The New York Giants kick off the 2023 NFL regular season in one week. Soon, New York will be taking on the rival Dallas Cowboys in primetime on Sunday Night Football for a national audience to see.

As with any time these teams match up, there is a lot of intrigue on both sides. For the Giants, expectations are high after the team surprised and made the playoffs during the first season of the Brian Daboll era.

If the Giants are going to build on last year's campaign, Daniel Jones will be a big reason why. Jones inked a contract extension in the offseason, and New York made a big move to acquire Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller to make his job a little easier.

Pro Football Focus is high on Jones entering the upcoming regular season. NFL analyst Sam Monson boldly predicts that Jones will have the highest PFF grade of is career.

Many expected Brian Daboll to get the best out of Daniel Jones last season, and while some numbers certainly improved, he still passed for just 6.8 yards per attempt and earned a 76.0 PFF grade — lower than his career high of 78.4 in 2020. It’s impossible to overlook the lack of receivers Jones had last season, though.

The addition of Waller and continued development of the rest of the weapons around Jones is a big factor in why. After all, the New York signal caller showed a bit of what he can do with last year's group of pass catchers.

The team improving that group in the offseason should lead to a jump in play from Jones, even before factoring in a second season in the system and any natural development. He has Darren Waller to be a principal target, as well as more live threats at receiver. This should be the best version of Daniel Jones we have seen in the NFL.

All eyes will be on Daniel Jones as the New York Giants look to make even more noise in the NFL this upcoming season.

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