With Daniels Jones (neck) uncertain for this week, the New York Giants could turn to their veteran backup, Tyrod Taylor, at quarterback again this Sunday when they host the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium.
Taylor started and played all of last Sunday night’s contest — a 14-9 loss to the Bills in Buffalo — completing 24 0f 36 passes for 200 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.
Taylor also didn’t get the job done in the red zone, where the Giants went 0-5, but he was only sacked three times and did not fumble.
But Taylor clearly cost the Giants points — and perhaps the game — by letting the clock run out without scoring right before halftime with the Giants’ on the Bills’ doorstep.
“That’s in the rear-view, it’s Wednesday now. Rear-view, move forward,” the 13-year veteran told reporters about the play this week.
“Actually, move forward, I mean actually in the game. It happened, get a chance to go to halftime, adjust, make some adjustments and then you got to come back out in the third quarter with a new, fresh mind and clear thoughts and ready to execute and I think we did that. Put ourselves in a position to go down and win in the game on the last drive. It’s something to learn from, move forward, be better as a person and a player from that.”
As Taylor left the field during halftime, head coach Brian Daboll gave him an earful, an encounter that did not escape the television cameras. He was asked if it was the first time he ever felt Daboll’s wrath.
“You get a sense of his passion in practice, training camp practices, I’ve seen him obviously show emotion. For me, I think you guys have been around me and seen me long enough over these past two years or year and a half that I’m pretty even-keeled so it doesn’t necessarily sway me one way or the other. I knew that it was a mistake at the time. Like I said, my mind completely shifted to how we can come out even better in the second half. I own up to it. It wasn’t the right call at the time. Like I said, move forward.”
If Taylor does start, it won’t be his first against Washington. He started one previous game against them back on December 20, 2015 as a member of the Buffalo Bills. Taylor completed 16 of 27 for 235 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in a 35-25 loss.
“Sammy Watkins up the sideline, I remember that one,” Taylor said.
