He went out and brought in a GM who has publicly said he has seen no drop off in Eli's arm or talent.
He went out and brought in an offensive minded coach , who has done wonders for other QB's , and has publicly said Eli has years left.
He used the 2nd overall pick in the entire draft to bring in Barkley , the most explosive RB in over a decade.
He used the 34th overall pick in the draft to bring in Hernandez , who may be the 2nd best guard in the entire draft.
He went out and signed , in fact overspent for the best LT in free agency , Solder.
He has what many consider to be one of the best WR's in the game , Beckham at age 25 coming back.
He has last years 1st rd pick Engram at TE , and an emerging star , lining up again for him.
He has Shepard , a 2nd rd pick at WR , who if he played a full 16 game season , would have put up a 1,000 yard season.
He also has a decent backup RB in Gallman , to spell Barkley from time to time.
Eli should be very grateful at 37 , that he has an owner who believes this much in him , considering how bad last year was.
Personally after comparing Eli's tape from 2004 to 2017 , it seems he hasn't lost too much on arm strength.
However I have seen a decline in his mobility , compared to 2004 , he is much slower , in fact very slow.
Mara has given Eli virtually everything he can to succeed.
It is now up to Eli to come through for his owner , team , and fans , and play QB at a championship level.
The question is will he?
We will have to wait and see
I don't think it's so much conspiratorial. It's more esoteric - Mara surrounded himself with a small group of football people who were going to be in lockstep with his thinking on Eli. Can you seriously deny that the pieces that fell into place - these new arrivals - could all have been predicted to be pro-Eli?
It's kind of funny but I view it as the opposite in that Reese was the guy whom Mara and he had gotten so comfortable working along side that possibly that familiarity created the situation to where it began to maybe allow Mara too much influence into the process. And in hiring DG Mara has went away from that and with a stronger willed GM who will lean less on ownerships input and more on his own convictions.