Pat Shurmur does not name Eli Manning as starting for the third week – ProFootballTalk

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After the Bills defeat on Sunday, Giants head coach Pat Shurmur said the post-match press conference was not the place to engage in a discussion about whether Daniel Jones was to be engaged at the shift post.

This conversation is coming, however. Shurmur said at his Monday press conference that Eli Manning was the starter of the team at this point, but did not stop before appointing the veteran as a starter for his third week match against the Buccaneers .

"We are going to talk about everything that will go ahead. I think it's just right now, "Shurmur said, via Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News. "At this point, what we have done is not good enough."

The Giants have a 0-2 record and have serious problems in defense that will not go away if Jones starts instead of Manning in Tampa this week, but that 's not a reason not to look at him. future of the offensive side of the ball because, as Shurmur points out, the status quo has simply not been enough.