Giants QB Daniel Jones takes blame for TJ Watts strip sack: 'It's my fault'

Jones took the blame for the mistake.

“I had to switch,” the quarterback said. “(Tight end) Theo (Johnson) was looking at the coverage and I didn't move him, and Jermaine was expecting my chip and he didn't get it. This is my fault.”

Mistakes and brain cramps have defined the Giants' season. Once again they couldn't stay out of each other's way on Monday night and were assessed pre-snap penalties, bad plays, missed blocks and missed tackles, and Jones made several bad throws and reads. The QB ended the game with an interception, sealing Big Blue's third straight loss.

Mistakes away from home against a better team will get you beaten every time. When the errors occur against an all-universe player like Watt, that's an even bigger problem.

“I saw the tight end with me and I saw (Watt) one-on-one with (Eluemunor) and I thought, 'He's about to make a play,' and he did,” Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith said. “He has the ball. That's what he does. That’s why he’s the best in the world.”

Watt produced two sacks and six QB pressures on Monday night. Highsmith added two sacks and a whopping 12 pressures against a broken, porous Giants offensive line.

The loss dropped the Giants to 2-6 on the season.

Big Blue fell to 0-3 in primetime games in 2024. According to NFL Research, Jones is 1-for-15 in prime time, the worst win percentage in the NFL since 1970 (at least 10 starts). He has a career record of 0-8 Monday Night Footballwith 12 career interceptions. It's the most QB losses and INTs MNF since Jones entered the league in 2019.