[Leonard] Darius Slayton won’t let the Daniel Jones slander double standard define his QB’s or #Giants’ reality.
August 23, 2024
[Leonard] Darius Slayton won’t let the Daniel Jones slander double standard define his QB’s or #Giants’ reality.
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“They can walk away from yesterday, beat their chests, say they held us to whatever,” Slayton told the Daily News on Thursday. “But in a real game, at the end of the day, if they were to play how they did, we would have ran the ball for a bazillion yards and we would’ve won the game. And if they came up, they would’ve gotten beat [deep].”
So with Jets defenders sitting “deep every play,” Slayton said, was the oft-criticized Jones supposed to heave the ball downfield into coverage? Remember: his two interceptions last Saturday in Houston prompted a full week of slander on national shows.
“What do you want DJ to do?” Slayton said. “If DJ threw it up into double coverage, we’d be back on Sportscenter. But he checks it down and everybody’s like, ‘Oh man, we couldn’t get anything going today!’ It’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
“Think about it,” Slayton explained, playfully animated. “If he’s out there and launched a double-covered contested [pass], people are like, ‘What is he looking at?!’ He checks it down to the running back, and it’s like, ‘Ah, man, the Giants couldn’t get anything going today. It’s like, ‘Alright, I guess.”
I just find it hilarious that the Jets are finger wagging. They’re one of the few teams that has been worse than NYG over this no good, horrible decade.
Do I expect them to be much better than NYG this season – yes. Is Gardner himself excellent – yes, as are many other Jets. But maybe make go far in the playoffs rather than spout off in a pre season practice before wagging your finger.
I actually root for the Jets to do well- lots of friends who are fans and no fan deserves the level of incompetence they’ve seen for most of the past 50 years. But damn they make it hard.
Well, slayton might not be a fan of the reality of the Giants situation this year..
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“They can walk away from yesterday, beat their chests, say they held us to whatever,” Slayton told the Daily News on Thursday. “But in a real game, at the end of the day, if they were to play how they did, we would have ran the ball for a bazillion yards and we would’ve won the game. And if they came up, they would’ve gotten beat [deep].”
So with Jets defenders sitting “deep every play,” Slayton said, was the oft-criticized Jones supposed to heave the ball downfield into coverage? Remember: his two interceptions last Saturday in Houston prompted a full week of slander on national shows.
“What do you want DJ to do?” Slayton said. “If DJ threw it up into double coverage, we’d be back on Sportscenter. But he checks it down and everybody’s like, ‘Oh man, we couldn’t get anything going today!’ It’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
“Think about it,” Slayton explained, playfully animated. “If he’s out there and launched a double-covered contested [pass], people are like, ‘What is he looking at?!’ He checks it down to the running back, and it’s like, ‘Ah, man, the Giants couldn’t get anything going today. It’s like, ‘Alright, I guess.”
I just find it hilarious that the Jets are finger wagging. They’re one of the few teams that has been worse than NYG over this no good, horrible decade.
Do I expect them to be much better than NYG this season – yes. Is Gardner himself excellent – yes, as are many other Jets. But maybe make go far in the playoffs rather than spout off in a pre season practice before wagging your finger.
I actually root for the Jets to do well- lots of friends who are fans and no fan deserves the level of incompetence they’ve seen for most of the past 50 years. But damn they make it hard.
Well, slayton might not be a fan of the reality of the Giants situation this year..