...and why?
All the information available is listed below. There is no other information about the Giants over the next three seasons.
Scenario One:
Giants do not draft a QB in 2018 and decide to go with Eli Manning for the next three seasons with the following results:
2018: Giants make playoffs (10-6) but do not reach the Super Bowl;
2019: Giants make playoffs (10-6) but do not reach the Super Bowl;
2020: Giants Make playoffs (10-6) but do not reach Super Bowl (Eli retires at end of season).
Scenario Two:
Giants draft a QB at #2 in 2018, who starts from Day One. Eli Manning is traded for a late round draft choice. Newly drafted QB leads the Giants for next three seasons with the following results:
2018: Giants miss playoffs at 6-10;
2019: Giants miss playoffs at 8-8;
2020: Giants make the playoffs at 10-6 but do not reach the Super Bowl.
(3-Year QB starter is also slated to start in Season Four -- 2021).
Scenario One or Scenario Two... which do you prefer?
Thanks in advance.
2019 Webb starts, Eli traded or agrees to mentor as back-up 9-7
2020 Webb starts 11-5 NFC Champion
That's either the beauty or stupidity of my post. There's no other information to go on... just the actual record of the team under two QB scenarios. But please note that under Scenario Two the 2018 Drafted QB has started for three years and is slated to start in his fourth year, so in some way you can think about him as the "Guy." But whether he is the "Guy" to win a Super Bowl is unknown. All the knowable facts are contained in the two scenarios.
2 they ultimately have a conviction about one of the three QBs in this draft (I am including Allen b/c I think he will elevate into a top 5 pick)
And how often do you see steady and consistent progress.
Everybody would take scenario B.
You are leaving two 10-6 teams off but one with a steadily progressing #2 pick QB locked up and 1 in depseperate need of a QB. Its a no brainer to pick scenario B.
The real question is that some thing Eli could still win a super Bowl with te right moves in the next 4 seasons.
Would you take 1 Super Bowl title in the next 4 years but then Eli retires and you go to QB hell or would you take a franchise QB that sets you up for a 10 year run (minus 1-2 development years and 1-2 years at end)?
So basically a perfect situation.
Scenario 2 - We have to suffer through a couple of mediocre seasons, but there is steady improvement and the team already has its QB. Therefore, they can use the draft to get talent at other positions for a title run.
I take Scenario 2
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A line to block for him and a running back that can take some pressure off the passing game, I would not get rid of him. Agreed, he's not in his prime, but I think his "football smarts" and his ability to read defenses give the Gmen the best chance to win IF they can put some talent around him.
So basically a perfect situation.
Or, said another way - exactly what they'd also need to give a young QB in order for him to be successful, except that the young QB would cost about $15MM less than Eli.
I couldn't even get through the OP when it implied a contract extension for Eli.
We draft a guy with the 2nd pick. Then, half way through the season when it becomes obvious that we are not a championship team, we hand the keys over to the rookie.
Shit, it is not as if Eli has been playing like a top QB in the league over the past few years. What exactly are we afraid of? We were the worst offense in the league this past season.
The 10M saved(in 2018 and 2019) cutting Eli helps to rebuild the OL........
Keeping Eli and drafting a qb, costs us cap money and puts our #1 pick on the bench....
Eli can be effective if he has an OL and some semblance of a running game......but this process of rebuilding the OL has been going on for 6 years with no results.....expecting Gettleman to pull one out of his butt in one year is unrealistic...