New York Giants draft Duke QB Daniel Jones sixth overall, and Twitter has a chuckle

Author : Sam Published: April 26, 2019

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The New York Giants took a bit of a gamble with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, selecting Duke quarterback Daniel Jones.

Jones is a tall pocket passer who can make some decent throws and is a good runner, but he didn’t exactly have a great career at Duke, and was described by one analyst in the run-up to the draft of having the personality of Eli Manning with a “little less pizzazz” which I didn’t know was possible.

Twitter had a field day with the pick. Our own Steven Ruiz didn’t hate the pick, but the Giants had managed to go and find their replacement QB, taking the sixth pick to do so (!), and got someone a lot of people didn’t have in their top 50 prospects in the draft. People laugh. Giants fans got upset.

Here’s the best of the reaction:

The #NYGiants pass on Haskins and reach for Daniel Jones?!?!?! At 6???Even if they turn out be right about Jones being better than Haskins (AND Drew Lock), which other team was about to take Jones before the Giants picks again at 17? This cannot have actually just happened.

— Max Kellerman (@maxkellerman) April 26, 2019

Out of 58 QBs selected in the 1st Round over the previous 20 seasons, Daniel Jones’ career 6.2 AY/A is equal or better than just Jake Locker, Patrick Ramsey and Kyle Boller.

— Rich Hribar (@LordReebs) April 26, 2019

Jim, from New York City, is a Giants fan…He was NOT happy about their first-round pick of QB Daniel Jones.

“He’s not a leader—HE’S A CHILD!”

Full rant below pic.twitter.com/ff1DsBUlIW

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 26, 2019

I feel bad for Daniel Jones, because he is probably a nice guy who loves his family, and I don’t mean to hate on him. It’s not his fault the NFL is the way it is

— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) April 26, 2019

Imagine passing on Sam Darnold to take Daniel Jones one year later.

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 26, 2019

daniel jones looks like he just got off a shift at chick-fil-a

— Harry Lyles Jr. (@harrylylesjr) April 26, 2019

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