What is current?
Public performance covers completed games through November 9, 2026, Week 9. JJ’s last included game is November 8 at Philadelphia. PFF exports are dated November 11. Editorial and transaction notes were checked November 12; the cited coaching role update is November 11. These are dated snapshots, not a live feed. The November 12 game is not included.
Four views of JJ
- Giants 2026: all appearances. Four player appearances, three games with counted dropbacks, two starts.
- Giants starts only: October 25 at Houston and November 8 at Philadelphia. Excludes the New Orleans relief appearance.
- Final four 2025 starts: Weeks 14, 15, 16 and 18—Washington, Dallas, the Giants and Green Bay. January 4 belongs to the 2025 season.
- Combined: those four 2025 starts plus 2026. It overlaps both component windows; it is not independent confirmation.
Minnesota reference columns always describe 2026 Weeks 1–9. Historical JJ views are explicitly comparisons across different periods. The research dashboard supplies broader peer and date controls.
What counts as a dropback?
The public analysis counts pass attempts, sacks and scrambles. It excludes spikes, kneels, aborted plays, two-point conversions and nullified no-plays. Valid plays with penalty flags remain included. Designed QB runs are separate. All rates are computed from their underlying opportunities, not averages of game averages.
| JJ window | Public, no spikes | PFF reported dropbacks |
|---|---|---|
| Giants 2026 | 75 | 80 |
| Final four 2025 starts | 98 | 100 |
| Combined | 173 | 180 |
For 2026, 68 attempts + nine sacks + three scrambles = 80; removing five spikes leaves 75. The 49-play expected-passing sample is a situational subset. In late 2025, the public 98 matches 84 attempts + seven sacks + seven scrambles; the two-play difference from PFF’s reported 100 remains unresolved. We do not guess its cause.
Metrics in plain language
- EPA per dropback: average change in expected points from a play. Sacks and scrambles count. It reflects the whole play, including receiver and protection outcomes.
- CPOE: actual completion outcomes minus nflverse’s modeled expectation, in percentage points. Only throws with model probabilities enter. It is not a film-charted ball-placement score.
- Positive-EPA rate: percentage of counted dropbacks that added expected points. A high average EPA does not necessarily mean frequent successful plays.
- Passer rating: the NFL box-score formula, calculated on pooled attempts including spikes. It is not QBR. Combined-window ratings are recomputed, not averaged.
- Sack rate here: sacks divided by analytical dropbacks, including scrambles in the denominator. PFF’s pressure-to-sack rate has a different denominator.
- Expected passing: pre-snap nflverse pass probability strictly above 70%. It does not mean the quarterback was pressured.
- Red zone: snaps starting at or inside the opponent’s 20. Touchdowns from farther out do not enter.
Combined CPOE uses 146 modeled throws out of 147 non-spike attempts; one older throw lacks a model probability. Missing values are not estimated.
PFF context stays separate
Selected passing grades, adjusted completion, big-time throws, turnover-worthy plays and pressure-to-sack rates are attributed to the saved November 11 PFF reports. Counts may be added across nonoverlapping periods; published grades are not averaged. BTT/TWP rates are not reconstructed using ordinary pass attempts. These are editorial comparisons, not a redistribution of the full provider exports. The public research dashboard remains the existing public-data edition.
What these numbers cannot establish
The samples are small, include relief appearances unless explicitly excluded, and are not opponent-adjusted. They do not isolate quarterback talent, establish a causal trade effect, or predict wins. Minnesota’s all-QB row pools Murray, Wentz and Brosmer. Cousins’ pre-trade statistics are Las Vegas results; no Minnesota performance is credited before he plays there. Team records are not individual passing grades.
JJ’s four 2026 red-zone dropbacks are too few for a meaningful ranking. The seven red-zone touchdowns in the combined window all occurred in the older Vikings segment. Historical projections stay in the archives and are not treated as measured outcomes.
Source links
- nflverse public play-by-play and field dictionary.
- PFF Passing Summary and Pressure · snapshot November 11.
- Giants acquisition announcement and JJ’s official player page and game log.
- Vikings acquire Cousins and November 11 role/injury update.
- Giants–Eagles recap, November 8.
- Official 2025 Giants standings: 4–13, used for the arcade’s Jaxson Dart choice. That is a team record, not Dart’s individual record.