Access the Giants like never before
Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers. SIGN UP NOW
You can understand if head coach Brian Daboll, play-caller Mike Kafka and the Giants receivers are thanking their lucky stars for Russell Wilson’s “Moon Ball.”
The Giants have ranked last in the NFL in completions of 20 yards or longer in two of the past three seasons, and former quarterback Daniel Jones’ repeated unwillingness to vertically test defenses rankled the aggressive-minded Daboll.
Enter Wilson, who threw deep on 13.1 percent of his attempts — the sixth-highest rate in the NFL — for the Steelers last season, per NextGenStats. His high-arching Moon Ball has been his calling card over a Hall of Fame-caliber career, whic