A weekend off this time of year is welcome and rare and it gave Daniel Jones a chance, albeit briefly, to catch up on a whirlwind month as a starting NFL quarterback.

The Giants are 2-2 in Jones’ four starts, winning the first two and losing the past two games. Jones was torrid in Tampa in his first career start and has cooled considerably each passing week. Not prone to hyperbole or angst, Jones, 22, on Wednesday offered a blunt assessment of where he’s been and what he’s done.

“I think it’s been, looking back on the month, I’ve been kind of up and down,’’ Jones said. “I’ve been inconsistent overall, I’ve been good and bad. I think there’s certainly a lot of things to learn, when you look at the scheme or some of the decisions or some of my habits, or bad habits.

“There’s lots of things to learn, so I’ll kind of separate those problems, those individual issues and try to improve. But also just getting more comfortable, getting more accustomed to what we’re doing. I think I’ll continue to learn and grow, but I’ve certainly had the opportunity to learn a lot this month.’’

Jones has a passer rating of 74.1, with five touchdown passes and six interceptions.

In many ways the days of Eli Manning orchestrating the Giants offense seem like eons ago, but he did indeed start the first two games this season before the seismic switch was made. Coach Pat Shurmur recalled a conversation he had last week with Jones in which he called the past four games “kind of an interesting month’’ and meant that in a positive way.

“You have to be a good decision-maker early, in the middle and late in downs,’’ Shurmur said. “Young players that are hyper-competitive like he is, they try to make a play all the way throughout. But as you go through this as a quarterback, there are times when it’s important you use your legs and unfortunately throw the ball away. They get used to that as they go. Just like he’s getting used to every single thing.

“He went through a lot in the first month, learned a lot and did a lot of really good things. We’re looking forward to him continuing to improve in all facets of playing quarterback.’’

In start No. 5, Jones duels with the Cardinals and Kyler Murray, a rookie selected first-overall in the 2019 NFL Draft. Jones, picked No. 6, was asked if the draft process has him wanting to prove he should have been taken before Murray. That elicited a chuckle from Jones.

“Not much,’’ he said. “My focus is on trying to help the team win a game, I think that’s the biggest part.’’