Eli Manning celebrates Daniel Jones' first Giants landing

As elegant as may be.

Eli Manning gave Daniel Jones a fist-bump on the sidelines after the rookie scored his first landing — a 7-yard carry within the second quarter to cap a 70-yard Giants drive in Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Buccaneers.

The 38-year-old Manning, sporting a white Giants baseball cap, was benched Tuesday for Jones, the Giants’ first-round decide on this 12 months’s NFL draft.

“Clearly, dissatisfied,” Manning mentioned final week, “not joyful, about it. However you settle for it and make the most effective of it.”

The altering of the quarterback guard got here with the Giants 0-2, and Manning struggling to leap begin the offense.

Jones completed 4-of-5 for 53 yards on the opening drive of his first begin, and Aldrick Rosas hit a 36-yard discipline objective to get the Giants on the board.

Jones, 22, relieved Manning in rubbish time of a Week 1 loss to the Cowboys, and went 3-of-Four for 17 yards with a fumble.