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Jordan Raanan & #10004; @JordanRaanan Coach Pat Shurmur: Eli Manning is getting ready to have an outstanding year. Daniel Jones is getting ready to play Week 1. Asked if there is a scenario Jones could start Week 1: "You never know what is going to happen." Shurmur says he is "constantly" weighing Eli against Jones and deciding who gives team the best chance to win (which is the stated barometer for who starts). |
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Paul Schwartz & #10004; @NYPost_Schwartz Shurmur repeated his stance that Jones "is getting ready to play week 1.'' Also said Eli is the starter now. Could this pecking order change? "You never know,'' Shurmur said. |
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Tom Rock & #10004; @TomRock_Newsday As offseason program closes, Pat Shurmur seems to set the stage for a quarterback competition in training camp between Eli Manning and Daniel Jones. |
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Tom Rock & #10004; @TomRock_Newsday Replying to @TomRock_Newsday "He's on track with the goal to be ready to play on Day 1," Shurmur said of Jones. "The QB stuff will be on the front burner for everybody. I get that. But he's on track." |
Ryan Dunleavy
Verified account @rydunleavy
6m6 minutes ago
My interpretation of Pat Shurmur's comments: He wants Jones to be ready to play Week 1 just in case. Stay hungry. He would love him to be so good that he has a rethink his current path. But Eli Manning is the starter now and will be Week 1 barring some drastic change. #giants
Tom Rock
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"I dont want to be cryptic... The players who give our team the best chance to win play. Period. Weve seen Eli do that for a very long time, so well see what happens as we go down the road."
Tom Rock
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We feel good where Eli is, he's our starting quarterback, and we've got a young player that we think is going to be an outstanding player getting himself ready to play."
Training camp will be exciting.
Jordan Raanan
Verified account @JordanRaanan
19m19 minutes ago
Jordan Raanan Retweeted Jordan Raanan
My interpretation: Eli Manning is the starter. Hes the starter Week 1. Shurmur just wants Jones to get ready and prepare so that if something happened or hes needed, hes ready Week 1.
GiantsWFAN
@giantswfan
31m31 minutes ago
#Giants #Shurmur - Jones "done a good job of getting up to speed with all of the things that go on at the line of scrimmage.".."Eli is our starting QB."...Coach says he's not interested with playing with sementics (from inquisitors trying to manufacture a QB competition).
Art Stapleton
Verified account @art_stapleton
21s22 seconds ago
Pat Shurmur on a slippery slope when discussing QB situation. Eli Manning is starting QB, and my sense is that he believes the best way to get the best out of Daniel Jones is by not designating him as the backup. Plus, as he said today: "You never know what is going to happen."
Art Stapleton
Verified account @art_stapleton
20s21 seconds ago
Saying that publicly, of course, will lend credence to the idea that this will be an open competition between Manning and Jones to start Week 1.
I don't believe Shurmur and the Giants see it that way, at least not on June 11.
Dan Duggan
Verified account @DDuggan21
11s12 seconds ago
There's no benefit to declaring Jones the backup today. But Eli took every first-team rep this spring. Until that changes, nothing to see here. There's ~25 training camp practices and 4 preseason games. I just don't see how Jones goes from where he is today to starting Week 1.
How much cap room would the Giants save by cutting Eli before the season? I'm not suggesting they will but that's something to consider being that they can carry over cap room so if Jones is the best option it makes sense for next year to create more cap room on next years cap.
Thanks, if they did make that move I don't think they would sign a veteran. I think Tanney would be the #2 QB. I don't think they would bring in a veteran this late unless there was an injury.
Dont forget they seem to like Tanney as vet backup more than those of us on the outside do.
I dont think that plays out anyway, just spitballing
I just don't think these comments are true and were manufactured. Shurmur knew he'd be getting this question a lot this offseason. These comments do a few things - put out there this is an open competition, that DJ is good enough to possibly supplant an established vet, and when Eli starts week 1 it will be because he was the best option to win them games. Until he can't and you bring in DJ with less pressure and expectation. Actually if you start him week 1 the expectations are going to be artificially high now.
Dan Duggan
Verified account @DDuggan21
11s12 seconds ago
There's no benefit to declaring Jones the backup today. But Eli took every first-team rep this spring. Until that changes, nothing to see here. There's ~25 training camp practices and 4 preseason games. I just don't see how Jones goes from where he is today to starting Week 1.
This.
You mean if he only breaks one leg he could still escape the rush with his good leg?
......Its easy to interpret that as the opening of a competition between the veteran who has led the Giants to two Super Bowls and the first-round pick, but Shurmur knows what leaving room for interpretation means.
Im not trying to be cryptic about it, Shurmur said. It is what I said it is. Eli is getting ready to have an outstanding year and Daniel is getting ready to play. Thats really about it.
When it was mentioned that both things cant be true at once, Shurmur replied: Have at it, I guess.
Pat Shurmur says Giants will play the very best player at QB - ( New Window )
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......Its easy to interpret that as the opening of a competition between the veteran who has led the Giants to two Super Bowls and the first-round pick, but Shurmur knows what leaving room for interpretation means.
Im not trying to be cryptic about it, Shurmur said. It is what I said it is. Eli is getting ready to have an outstanding year and Daniel is getting ready to play. Thats really about it.
When it was mentioned that both things cant be true at once, Shurmur replied: Have at it, I guess.
Pat Shurmur says Giants will play the very best player at QB - ( New Window )
It wasn't written by Florio so there were no shots taken at the Giants for a change.
Eli cancelled the regular appearance 4 days BEFORE the draft.
The reality is, with jobs on the line plus the orgs desire to treat Eli right, they may not be willing to go there.
And Ive been an Eli guy all along, but IMO this team is setting up well to be a contender in 2020 and beyond
The reality is, with jobs on the line plus the orgs desire to treat Eli right, they may not be willing to go there.
And Ive been an Eli guy all along, but IMO this team is setting up well to be a contender in 2020 and beyond
Ryan Dunleavy
Verified account @rydunleavy
6m6 minutes ago
My interpretation of Pat Shurmur's comments: He wants Jones to be ready to play Week 1 just in case. Stay hungry. He would love him to be so good that he has a rethink his current path. But Eli Manning is the starter now and will be Week 1 barring some drastic change. #giants
I agree with Dunleavy's interpretation.
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When they took Jones at 6, this was part all part of it. It is why Eli cancelled his appearance on Francesca
Eli cancelled the regular appearance 4 days BEFORE the draft.
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Jones could be in there game #1.
You mean if he only breaks one leg he could still escape the rush with his good leg?
He probably wouldn't be much slower than he is with 2 good legs... :-D
If Eli is the starter, Jones is the backup and Lauletta is given every chance to stick as the 3.
Is there no value in DJ learning throughout the year with Eli right over his shoulder? I'll bet Eli would make a better QB coach than Shurmur ever could. Start him week 1 and have Eli assist him from the sidelines and on the practice field all year long. Study habits. Field vision. Play recognition. The list goes on as far as the things Eli could help DJ with.
If that's the case there is no way they would not end up in the same place.
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Jones could be in there game #1.
You mean if he only breaks one leg he could still escape the rush with his good leg?
He has a good leg?
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When they took Jones at 6, this was part all part of it. It is why Eli cancelled his appearance on Francesca
Eli cancelled the regular appearance 4 days BEFORE the draft.
It is meaningless filler and included speculation to the point I was making. I concede to any reservations you may have to that part of the post. Maybe my recollection is inaccurate on the minutia of the details, but I believe Eli is quoted as to being told they were going to draft a QB high in the draft, before the draft. This my reason for the inclusion, I accept it if that is not correct.
It sounds like your recollection of those events may include the probably fictional version told to us here by jt. I wouldn't consider that directional in any way.
As opposed to Eli being "officially" named the starting quarterback in early June, and a guy they think has very good potential being relegated as the #2.
I'm not saying Jones is better than Eli or a better option. But ... what if between now and the end of camp, it's clear that he is?
Then what, if you've already made your declaration?
I like what Shurmur is doing/saying right now.