Daniel Jones' inconsistent arm dooms Giants in loss to Cowboys, experts say as New York falls to 1-3

The New York Giants dropped their 13th consecutive game to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott with Thursday's 20-15 loss at MetLife Stadium.

But it wasn't the NFL's highest-paid player that dropped the Giants to 1-3. Rather, according to fans and media, it was struggling quarterback Daniel Jones' inaccuracy on deep throws that was to blame.

'Daniel Jones has been very efficient tonight, which is good,' Fox Sports' Ralph Vacchiano wrote on X. 'But he's misfired on every deep throw. The Giants can win games with 'efficient' play, but at some point he's going to have to hit those deep shots for the offense to really be good.'

Jones finished with 281 yards on 29-of-40 passing Thursday. His final attempt, fittingly, was an underthrown Hail Mary pass that fell into the arms the Cowboys' Amani Oruwariye as Dallas improved to 2-2 on the season. 

'Daniel Jones has been short on pretty much all his deep throws,' ESPN's Giants correspondent Jordan Raanan wrote on X. 'That is something we saw a lot this summer as well.'

'Daniel Jones just doesn't have a deep-ball arm,' agreed former FS1 host and Cowboys fan Skip Bayless. 

Former Cowboys defensive end and current ESPN analyst asked: 'Is Daniel Jones Arm not strong?'

One would-be interception on a deep ball was negated by a Dallas penalty, but Jones had other underthrown passes on Thursday.