It's officially the Daniel Jones show in New York. While it's fair to assume it began the moment the team benched Eli Manning after Week 2 of the 2019 season, there was still the looming uncertainty on if Manning could or would regain his starting post if the former sixth-overall pick struggled. Despite that swap never occurring, having an admittedly anxious team legend standing right behind him made for an unsettled quarterback room, as both Jones and Manning readily confess. And as Jones readies himself to learn a new offense for the second time in as many seasons -- this time under former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett -- the 22-year-old enters the season being the man of the hour following Manning's retirement.

"I think, looking back, it was probably a little bit awkward at certain times," Jones said, via Newsday. "I think we did a good job working together. I know I enjoyed working with him, and certainly learned a ton from him and appreciate everything he did during that year. ...It will certainly be different, different in the [locker] room, but I really enjoyed working with Eli last year. 

"I thought it was a huge advantage for me to be able to learn from him and talk to him every day. It will be an adjustment, but I'm looking forward to this year and this team we have."

Manning isn't the only former Pro Bowl quarterback Jones has/is studying, by the way. 

As Garrett gears up to rework the Giants offense, head coach Joe Judge noted there would be a lot of similarity to what he oversaw in Dallas for a decade. That of course thrusts a list of questions on the table in New York, considering Garrett's actual track record as a Cowboys' play-caller, but the most prominent quandary is how it'll impact the development of Jones. To aid in the transition, Jones spoke recently with Tony Romo, hoping to build a relationship that will help him down the road.

"I spoke with Tony briefly," he said, via Yahoo! Sports. "We didn't get into the system a whole lot. I look forward to talking to some of those guys and hearing their perspective on it."

Jones has also jumped forehead first into Cowboys' film, to get a better idea of what's to come under Garrett.

"I certainly did that, diving into some of the Cowboys stuff and what they had done in the past," he said. "The rules make it tough to communicate a whole lot about that stuff, so there's a little bit of patience involved in that until getting to a point where we could get the playbook and kind of understand some of the concepts and get some of the verbiage. But I did my best to be prepared for when I could get my hands on that stuff."

There's no shortage of intel Jones can get his hands on when it comes to Garrett's system, which includes conversations with newly-hired offensive line coach Marc Colombo -- a former Garrett employee in Dallas -- as well as backup quarterback Cooper Rush, the latter signing on with the Giants following his release due to the Cowboys' signing of Andy Dalton. Rush is a former undrafted free agent who spent his first three NFL seasons learning under Garrett and behind Dak Prescott. 

And Jones has already begun picking his brain.

"[Rush] has been great to have in the room," he said. "He understands it well. It will help speed up that learning process."

Much like Jones with Romo, Saquon Barkley may find himself reaching out to Ezekiel Elliott and, in the end, Judge may ultimately be correct in his foreshadowing of the Giants offense in 2020 and beyond. Time will tell if it all ends differently than Garrett's decade in Dallas, but Big Blue's franchise quarterback is all-in on doing anything he can to help the cause.