Former Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is still working on the Vikings’ practice squad. He has the best of both worlds: he stays in the game as a member of one team while being available to sign with another team’s 53-man roster should the need arise.
The goal for now is to get it up to speed.
“He’s a talented mancoach Kevin O’Connell told reporters Friday, via ESPN.com’s Kevin Seifert, “big, strong and throws it very well.” . . . We’ve just challenged him to take in all the information and use it as a barometer of where we want to go with our education as we build him up systematically, and he’s very smart.”
O’Connell added that it’s helpful to have Jones’ perspective after so many weeks of the current structure.
“He looks like a man, when he throws a football, that’s a lot of football and in the pocket, his feel,” O’Connell said. “So it was nice to have him here. I think he’s doing well. Little by little he’s starting to feel more comfortable with what we’re doing here.’
One thing they need to do is have a veteran ready to start in 2025, if/when Sam Darnold parlays an unexpectedly strong 2024 season into a starting job elsewhere. Daniel Jones could be next year’s Darnold, ready to go if/when JJ McCarthy isn’t.
