You want to earn Joe Judge's respect? It's simple. And it has much less to do with football skill than it does with your mind. And your heart.
Daniel Jones has earned that respect with the first-year coach. Not with his outward production, which is quite modest, given that he has just eight touchdown passes in 10 games this year. It's what's inside that means everything.
"He's a really tough dude, mentally tough and physically tough," Judge said. "That really spreads throughout our entire team."