We keep reading all of this nonsense about the Giants tearing things down. And what exactly signals that? What happened today was the jettisoning of another Reese 1st round draft pick for the sake of it - to say they are doing something. Let's break this down:
They want to look at younger players? Eli Apple is about as young as anyone who will replace him. Shurmur remains committed to Eli Manning. Oh, and Shurmur said they won without Apple in Week 2 and will do so again.
I can't help but get the feeling that we are in trouble. For a long time. The coaching staff and front office are delusional. I used to think - including when they were hired - oh, they have to support Eli publicly. Now, I think they actually believe it. He is a huge part of the problem. Everyone sees it. They don't.
We didn't do anything today to indicate we are rebuilding. LaCanfora saying we are open for business makes me believe that even less. All we did is trade a guy this regime doesn't like, didn't like, and never liked. Until we make other moves - necessary moves - for the actual betterment of this franchise, I am really questioning whether Shurmur and/or Gettleman have the best interests of this franchise in mind.
they want to win too....
they may not make moves that you always agree with but DG is cutting some serious fat off this team, he clearly doesnt approve of the way reese evaluated talent.
give him some time to work. guys like omameh are shit, but he knows they are stop gaps. he knows he had to sign solder as a patchwork stop gap because we would have no OT otherwise, he prob hated flowers from beginning, but wanted him to work out to try and salvage some past draft capital.
people need to relax, we are a bad football team with som young skill players, we just need to build an OL which is a work in progress and find the QB long term, both can be tough but arent impossible...
I really don't know what the fuck people are talking about much anymore.
So, the GM and coach - each of whom are one of the 32 people in the entire world getting paid for their position - don't know football ... because OP knows better? ROFL
As for whether or not the FO is rebuilding - I don't think they know, so it might be awhile before we find out.
Did they even shop him around ? No. They dumped him on the first team that would take him. This isn't about rebuilding . This was a George Steinbrenner like temper tantrum. The only question is who's throwing it, DG or Mara himself.