the giants add Bridgewater, or start Kyle L, or lose all games to draft a qb in 2019, this is "qb hell" and a losing team that is likely to go on for years unless there is a strong front office that can overturn Maradom and come up and execute a plan.
Otherwise welcome to 1965-1980 all over again and the Mara obsession with a quick trade/pick up or contuance of a qb who will be like YA Tittle. I lived those years and died those years, every season, every tragic death, every foolish trade. This must be avoided and I as a mere fan have no idea except to hope Gettleman can make the plan, execute it.
What I might do is develop a great defense get a reasonable qb and 'o' line to go with the all world rb, the giants almost never had. Hard to believe in the 21st century the Giants need to develop a defense with a great running attack, to win some games, and then get a qb who won't get sacked, give the ball away and beat his own team in so many ways that he previousy found ways to win for.
There are trades to be made including wr if it brings the right price to build the defense and obtain "o" lineman. Everything has a price and we need to get something for that wr who is so talented, before no one wants him. Then move on.
I thank goodness I am not in the front office because the challenge here is almost overwhelming in the football world. But in the real world, I have learned, unlike the 18 years of lousy football, there is a lot more important than football.
I expect many will have their wisdom to add. OK its a forum.
A franchise QB is the building block and without one, teams are generally f**ked.
Also with the amount of teams taking QBs early in drafts recently combined with rule changes that are going to allow a QB to play for much longer than before. There is actually more QB talent on the market than ever before as thats the way the NFL wants it. This is a bad team but not a team that is in QB hell.
The Cowboys are a team that is in QB hell the way I see it. They have a QB that can win them some games but I sincerely doubt he is good enough to win a SB. They have the team around him to make them competitive but if they truly had a franchise QB and maybe 1 good receiver they would be a SB contender. They may make the playoffs or maybe just miss it then pick in the middle to late in the draft and decide if they want to trade up for a QB they like or hope he falls. Thats QB hell. Sucking so bad you pick in the top 5 every year is just an untalanted bad football team that you have a chance to get some really good talent on if you choose right.
We're not there yet. Think of a team like Chicago with Trubisky. After a terrible year last year, he started out weak with his new coach (Nagy). Now he's had two games in a row that look mostly pretty good.
He might become a great QB. He also might be a coach-killer. If you were to ask Chicago fans after week three what QB hell is you might have a different idea. They've must be wondering why they didn't take Mahomes.
Not knowing who your QB is going to be is one thing. It's not fun. But knowing that you've made a multi-year multi-million dollar commitment to a young QB with a top pick is something else altogether. If they don't work out, you've got QB hell.
In other words, before you risk real QB hell you better be very, very confident that the pick is legit. The Giants didn't grab a QB not just because SB was on the board, but also because they couldn't get a consensus on who the right QB was, and they didn't want to risk QB hell given the talent in front of them.
A franchise QB is the building block and without one, teams are generally f**ked.
See I would add that they went through Coaching hell until they grabbed Coughlin. Also, the backup QB, Hoss, got them their 2nd SB BEFORE Simms retired. Simms was injured 3 games out from finishing the regular season. Therefore, they didn't need their "franchise" QB to win it all.
Spoiled rotten pu$$ies.
Some of you deserve the next flavor of the month QB to come along and get you excited only to flame out just as quickly as he came in, like RGIII, Sanchez or Kaepernick.
A franchise QB is the building block and without one, teams are generally f**ked.
Kerry Collins was good enough for awhile. He wasn't Eli or Simms but he wasn't garbage either. It was 5-6 years in the wilderness.
A franchise QB is the building block and without one, teams are generally f**ked.
I do not consider Collins QB hell.
What if we had instead drafted Sam Darnold? Are you 100% sure that we WOULDN'T have been in QB hell at this moment?
What if it turns out Lauletta has what it takes to win in this league? Would that mean we were in QB hell at this point?
What if we sign/trade for a good young QB at the end of this season and he ends up being our starter for the next 10 years?
The real question is, how could you possibly know of any of the above 3 scenarios which one would or wouldn't be QB hell? The point is: you couldn't know until you can look back 10 years later and see if any one of those scenarios resulted in the Giants having a top tier franchise QB.
I agree at the moment our current QB is old and washed up, and probably not good enough to win consistently in this league anymore. That is not the equivalent of "QB Hell" in the traditional sense of the term, that just means our current starting QB is not the answer at QB at the moment. We won't be able to know if we're truly at the beginning of a half-decade "QB Hell" right now until we can look back later and see what happens from here out.
Spoiled rotten pu$$ies.
Some of you deserve the next flavor of the month QB to come along and get you excited only to flame out just as quickly as he came in, like RGIII, Sanchez or Kaepernick.
I don’t feel spoiled right about now!!
The Giants are in offensive line hell. Eli is basically done, but he would still be a viable QB if he got more than 2 seconds to throw the ball.
So no, the Giants are not in QB hell.
I have very bad news for you. Eli is not in any way the 15th best qb in the league. I don't know what you are smoking. Dalton and Flacco ar both superior to Eli. Eli is likely the worst starting qb in the league and i am sure there are several backups who are much better.
Imagine being this lost at this stage of the game.
Wow.
This isn't QB Hell, and it would be nice if people actually used the term correctly