If, for financial reasons, or because a new head coach wants to go in a different direction, or because Eli has under-performed and is no longer worth the contract price -- basically, for any reason.... Would you be okay with that? Would you protest/pay for billboards or anything else along those lines?
What set of circumstances leading up to Eli's release would you be okay with? What would the Giants have to do to appease you in order to make Eli's release more palatable?
But I don't think you can hire people to lead the organization and then tell them they have to keep any particular player.
It’s very likely a new HC will want a new QB.
What needs to be learned in all this is just communicate properly and it will all be OK.
The point that's been muddied is that almost the entire fiasco could've been averted had they prepped Webb to get snaps and just made the substitution in a middle of a game from Eli to Webb without fanfare. People will understand that, especially in a 2-10 season.
In the end - it actually works out well for Eli. If he's wanted by the new staff to stay, he probably can. If he's not, he can leave knowing the gratitude that has been shown by fans and former players.
Mara will have to ask gms what they are going to want to do with eli..
I could see get coaches or gms wanting to keep Eli and younger wanting to go with the draft pick
I just hope they bring in a stop gap veteran like a Josh McCown.
He did not deserve to sit on the bench and watch Geno Smith start.
The camera flashing to Eli on every play Geno made or didn't make was painful.
If he is released, although I agree with PP this is unlikely, I will be bitter because of the shit talent they surrounded him with late in his career...
I don't believe it is. At least two ex-head coaches said coming into this job they would prefer to have the guy drafted in April sit behind Eli for 2 years.
Mara has to do more face-saving from this recent debacle by having Eli still the starter for, at a very minimum, we owe him that. If Eli sucks then fans will understand a change, especially without the pressure of the Streak at risk as well.
If Eli is released, the PR will be twice the Débâcle's.
The only way fans will be OK is if he requests it, or signs off on a trade(just don't expect great draft position from it).
That would be my reaction.
If Eli would be willing to stay knowing a young high draft pick is waiting in the wings, that d be great; don t believe Eli wants that. He probably believes he has two + years to play. He won t get that chance with the Giants.
Eli is a great Giant, but other greater quarterbacks have been shown the door when they still has some years left.
On second thought - it might not happen if they don't really make many changes to the coaching staff. If they pretty much keep it intact - hire Spags and keep Sully, then I expect Eli will be back.
In that case I think we would continue to struggle on offense, because I don't have any confidence that Sully will build a great offense that we'll be able to execute.
Um, what? For a 37 year old QB with $33MM/2yrs?
Whatever you're smoking, please share it.
Ah, opinions stated as fact are the best. You may well end up being right, but you don't know that at all. None of us know who the new GM or HC will be, what kind of offense they'll be running, whether they're embracing a full tear-down/rebuild, etc.
In other words, what you're hoping for is not in any way a certainty. So saying it like it is a certainty is ridiculous.
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It’s very likely a new HC will want a new QB.
I don't believe it is. At least two ex-head coaches said coming into this job they would prefer to have the guy drafted in April sit behind Eli for 2 years.
Gruden, who was playing to a popular sentiment, and who else? And even Gruden didn't say 2 years.
This wishful thinking shit has to stop.
Is that what happened to the Eagles when they took Wentz? What about the Bucs when they took Winston? Or the Giants when they took Eli?
If the organization decides to move on from Eli, they better have a plan and do it this off-season. Use the savings this year and in future years to sign/extend the right guys. The QB you take in the draft better be a franchise QB. The “both” option makes no sense from Eli’s perspective of the long-term health of the franchise.
Whatever the case, this is the first decision the new GM is going to be faced with and it’s not an easy call. Whatever he decides to do will be compared with the alternative (Eli vs new QB) for years to come.
But if forced, draft a QB, and gulp trade Eli for draft pic(s)