I really hope Daniel Jones succeeds.



My investment in the former Duke quarterback who the Giants took with the sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft has nothing to do with Jones as a person, although he seemed like a nice enough kid when I met him and his parents briefly on the red carpet in Nashville during draft week.



I also don’t have any ties to Duke football so it’s not that, either, although it is pretty cool that Jones originally committed to my alma mater before the Blue Devils offered the late bloomer a scholarship toward the end of the recruiting process.



And it absolutely has nothing to do with him being a Giant. Growing up outside of Philadelphia as an Eagles fan, I never had any love for Big Blue.



The reason I want Jones to excel is because his selection is the most widely-criticized pick I’ve seen in a long time. It reminds me of the local ridicule the Eagles faced in 1999 when they took quarterback Donovan...