First-year New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen do not have a built-in relationship with presumed starting quarterback Daniel Jones.

The same thing can’t be said about veteran backup Tyrod Taylor, who in Buffalo while Schoen was a member of the Bills’ front office. It’s one of the reasons that Schoen brought in Taylor to act as a veteran presence behind Jones.

This is a major backdrop as New York prepares for the first season of the Daboll-Schoen era. It’s also why the Giants’ public postering regarding a “non-existent” quarterback competition is hard to believe.

It was just recently that Daboll noted Taylor would get first-team reps in the Giants’ final two preseason games, starting Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. In the very same quote, Daboll also wanted us to believe he has full confidence in Jones as New York’s starter.

“Yeah, as we get going here in terms of the preseason games, we’ll talk about whatever we think is best,” Daboll said Tuesday. “But I have full confidence in Daniel and full confidence in Tyrod and what his role is. Each day, we sit there and we evaluate the guys. But will he get a few reps here or there? He might.”- New Yok Giants head coach Brian Daboll on QB situation

Daboll uses the belief that Taylor needs live-game reps in his offense to get accustomed to the scheme should an injury impact Jones like it did last season. That seems to be all sorts of ridiculous given Taylor’s status as a veteran and the fact that he’s taking part in training camp.