When a coach is directly asked about a player’s future, he sometimes feels no choice but to dance around the truth with lip service. Take what 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said about quarterback Jimmy Garappolo as an example of creating wiggle room: “I really believe Jimmy will be our quarterback next year.”
That’s different from Giants coach Joe Judge’s spontaneous vote of confidence for quarterback Daniel Jones, which was included voluntarily in a response to a Monday question about penalties for offensive lines. Judge pointed to Jones’ ball safety and decision making as reasons why he is a “key piece” for the future.
‘You always want to know,’ Is Daniel our man? Shall we continue with Daniel? “The answer is absolute,” said Judge.
“What gives us that confidence is even in games like [Sunday] where it didn’t come out perfect … you look at the tape and you see that guy operating there, performing, understanding the pressure – and not just standing there with courage like he’s been doing all this time and getting hit, but understand how to take the shot and give an accurate pass and move the sticks across the field. “