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Fans Boo Giants at Halftime Despite Daniel Jones’s Unbelievable Stat Line

Stephen Douglas

Daniel Jones hands it off against the Washington Commanders
Daniel Jones hands it off against the Washington Commanders / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
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The Washington Commanders took a 21-7 lead into halftime against the New York Giants in Week 9. While Washington rookie Jayden Daniels was on top of his game again, completing 9-of-11 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns, Daniel Jones turned in his own eye-opening stat line.

Jones' statistics at halftime were patently unreal. The Giants quarterback finished the first 30 minutes of the game with more touchdown passes than passing yards. Jones's line at the half was four completions on six attempts for zero yards to go along with one touchdown pass.

If that sounds unebelievable, well, it kind of is.

The only thing that makes throwing a touchdown pass more impressive when you have zero passing yards is the fact that Jones is the one who threw it. The two-yard touchdown to Chris Manhertz was his first touchdown pass at home since 2022. That's right. It had been nearly two full calendar years since fans at the Meadowlands saw Jones throw a touchdown in person.

And yet for some reason Giants fans weren't happy. As the team headed to the locker room at halftime they booed despite the fact that Jones had just done two unbelievable things in the first half. What more do they want? Competent quarterback play?

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Stephen Douglas is a Senior Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in journalism and media since 2008, and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Stephen spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and has previously written for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.

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