The gap between the New York Giants and the rest of the NFC East is expanding, not closing.
Consider the quarterbacks in the division and decide which one doesn't belong:
Jalen Hurts. Jayden Daniels. Dak Prescott. Jameis Winston.
The Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback has led to two Super Bowls and is the newly crowned MVP. Daniels won Offensive Rookie of the Year in leading Washington to an eight-game improvement and two road playoff wins on the way to the NFC Championship Game. Prescott finished second in MVP voting in 2023, has started seven playoff games and earns $60 million per season as the highest-paid player in the league.
And then, at the bottom, there is the Giants' new quarterback. Now with his fourth team over 11 NFL seasons, Winston has a record as a starter of 36-51, has a gaudy interception of 3.5 percent (Hurts and Dak are 2.0; Daniels 1.9) and has thrown exactly one pass in a playoff game (with the New Orleans Saints in 2020).
Winston's colorful personality and charisma camouflage his woeful performance. Throughout his career, the only thing worse than his accuracy is his decision-making. Will Jameis generate cutesy stories and news-making sound bytes: Yep. Will Jameis make the Giants a better football team? Nope.
The Giants have clearly moved off the idea of signing Aaron Rodgers and trying to make significant improvement in 2025. They have the third overall pick in next month's NFL Draft, and should select either quarterback Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders.
But with Tommy DeVito a proven, capable backup, where does Winston fit? Is he the stop-gap starter for two years while the Giants use their draft assets on other positions? Is he the backup that will impart all his "wisdom" to Ward or Sanders?
The decline of the Giants to the NFC East cellar can be directly tied to their starting quarterbacks since Eli Manning retired:
Daniel Jones. Colt McCoy. Mike Glennon. Jake Fromm. Davis Webb. Tyrod Taylor. DeVito. Drew Lock.
Jameis Winston?
