared with the mobility Manning does not will no doubt be factored into the decision.

Shurmur sounded impressed and almost as if he covets what Josh Allen can do for the Bills. The first Buffalo touchdown in a 28-14 victory Sunday came when Allen got his 6-foot-5, 237-pound body moving on a designed quarterback run and sprinted around the right side from the Giants’ 6-yard line into the end zone.

“That was a good play,’’ Shu rm ur said Monday. “Well designed and he did a nice job. They blocked it well — it’s typical of the play they were running with the running back, the G-sweep — they carved us out and got in.’’

It is the “run’’ part of the run-pass option the Giants never include in the playbook with Manning as their starter for 16 years. It is a part of so many offenses around the NFL, but not with a pocket passer in the Eli Manning mold.

“There are other teams — there’s a lot of teams that don’t run quarterback-structured runs,’’ Shurmur said. “We could sit here and make a list of the ones that don’t. I think when you do that, and you have a quarterback that can do those things, I think that’s smart, I think that’s utilizing the talents of the player that you’re working with.’’

The Giants after taking Jones with the No. 6 pick in the draft praised his athletic ability and in the ensuing months stressed his footwork and speed as assets that can be cultivated, whenever Jones is summoned to replace Manning.

“He has a much better skill set to do those types of things than say Eli,’’ Shurmur said. “Yes, that’s fair’’

Pat Shurmur had a discussion with cornerback Janoris Jenkins on Monday, the day after Jenkins expressed his frustration with the pass rush and complained “who can cover somebody for 10 seconds?’’

The head coach was not pleased with what he heard.

“That doesn’t reflect him that well,’’ Shurmur said. “I talked to him how things we say can be interpreted. He was referring to one play and not anything in general. But I spoke to him and we discussed what should be said moving forward.’’

Jenkins following the 28-14 loss implored his teammates to get more pressure on Bills quarterback Josh Allen. “He’s just sitting there patting the ball,’’ Jenkins said. “We got to get pressure on him.’’

Asked if he disagreed with what Jenkins said, Shurmur said, “I don’t like anybody making excuses for anything. Listen, we’re all disappointed we lost, we can’t get frustrated. We got to make sure we’re saying the right things all the time.’’

➤ By the letter of the law, the personal foul penalty on Dexter Lawrence early in the fourth quarter that cost the Giants points was the correct call. Lawrence, on the field-goal defense team, did make contact with Bills center Mitch Morse and by rule, Morse is considered a defenseless player and thus is protected from any contact across his helmet.

“I hit the guy I guess too much and they threw the flag,’’ Lawrence said. “I didn’t intentionally try to hit him, I just tried to cross his face and get to the gap. I’m big so I take up a lot of space so I happened to hit him.

“A raw deal? I guess he felt like the guy was in danger or something like that with his head down so they just threw the flag.’’

The penalty allowed the Bills to take the made field goal off the board and they scored a touchdown soon after.

➤ WR Sterling Shepard missed the Bills game while in the concussion protocol. He is cleared this week for non-contact work in practice, a sign he is on the way to being removed from the protocol and playing Sunday in Tampa.

Shurmur said rookie WR Darius Slayton (hamstring) is set to practice this week. Slayton has missed the first two games. … LB Markus Golden got “hit in the throat,’’ in the game, Shurmur said, but is not injured.

➤ Do the Giants need five tight ends on their roster? Well, they added a fifth when they claimed rookie Kaden Smith off waivers from the 49ers. In a corresponding move, RB Paul Perkins was waived. Perkins, a 2016 fifth-round pick, was inactive the first two games.

Smith was a sixth-round draft pick of the 49ers. He caught 70 passes in 25 games at Stanford.