Big Blue Huddle

darnold...hard NO

he came to us after we'd been in the playoffs.  IMO he thought he had a shot at a ring and then saw last year's trainwreck.  IMO he will retire. I wish him and his family well.  He seems like a good guy, but IMO the fire is gone from his hearth.

I voted daniels because there was not an option for NONE.  we have too many other needs and DJ under a huge contract.  There will be qb's in the draft in'25, just in case.

IF mccarthy is qb#4 in this draft, then where does that place him if you are committed to taking the best player available [albeit in a position of some to high need] with pick #6??????????????

that sounds like a real long shot IMO.  I'd go OL or a top 3 WR at pick 6 and look for a backup qb in FA or in round 2.

to paraphrase Jim Mora - - -   Injury?  Injury??  Injury???

isn't that one reason some folks are so down on DJ? 
Isn't that why waller has become golloday 2.0??

one ? is how much more it might take to sign a top 5 FA CB compared to what it will take to re-sign jackson.  Then there's how the coaches feel about hawkins, and whether he's going to be a starter or just a reserve.

IMO we need to move back in round one, get draft capital, and use whatever our #1 pick might be, and all the rest in this draft, to start to assemble a solid team.  any qb with our OL is going to be a bust.  we have so many holes to fill on OL, at edge, CB and LB, and later [rds 3-5, at WR, I think moving up and giving away the farm as if we were only one guy away from a SB would be sheer folly.

black swans do exist !!!

we an get the WR in 3-5.  I like Jolly Blue's scenario better.

while it didn't help our record much, TO's usually are one of the two most important factors IMHO for winning in football.  The other is injuries.  The latter has hurt us a lot in recent memory.

have to watch for injury history, age and likely cap hit in the decision making process

NO.

no  no  no  no   no.  for whom?  some 50-50 bust?  No Way.

i remember talking with Spags at camp in albany, way back then.  Such a nice guy, open, friendly...not to mention a great coach.  When he was our DC I posted that the Giants needed to sign him to a long-term contract, but sadly he left for the HC job that didn't work out.  Glad he has found success and a home in KC.

as always, horses and dogs...Budweiser's ad was so-so, but the animals are GREAT.