Quote from: MightyGiants on May 01, 2024, 09:10:20 AMI don't think that will be the case. I assume you put me in the "pro-Jones" camp. I believe even with disparate support, we can get a sense of how good another QB is.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: MightyGiants on May 01, 2024, 09:10:20 AMI don't think that will be the case. I assume you put me in the "pro-Jones" camp. I believe even with disparate support, we can get a sense of how good another QB is.
Quote from: Ed Vette on April 30, 2024, 07:23:39 AMOnce Maye was off the table, I think Alt was the guy. Although I don't think they ever had serious intentions of trading the farm for Maye.That would have ruined the draft for me. As much as I want to have the offensive line fixed, I think we have enough pieces already to see a significant improvement. It would have been putting all the eggs in the same basket.
Quote from: LennG on April 29, 2024, 12:16:05 PMI was going to start another thread on a thought I had, but let's run it hear.Very good perspective, Len. I know you wouldn't root for him to fail.
Many people have said and it is true, that Eli started out very poorly also. Thinking, about what really helped Eli become a much better QB, Plax and his ability to catch all the misguided passes that Eli threw to him. I'm sure there were many, but mostly I remember Plax using all his 6'whatever frame and arms to haul in many passes that were overthrown, underthrown, etc. Could Nabers be the Palx for Jones?
Most know and I won't deny it, I would like anyone other than Jones to be our QB, but he is our QB and I would never root for him to fail. If Nabers can do for Jones what Palx did for Eli, maybe there is hope out there.
Quote from: katkavage on April 29, 2024, 11:02:17 AMSchoen is on the line with the QB as well. They are tied together (even though he never drafted him). If it goes bad for Jones, it reflects poorly on Schoen. While if it goes very good for him, Schoen shines.I partially agree, mostly because he did ultimately give him the contract. However, I think Mara was behind it. I think Schoen would have been OK letting Jones test the market and come back with a "match it" opportunity. Because Mara wanted to keep Jones, the compromise was the 2-year out.
Quote from: kingm56 on April 29, 2024, 10:49:01 AMWhy do said tweets need to be an explicit message from the team? IMO, they represent nothing more than common sense based on facts.Actions > words
It's well known the Giants attempted to trade up for Drake; it's also well known DJs contract has an escape clause after this season. It should also be known DJ hasn't been very good and/or healthy. Thus, do we/Dj need a message from the team that states the obvious?
Quote from: Gman329 on April 29, 2024, 08:30:28 AMJust feels like they threw a lot of mediocrity at the problem. And the spotlight on Neal's struggles somewhat obscured the fact that Schmitz had a subpar, disappointing rookie year. Are we so sure he'll turn the corner?I think we're more hopeful than sure. At this point, it's all we have to look forward to. If we don't have hope, what's the point?
Quote from: MightyGiants on April 29, 2024, 08:19:21 AMI think the Giants have a RB committee that is better than what Saquon brought to the table last season.100% all of this.
You have every down back Singletary
You have short yardage back Gray
You have third down/change of pace back Tracy
That's a pretty good trio.
Add in a hopefully better O-line and WRs whose speed is going to push defenders off the LOS and I think we will see better production in the run game than last year.
Quote from: kingm56 on April 26, 2024, 02:25:59 PMHas Slugs/Paul been around? I hope Dan is well...he's a class act.Not since the end of March.
Quote from: Bob In PA on April 26, 2024, 01:49:21 PMking: Thanks for reminding me. Haven't heard from him recently. @LennG or @T200 or anyone else... have you? BobI have not. He hasn't been on since early March.
Quote from: MightyGiants on April 26, 2024, 09:15:49 AMTim,That's what you're reading into it, Rich.
Did you expect Jones to be somewhere other than at the bottom of the list for deep throws when he had historically bad protection and poor receivers? That is why I answered a question with a question. The subtext of your question is that Jones should be held responsible for the historically bad support he received last season.