k who could be taken in the top half of the draft to be overlooked Landon Collins Color Rush Jersey , but in some ways that has been the case recently for Daniel Jones of Duke. With the obsessing over Dwayne Haskins and the hysteria over the announcement by Kyler Murray that he will enter the 2019 NFL Draft, Jones has not gotten a ton of attention.That could, however, change this week. Jones will join the group of quarterbacks strutting their stuff for NFL scouts at the Senior Bowl. With the New York Giants perhaps looking for a successor to Eli Manning in the upcoming draft, that puts Jones on their radar. With that in mind, Jason Evans of SB Nation’s Duke website, the Duke Basketball Report and the Duke Basketball Report podcast, joined the ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast recently to give us the low down on Jones.On what Jones meant to Duke football“We are incredibly sad to be seeing him leave. The kid is an offensive juggernaut. At the college level he is someone who is able to pass very successfully and he’s also a very effective runner for us,” Evans said.“I don’t want people to think he’s another Russell Wilson or Lamar Jackson or something like that, not at all. In the pros, he will be a pocket passer. But at the college level he’s really been a fabulous player and he’s led Duke to some very successful seasons.“We’re not a program that has a huge history of success in football, so having Daniel Jones do as well as he has for Duke has been really great.”On why a Dave Brown comparison isn’t validBrown, of course, is the former Duke quarterback taken by the Giants in the 1992 Supplemental Draft. That didn’t turn out well.“The first reason would be [head coach] David Cutcliffe,” Evans said, calling the Duke coach “a quarterback whisperer, a quarterback savant.”“Brown did not have the benefit of playing for Cutcliffe.”Jones was with Cutcliffe for four seasons, three as the Blue Devils starting quarterback and one as a redshirt freshman.“When you’re an NFL team that’s a huge selling point because you know David Cutcliffe knows how to produce really Dalvin Tomlinson Color Rush Jersey , really, really high-quality quarterbacks,” Evans said.“He’s the guy who taught Eli Manning. He’s the guy who taught Peyton Manning. If you’re a starter for three-plus years under David Cutcliffe your career ends in the NFL. It’s almost unanimous.”On Jones’ accuracy as a passerJones has a 59.9 percent completion percentage over three seasons at Duke. That’s low for a top-tier college quarterback, and a concern for some leading up to the draft. Evans isn’t buying that concern.“To me that doesn’t reveal the quality of Daniel Jones’s throwing. You know the saying it takes two to tango? In a football passing attack it takes three to be successful. Those three are the QB throwing the ball, wide receivers getting open and catching the ball and the offensive line protecting the quarterback,” Evans said.“We had a really great QB throwing the ball, we had sort of an OK offensive line, we had below average wide receivers.“I think that when you see Daniel Jones throwing to professional NFL-quality wide receivers you’re going to see a real step up in that completion percentage. The guy is a very, very accurate passer and that’s hugely important in the NFL.”On the idea of Jones playing for the GiantsEvans said he believes Jones “has some real upside” and that “I don’t see why it wouldn’t fit” should he land with the Giants.Not only does Jones share a coach with Manning in Cutcliffe, but Jones has attended the Manning Passing Academy multiple times and, per Evans, has had some exposure to Manning during the summer workouts the Giants’ QB has held at Duke.“Jones would have a great mentor in Eli. In fact, Eli has probably already mentored him some,” Evans said. “I can’t think of any reason he wouldn’t be able to handle the NY market just fine.“I feel like based on the success he had at Duke and what I’ve seen from him Daniel Jones could be a successful NFL quarterback.”Listen to the full show below.Where to subscribeYou can find and subscribe to Big Blue View Radio on the show’s home page. You can also find the shows on our Big Blue View Radio Hub Page.You can also find us on all your favorite podcast apps:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSSFinally, be sure to check out the home page for all of the shows across the expanding Vox Media Podcast Network. It is now check your professional pride time for the New York Giants. At 5-9 and officially eliminated from the playoffs the Giants have to finish the season by playing two games that can neither help them reach the postseason nor avoid ending the year with a losing record.Head coach Pat Shurmur has been preaching a “play for each other” mantra to the players all season. This week, he said the Giants would “stay in the moment” and try to prepare to defeat the Indianapolis Colts this Sunday.BBV Radio — ‘Dwayne Haskins or bust’Will players, however, do those things? Will they continue to prepare the same way they have the first 15 weeks of the season? Will they play with the same intensity Phil McConkey Color Rush Jersey , putting their body on the line when the moment calls for it? Or, will their thoughts turn to offseason vacations? When it is their time to make a play will they instead make what is often called a business decision?Shurmur and GM Dave Gettleman have spent much of the year since they were hired trying to change a losing culture. The Giants haven’t won enough games in 2018, but in many ways it has seemed that the cultural change they sought has begun to take root. Perhaps we will learn more about how successful that effort has been over the next couple of weeks.“I know from my standpoint and I know our players in the locker room, we’re going to try to get the most out of these next two weeks and try to win two football games because that joy that you feel from winning, even though we’re not going to be able to go on this year, that’s something that we want to feel,” said Shurmur.“Come out here and put something good on tape these last two weeks, regardless of what our scenario is because all our names are on this tape,” safety Michael Thomas said when asked about what he expected from his teammates the final two weeks. “You don’t want to be that guy who will turn down a block, not working, not going hard, not on your assignments. That tape is going to stick with you for the rest of your career.”Wide receiver Sterling Shepard voiced a similar sentiment.“We’re still going to work,” he said. “Guys are still upbeat in here and we’re going to work and try to win these next two games. That’s what our focus is.”Quarterback Eli Manning said the goal is to “end the season strong.”“I think it’s important to everybody. We’re all fighting for jobs, fighting to play good football. That’s the goal every Sunday, is to go out there and to win, and try to do your job to the best of your ability. Coaches are going to be coaching. Players, we’re going to be practicing. We’re going to be game planning. We’re going to be watching film. We’re going to be putting in the work, putting in the effort Andrew Adams Color Rush Jersey ,” he said. “Sunday, that’s the fun day. That’s the day where you go get to celebrate. You get to go feel good, score touchdowns, and be with your team, and compete. You definitely want to end the season strong.”Numbers that matter9 — That is how many points the Colts, winners of seven of their last eight games, are favored by. Indianapolis has rallied from a 1-5 start to have a shot at an AFC wild-card playoff berth. Nine is also where the Giants are in the current 2019 NFL Draft order.28-of-29 — That is what Pro Bowl kicker Aldrick Rosas has done this season on field-goal attempts.4,000 — Eli Manning needs 311 passing yards to reach 4,000 for the seventh time in his career.387 — Manning (331) needs 57 completions over the final two games to break his single season record for completions, which he set in 2015.The Saquon section 1,153 — Saquon Barkley is third in the NFL in rushing behind Ezekiel Elliott (1,349) and Todd Gurley (1,251).1,809 — That is Barkley’s total yards from scrimmage. He needs 191 over the final two games to become the third rookie in NFL history with 2,000. 82 — That’s how many receptions Barkley has. He needs seven catches to break Reggie Bush’s record for receptions by a rookie running back (88 in 2006). Barkley needs 10 receptions to break the Giants franchise record for receptions by a rookie. Odell Beckham Jr, had 91 in 2014.12 — Barkley has 12 games this season with at least 100 scrimmage yards, tying Edgerrin James (12 games in 1999) for the second-most games with 100+ scrimmage yards by a rookie in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson (13 games in 1983) has more such games.5 — Barkley (4) needs one receiving touchdown to break David Meggett’s record for a Giants rookie running back (4 in 1989).10 — Barkley (9) needs one rushing touchdown to become the first Giants’ running back to reach double digits in that category since Brandon Jacobs (15 in 2008).[E-mail Ed at bigblueview@gmail.com or via the Big Blue View Contact Page | Follow Big Blue View on Twitter | ‘Like’ Big Blue View on Facebook | Follow Big Blue View on Instagram]