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If JJ is there at six the Giants should take him. Daniel Jones after 6 effing years has proven not to be the one. 22' was a mirage, the outlier in his career. He is what he is whether there are five All-Pros blocking for him, or The Sisters of the Poor. He's physically fragile, with 2x neck injuries. Daboll/Schoen DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN QB TO DEVELOP. Raise your hand if you truly believe Jones can take the Giants to the promised land. I'll wait............ Thought so.  JJ wins, period. He played in a pro style offense at the top of college football, coached by a pro coach. Mara paid Jones, so now he doesn't have to feel guilty that he hired Gettleman to set the franchise back years. At times I thought Jones might have "it". Not anymore, and I don't understand how fans, pundits, talking heads think he does. I have watched football since 1965, I know when I see average at best.

Happy to get the point, and have a six point lead over Carolina with even amount of games played. Why am I not happy? Is it because I'm a Ranger and Giant fan? There's a little something missing besides a Right Wing for Zib/Kreids. The meat grinder starts now. We are either going to play teams in playoff position, or teams fighting to get in. Shesty is in form, but there are a lot of good goaltenders(Bobrovsky). Speaking of Florida, tomorrow will be a nice measuring stick. They play a wonderful style of in your face hockey, and are well coached by Maurice. They have talent, toughness, and playoff experience. I've written this before the Rangers need to up the NASTY in their game. Not the fighting stuff by Rempe, but the check he laid on the Leaf dman. I just don't understand why puck carriers are allowed to skate through Center Ice with speed untouched, and only stick checked. This is league wide, not just the Rangers. I'm not talking about Park, Marotte, Stephens, Trouba type checks, just getting in the way, a jostle, make them keep their heads up. The stick checking along the boards makes me nuts. The boards are an anvil. These things are all inside of the rules. Did they rewrite the rule book, and I missed it. To win a Cup you MUST METE OUT PUNISHMENT, within the rules. Without the fighting which is limited in the playoffs anyway. Drury, go get a Right Wing, or is there a call up surprise? We need two scoring lines. Without Zib's line scoring it will be very difficult to get to the Conference Finals. If Kakko would be playing anywhere close to where Laffy is we would be very tough to beat. We're that close. Grrrrrrrrrr

Poor drafting, with the actual draftees, and the strategy behind the picks ie, Saquon at #2. Why has the legality of the draft itself not been challenged by a particular team's front office/ownership? Why are college football players eligible to being drafted not considered to be just like the top 100 Accounting graduates, or the top 100 Engineering graduates that can have a choice of the top Accounting firms, or Engineering positions? Why should competitive balance have a say when it doesn't in other professions?

So they are welcoming back an oft injured player who admits his heart may no longer be in it. Aha

Quote from: Gmo11 on February 28, 2024, 09:45:06 AMThe injuries are a big concern but for me the ability or lack there of to read a defense and process information quickly is a bigger concern relative to Jones' chances of success as a QB.  He's clearly athletic.  His arm is good enough.  He just can't figure out who to throw to or set up his blocking properly.  This is not a new issue, he's had it since college.  It's why he never should have been drafted in the top 10.  I don't know if McCarthy is going to be better than Jones or not.  But I do know Jones isn't it.  So if that means the choices are giving Jones yet another year to establish ever further that he can't do this, or roll the dice with JJ, I'd rather roll the dice.

This. As far as resigning him last year until proven otherwise it is my belief that Mara had a big hand in that signing. Hence the 2 year out was a compromise for doing so. This belief is borne out of a quote from Mara "we've done everything we can to screw up this kid". From his lofty perch where the NFL churns out money like Breakstones churns out butter he could well afford his position. His currency is $$$$$, our currency is WINS. There lies the fundamental difference and approach. John, make your money, and just get out of the way.

For the first time in my 55+ years as a Ranger fan We. Can. Run. People. I'm looking down the road at the possibility of playing Tampa in Rd 1. We have two wingers that can match Hedman in size, and bang him. The Kempe novelty will soon wear off. Let's see if I'm right about both Kempe, and Edstrom having some hockey skill. Who's the Right Wing we will trade for? Eberle? Tarasenko? Vatrano? DuClair? Is there another?

I loved the hit on Bastien. I stood and applauded. Not because he was hurt, never want to see that. That hit, and similar hits has been the missing ingredient. Just saw an online blurb where at this time there is no further disciplinary hearing scheduled or called for. It really was a clean hit, arms were down, Bastien was bent over on impact. Rempe is 6'8" he's a very big man being propelled on a frictionless surface. F=MA, Boom! We have our Crash Line. Rempe-Goodrow-Edstrom(6'7"). In a limited amount of exposure I can see that both Rempe, and Edstrom have some hockey skills ability. This is not pure Hanson Bros. stuff. For too long we have needed a Right Wing for Mika and Kreids. Go get old friend DuClair. He proved himself playoff capable from his run with Florida. We need his speed. They need more speed for a very deep run. Carolina, Boston, Florida can all skate. The team coming out of the West will be a fast one. I'm trying to contain my excitement, and optimism(I am a lifelong Ranger fan after all). We've got something brewing here. It's not too early for the fans to start chanting We Want The Cup. LGR.

Tucker Frederickson.

Quote from: MightyGiants on February 14, 2024, 11:07:35 AMI have to think the Giants were guilty of gross negligence.  How could they sign Jones to that contract when they knew he was at higher risk of future neck injuries????

Without any empirical evidence, and based on past performance I firmly believe Jones' contract is 100% attributed to Mara. The two year out is a compromise to Schoen/Dabol.

They should take him at #6. Unfortunately Jones WILL get hurt again. If it's his neck he may be forced to retire. Sign a vet backup, and by midseason JJ will start.

F*ck the cowterds in all of their endeavors.

NO WAY! At this time the Bears should ask for the sky, and a planet or two. It's the right thing to do right now. If they can wait it out the interested GM's should not bite and make the Bears show what they want to do with Fields. The Bears have all the leverage right now. Somehow you have to mitigate it some.

I'm all for people finding employment. However. Why would Wash. hire him? Surely not on his recent past performance.

Once upon a time in the NHL when you would have two teams on the opposite end of the standings the team on top early on would "run" a couple of the opposition, take the heart out, and pass the puck around for a 4-1 ho hum win. That's the missing piece, some may call it aggressiveness, I call it a mean streak.

We could have Atilla the Hun as DC yet it won't matter if players tackle like tinkerbell. The state of tackling on the Giants is horrendous. From the shoulders on down I want the opposing offensive playmakers to think they've been hit by a semi. I don't care if we get flagged all the way down the field. Hit hard, clean, and INTIMIDATE.