Daniel Jones looking to flip the script on the prime time narrative

Daniel Jones knows more than he lets on. He is an admitted ignorer of social media, and if he was a race horse, he would wear blinders as he settled into the starting gate.He keeps distractions at bay, whenever possible.

But he is not oblivious. Last week, when he completed a 41-yard pass to Darius Slayton in Seattle, he knew that flew in the face of the statistics that backed up the narrative that he was having difficulty connecting on the long ball this season. “I think, yeah, you know, there is a storyline I guess there,” he said, smiling, after the Giants beat the Seahawks, 29-20. Yes, there was a storyline there.There are plenty of storylines attached to the six-year partnership of Daniel Jones and the New York Football Giants.

Another one of them rears its ugly head Sunday night against the desperate Bengals (1-4) at MetLife Stadium, as Jones takes the field lugging with him a record of almost total futility in these situations. This will be the 16th game Jones has played in prime time.He is 1-14 in the previous 15, meaning the national television viewership tunes in and almost always watches Jones and the Giants lose.

Sure, there are mitigating circumstances inherent in such a dismal record.Yes, the Giants were favored in just one of those 15 games. Still … this is a storyline in need of a different ending. “You look at the past, over the years, we haven’t won enough, period,” Jones said.

“So, to say prime time or not, I think we got to win.I’m confident.

I’m excited for the opportunity.I think we all are.” The last time the Giants ventured into prime time, they came up short to the Cowboys, 20-15, in Week 3.Jones was not the reason his team lost, but the offense failed to muster a touchdown, and the quarterback bears the brunt of the responsibility when a “Do Not Enter” sign is affixed to the goal line.

It was another loss at home for Jones and the Giants, and that is another storyline that must be extinguished for this ...