Daniel Jones Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Daniel Jones
QB
, New York Giants

Age: 23
Weight: 221 lbs
Height: 6' 5"

ADP: 129
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
213	3027	24	12	279

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Jones had a wild rookie season. After taking over as the starter in Week 3, he had four games where he scored at least 28 points, and they were all on the road. He also had six games of 12.3 points or less, and five of them were at home. Jones is currently going off the board in the 10th round as a high-end QB2. He has dual-threat ability (22.8 yards rushing and 0.17 rush TD in 12 starts) and averaged 17.8 fantasy points in his 12 starts, which is what Josh Allen averaged as last year’s No. 7 quarterback. Jones has one of the better receiving corps in the league, including Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepard, Golden Tate and Evan Engram, to go along with Saquon Barkley in the backfield. He needs to work on his ball security (11 fumbles as a rookie) but has the upside that fantasy owners should be looking for in the later rounds.

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Giants Beat: TE Evan Engram, WR Sterling Shepard need to stay on field

New York Post

Jul 07 · 8:27 PM EDT

What Evan Engram cannot do, at least thus far, is stay healthy. He played in 11 games in 2018 and only eight last season, forced out with ligament damage in his foot that required surgery.

No one wants to talk much about what happens next with Sterling Shepard. He sustained two concussions last season that forced him out of six games. He dealt with a migraine issue earlier in his career. These are cumulative health concerns, and if Shepard continues to encounter head and concussion issues he will not make it through the length of his contract.

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Fantasy Impact:

Despite the injury issues with both players, the talent is there. As a rookie in 2017, Engram had 11 receptions of 20 or more yards. In 2018, he averaged 8.7 yards after the catch per reception. That was second among all tight ends, behind only George Kittle. Shepard isn't a number-one WR, but he's a locker room asset and a nice compliment on the field. Having both healthy will be great news for Jones this year.

Scouting report

by Brandon Niles

· Jul 13 · 10:37 AM EDT

NYG QB Daniel Jones - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Daniel Jones had an uneven, but very promising rookie year. He took over as the starter early in the season and went on to make 12 starts, throw 24 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The Giants struggled to win with the league’s third-worst defense, but Jones averaged 16.4 fantasy points per game, good for 16th in the league. The Giants don’t look to be significantly better defensively heading into this season, which should allow Jones to continue slinging it and he should benefit from a full season with Golden Tate and – hopefully – Sterling Shepard, who both missed time last year due to suspension and injury, respectively. Jones also should benefit from an offensive line that has been steadily improving over the past few seasons from one of the worst in the league, to one of the upper-third.

Fantasy Downside

Jones’ numbers were a bit inflated by his production in three key games last season, with 13 of his 22 touchdowns against the Lions, Jets and Washington. All three of those games were shoot-outs as well, with negative game script helping him to at least 40 passing attempts. Jones had some nasty games throughout the season, including blowout losses to the Packers and Patriots, where he threw a combined six interceptions. The bet against Jones is basically the opposite of the bet for him. Do you believe in the good parts of his rookie season, or the bad?

2020 Bottom Line

Jones is likely somewhere in between the good and the bad, but if he can continue to show improvement after a promising rookie season, he should sniff QB1 numbers as a sophomore. We have him ranked higher than his 11th-round ADP in 12-team leagues as a fringe starter in 1QB leagues, making him a value-pick for fantasy owners looking to wait at the position. Because it’s likely the Giants will continue to throw the ball – ninth in passing attempts last year – Jones should have a fairly high floor to go with significant upside. He’s a great option at his current ADP.

2020 Strength of Schedule - NYG

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
2 PIT	5 @CHI	10 SF	8 @LAR	20 @DAL	26 WAS	13 @PHI	16 TB	26 @WAS	13 PHI	BYE	28 @CIN	17 @SEA	32 ARI	23 CLE	3 @BAL	20 DAL

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	@DAL	3	4	17	0	0	4.25	5.67	1	5	0	1	5.00	-0.8	5/69	7.2%
2	BUF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	@TB	23	36	336	2	0	9.33	14.61	4	28	2	2	7.00	32.2	65/65	100.0%
4	WAS	23	31	225	1	2	7.26	9.78	5	33	0	0	6.60	12.3	78/78	100.0%
5	MIN	21	38	182	1	1	4.79	8.67	3	12	0	0	4.00	10.5	69/69	100.0%
6	@NE	15	31	161	1	3	5.19	10.73	2	8	0	0	4.00	5.2	50/50	100.0%
7	ARI	22	35	223	1	1	6.37	10.14	4	35	0	2	8.75	10.4	71/71	100.0%
8	@DET	28	41	322	4	0	7.85	11.50	4	13	0	1	3.25	28.2	74/74	100.0%
9	DAL	26	41	210	1	1	5.12	8.08	6	54	0	2	9.00	11.8	72/72	100.0%
10	@NYJ	26	40	308	4	0	7.70	11.85	3	20	0	1	6.67	30.3	71/72	98.6%
11	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	@CHI	21	36	150	2	0	4.17	7.14	2	27	0	1	13.50	14.7	60/60	100.0%
13	GB	20	37	240	1	3	6.49	12.00	5	6	0	0	1.20	8.2	67/67	100.0%
14	@PHI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	MIA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	@WAS	28	42	352	5	0	8.38	12.57	3	12	0	0	4.00	35.3	70/70	100.0%
17	PHI	28	47	301	1	1	6.40	10.75	3	26	0	1	8.67	14.6	74/74	100.0%
Per game		21.85	35.31	232.85	1.85	0.92	6.59	10.66	3.46	21.46	0.15	0.85	6.20	16.38	63.54/68.54	92.76%
Totals		284	459	3027	24	12	6.59	10.66	45	279	2	11	6.20	212.98	826/891	92.76%