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| Eli Manning will continue to serve as the starting quarterback of the New York Giants at least through their Week 10 game against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football. Coming out of the bye week, some fans wondered if head coach Pat Shurmur would make the decision to bench Manning for rookie quarterback Kyle Lauletta. Those expectations died down a bit after Lauletta was arrested on a traffic violation. Lauletta will not start in Week 10 against the 49ers. On Tuesday, Shurmur told Giants reporters Manning would remain his starter in Week 10. Shurmur also added that he specifically spoke with Manning and the entire team about needing to play better and why it isn't good enough for the Giants to be "almost" in these games, as Manning has described at times in radio spots when assessing the team's offense after losses. |
The same crew that was sure Davis Webb was the heir to Manning are now pimping for a 4th round pick to start.
There is no purpose to starting Lauletta. In no unoverse does he possess fellow small school qb Wentz's athletism, he is not going to stop us from shopping for a #1 pick or free agent vet, and the vast probabilites are that we will hang around for a year or two before his inevitable release and appearance on someone's practice squad.
The same crew that was sure Davis Webb was the heir to Manning are now pimping for a 4th round pick to start.
There is no purpose to starting Lauletta. In no unoverse does he possess fellow small school qb Wentz's athletism, he is not going to stop us from shopping for a #1 pick or free agent vet, and the vast probabilites are that we will hang around for a year or two before his inevitable release and appearance on someone's practice squad.
I was the first guy on this board saying Webb couldn't play. That was obvious after watching him throw the ball a couple times.
That's not the case with Lauletta. He knows how to throw a football, and there's more point to play him than there is Eli, whose career with the Giants is over in all but name.
The same crew that was sure Davis Webb was the heir to Manning are now pimping for a 4th round pick to start.
There is no purpose to starting Lauletta. In no unoverse does he possess fellow small school qb Wentz's athletism, he is not going to stop us from shopping for a #1 pick or free agent vet, and the vast probabilites are that we will hang around for a year or two before his inevitable release and appearance on someone's practice squad.
Can you make any case for starting Eli?
It had nothing to do with being "sure Webb was the heir" - we were trying to figure out if there was any reason to keep him or have him in our plans going into this season.
If he had played in games last season, they may have cut bait before the draft and approached the QB position differently in the Spring.
They were the ones who used Webb being on the roster as a rationalization for continuing to go with Eli. That should never have happened because they should already have known that Davis Webb wasn't worth carrying.
Now we're going to double down on that dumb mistake with Lauletta?
It's not about thinking he's so much better - it's about finding out if he's worth a shit at all so that we can have an actual plan going into next season and have better color on what the QB situation here really is.
It makes ZERO sense to continue playing Eli. There is nothing to gain .He has no future here. We need to plan for the next QB and the first way to do that is to evaluate what is on the roster now while we have the opportunity to do so in live games.
The same crew that was sure Davis Webb was the heir to Manning are now pimping for a 4th round pick to start.
There is no purpose to starting Lauletta. In no unoverse does he possess fellow small school qb Wentz's athletism, he is not going to stop us from shopping for a #1 pick or free agent vet, and the vast probabilites are that we will hang around for a year or two before his inevitable release and appearance on someone's practice squad.
Homer - you never know when you need those 3rd string quarterbacks. The 1990 NFC Championship game produced this moment:
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The third stringer is the most popular guy on the team.
The same crew that was sure Davis Webb was the heir to Manning are now pimping for a 4th round pick to start.
There is no purpose to starting Lauletta. In no unoverse does he possess fellow small school qb Wentz's athletism, he is not going to stop us from shopping for a #1 pick or free agent vet, and the vast probabilites are that we will hang around for a year or two before his inevitable release and appearance on someone's practice squad.
I was the first guy on this board saying Webb couldn't play. That was obvious after watching him throw the ball a couple times.
That's not the case with Lauletta. He knows how to throw a football, and there's more point to play him than there is Eli, whose career with the Giants is over in all but name.
"Why isn't Lauletta ready?" is a fair question to ask. The guy is on the damn roster.
However, it's not like they're prepped him to start in any event. He's been #3...
I have no idea what is going on. While I get the notion that Shurmur is trying to save his job, Eli is 4-19 since the start of last year, and they have zero shot at the playoffs. This team is borderline unwatchable as is. I don't see why waiting until they are mathematically eliminated should matter. Just get him ready to play ASAP.
Follow actions, words mean significantly less.
Eli is expendable now and apparently can not be hurt despite taking hit, after hit, after hit, after hit, after hit, after hit, after hit, after hit, after hit.
I also do not think they will learn anything. Lauletta will scramble from pressure? We will see, more likely he goes into the concussion protocol or pops a knee. Then guess who comes off bench, punching bag Eli.
I want to see a new QB just to shut everyone up. Although, if they start Kyle and go to power sets and try to run everything through Barkley the team may improve. I just wonder why we have not tried that already with Eli.
Heh....I remember Summerall's reaction to Cavanaugh's one pass attempt: "Whoa...that was a rusty hinge"
It’s now been a half season which includes a bye week & Lauletta from a “pro style” offense is still not close to ready?
Draft players. Develop players. Play them. This is lacking.
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I just posted a direct quote from Shurmur right before the season started that he would be very comfortable playing Lauletta in the regular season as a rookie. Now he is from a small school and has a lot to learn?
I have no idea what is going on. While I get the notion that Shurmur is trying to save his job, Eli is 4-19 since the start of last year, and they have zero shot at the playoffs. This team is borderline unwatchable as is. I don't see why waiting until they are mathematically eliminated should matter. Just get him ready to play ASAP.
Follow actions, words mean significantly less.
Listening, I sort of got the impression that Lauletta would be playing this year, just not as early as other rookie QBs may be able to play.
On another note, it looks like Brown may start this week on the OL.
Not suggesting Lauletta has Wentz's skills, but the Bison and the Spiders essentially played the same competition.
Some of you really need to relax. This team isn't going anywhere this year and at no point did Shurmur say Lauletta was never going to get into a game the rest of the season. Shurmur intimated that he talked to Eli, and who knows, maybe they have a plan that all of us don't know about. Shurmur is not obligated to tell any of us what was discussed, so instead, let's all freak out about rushing our 4th round rookie into a bad situation that is more than likely set up for him to fail.
Also, comparing Lauletta to the likes of Wentz is also absurd. There is a reason one of those guys was a Top 3 pick and the other was drafted in the 4th round. Developmental QBs get drafted later, not in the Top 3. There is clearly a difference in talent level.
Again, there is a reason why Wentz was the #2 pick and Lauletta wasn't drafted until Round 4. Shurmur saw something in Lauletta that could be coached up, so let him coach him up. Don't jump to conclusions 8 games into a guys career because of last year and because Eli/Offensive Line didn't work out.
Lauletta isn't the future, he's just as likely to go out there and be our version of Peterman, and everyone on the team knows it. So you go out there and try and win, which is something anyway except to that wretched group of individuals who advocate "tanking".
Again, there is a reason why Wentz was the #2 pick and Lauletta wasn't drafted until Round 4. Shurmur saw something in Lauletta that could be coached up, so let him coach him up. Don't jump to conclusions 8 games into a guys career because of last year and because Eli/Offensive Line didn't work out.
Uh, Richmond plays in the CAA. Are you going to suggest the CAA is inferior to the MVFC? The CAA has at time sent 5 teams to the FCS playoffs. The currently have 5 teams in the top 25. Richmond went back in 2015. Madison has been in the title for two straight years. It's a kick ass conference.
And I'm not comparing Lauletta to Wentz. I'm comparing their situations. 1-AA is excellent football and really shouldn't be this negative factor Shurmur is making it out to be...
Lauletta isn't the future, he's just as likely to go out there and be our version of Peterman, and everyone on the team knows it. So you go out there and try and win, which is something anyway except to that wretched group of individuals who advocate "tanking".
He gives us such a "good chance to win" that we've won just 4 times in his last 20+ starts.
The winning% almost can't possibly be any worse with Lauletta.
Winning 1 or 2 of the last 8 games with Eli does absolutely nothing for the Giants now or in the future. And it also ensures that we still haven't a damn clue about whether or not Lauletta is worth considering as a starter next year.
Putting a Herm Edwards face on right now and playing to win the game is an exercise in futility. We aren't winning games because we suck. That's not going to change. Not this year.
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on gameday? Who do you sit?
FYI - other teams (i.e., Saints) activate 3 QBs.
Not saying we should, just that it's not unheard of.
yeah, because one of their QBs is mr. gadget!
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Christ this team fucking sucks.
QB is not RB or WR. Goff was from Cal, he sucked last year. Wentz was surrounded by a Super Bowl team, it as easier.
I know you meant Goff sucked as a rookie, not last year. Yet look at the jump he made in year 2 last year. I am in no way comparing the two, but the point is, you get better by playing. Yes the O-line is bad, but lets not discount the fact that Lauletta would have Odell Beckham to throw to, and Saquon Barkley to hand off to.
We know he will struggle. Throwing him out there for the last game or two will prove nothing. We need to see a larger sample size to see how he improves and if he has a future. What is wrong with that? Continuing to trot Eli out there is just wasting more time.
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Christ this team fucking sucks.
You are getting tedious. Relax. They suck. No amount of hand wringing or complaining about every least little thing is going to matter one iota this year.
QB is not RB or WR. Goff was from Cal, he sucked last year. Wentz was surrounded by a Super Bowl team, it as easier.
On what planet did Goff suck last year?
We are a ridiculous losing team. We are wading around the pool of bottom feeding teams of the NFL for most of this past decade. We continue to make decisions based upon whether we are mathematically eliminated versus what is good or even practical for the future of the franchise. We draft players in the middle to late rounds that have been absolute garbage or like other teams come with a high chance of failure.
Yet we want to hide behind some risk that our 4th round QB will be damaged if we put him when not fully ready??
How about we call a spade a spade. We suck at drafting players and most likely suck at developing and coaching players to be ready for game time readiness.
We are the opposite of “next man up”. Moreso...who is up?
Generally speaking...we suck at this and everything these players, coaches and front office execute on should be questioned.
In my opinion...
I don't think the majority of complaints are over the fact that the Giants haven't inserted Lauletta in the lineup.
Most of them are about the fact that he's still behind Tanney, who has exactly 0% of a future with the Giants. He was a poor signing at best, and the intention was to have him step in to maintain a winning campaign if Eli were hurt. With 0% chance of that happening as well, why he continues to hold a roster spot and take practice snaps over Lauletta defies any kind of logic.
I think its a large part this.
Also 8 games is a lot, if they make the move now and KL is a disaster ala N Peterman can they really go back to Eli at that point?
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and sending him off in a good way... which is not necessarily good for the team.
I think its a large part this.
Also 8 games is a lot, if they make the move now and KL is a disaster ala N Peterman can they really go back to Eli at that point?
If you make it very clear that you're not benching Eli for performance, but that you want to see if you have anything in Lauletta, I'm not sure why you'd have a hard time going back. It's no secret to anyone - not the rest of the NFL, not the fans - that Eli isn't going to play forever, and that the Giants need to find a successor.
Much more difficult to make that claim when you're benching a young QB for Nathan Peterman.
And Mara as a member of the competition committee probably takes that standard to a higher level.
If you go out and state that you are not playing the guy who gives you the best chance to win you can be treading on thin ice in that regards.
And Mara as a member of the competition committee probably takes that standard to a higher level.
If you go out and state that you are not playing the guy who gives you the best chance to win you can be treading on thin ice in that regards.
They're 1-7 with Eli in there. I don't think this would immediately sound the tank alarm. Worst case scenario, you find out Lauletta's a bum after two games and you can move him back.
I don't even think he should get a game or two - but why he's not getting the majority of the snaps in practice at this point is beyond me. He's not even ready for that? If that's the case, then he's not even useful as a backup QB, and was a wasted 4th round pick.
As far as Eli goes - Chef's point is interesting, but what is their plan for Eli right now? If there's a chance he's stepping down or being cut at the end of the year, then you'd imagine he starts all the games, letting him wrap up his tenure with the team. If he's already decided himself that he's had enough, you'd imagine the Giants would announce that, to give the fans a chance at seeing him one last time before he hangs them up.
Also 8 games is a lot, if they make the move now and KL is a disaster ala N Peterman can they really go back to Eli at that point?
This last point is why I'm ok holding off a little bit. There's 8 games left, thats a lot of season and a lot of media press conferences. If the rookie small school project is a dumpster fire out of the gate, which is more of a likelihood than not given what he has to work with...then what? You white knuckle it for half a season with the kid? Do you go back to Eli? I'm okay waiting a little bit.
However, if he doesn't get a couple of starts before this season is out then Giants management deserves absolutely everything that comes their way. There really is zero reason to ride out the status quo the entire season. Not one logical reason.
Eli stated last year that the starting QB should get all(the bulk) the work to prepare for the game. Yes I'm reading between the lines but I don't think Eli would be cool with going into the game with even less prep than they can squeeze in now.
Eli stated last year that the starting QB should get all(the bulk) the work to prepare for the game. Yes I'm reading between the lines but I don't think Eli would be cool with going into the game with even less prep than they can squeeze in now.
Sorry, that wasn't clear - what I meant to write was the majority of the backup snaps. Why he's splitting time with Tanney in that regard is beyond me. Can't have him get the practice snaps that Eli's due, that would never work.
How many reps?
"You lose count," Nassib said -- not because the number is so large but because it is so small. "It's the kind of plays that he's already had a lot of reps in and he already has a good feel for. He won't miss much by not taking them."
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Really? He's a stop gap roster fill at best.
Frankly, I can't think of a person on the roster less relevant to this team's future than Tanney.
And Mara as a member of the competition committee probably takes that standard to a higher level.
If you go out and state that you are not playing the guy who gives you the best chance to win you can be treading on thin ice in that regards.
That would be a weak shield against starting someone new on a 1-7 team.
Like I said, he's a stop gap - an "experienced, cheap vet ($550K) if Eli were to get hurt. The guy is 30. And in all likelihood he's been pretty vetted.
I guess you have a point, but I'd much rather see what we have in our 4th round investment who is only 22.
And Mara as a member of the competition committee probably takes that standard to a higher level.
If you go out and state that you are not playing the guy who gives you the best chance to win you can be treading on thin ice in that regards.
Unfortunately, the differential between the best and worst chance of winning during the first half of the season is only 1 game.
So I think we should risk it...
I would have no issue with that plan. However I worry that the fan base would erupt again much like the Geno Smith start last year. I think it might have to be Eli or Lauletta.
Regardless of whether he starts or not, at 1-7 Tanney still being on the roster at the expense of any other player is obscene. Just like last year with Smith, at this point he serves 0 purpose. He isn't in their long term plans and he isn't in their short-term (next year) either, as a starter. So, why the fuck is he even on the roster, let alone the #2 QB?
As for Shurmer's comments, they are ridiculous. At this point, the only reason/excuse is simply that he is not ready. That is your judgement call. But, inserting his 1-AA experience should be irrelevant at this point, as they elected to draft him as a potential for the future. At 1-7, their future starts now.
A precise, intelligent paragraph? there is hope for BBI!