First, I don’t think there are many if any here who wanted a young quarterback the last two seasons more than me.
But what did people see yesterday to prompt the “Eli is done” narrative that I read in the game and post game threads yesterday.
Eli has limitations, we all know that. But so do other quarterbacks throughout the league who are still winning. Does anyone here believe Eli wouldn’t be a winner with a roster like Dallas’?
Seems like there is much resentment directed towards Eli here, which I find surprising on a Giants board.
He might not be the answer here anymore, but to state unequivocally that he s done, when his stats and even his play don’t support that theory is not accurate IMO.
For the record I m ready to move on from Eli, because this team is not ready to win, not because Eli is done.
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With that in mind, I don't quite give a rat's ass about who gives us the best chance to win games this season in what I consider to be a largely meaningless season in terms of W/L record.
You have no skin in the game. The people that are paid to win games and are on and off the hot seat on a weekly basis do care who gives them the best chance. And it's not just coaches. Coaches and players lose jobs. It's a results based business and maybe Shurmur isn't as confident in keeping his job if he loses the next ten games in a row testing the rookie. Yeah, maybe it makes Daniel Jones get a little more experience, but all that losing certainly tightens the noose around Shurmur's neck, and can have effects on players on the roster as well.
It's fun to think big picture as a fan, but being wrong or right doesn't cost us anything.
Dude you are acting like eli is going to win games. Wli is cooked and then story has been the same for 7 years. Only difference is that before the eli fans would blame their own mother before eli and now the oline is much improved and eli still cant produce points. Nothing eli can do with this below average team that Jones cant and jones would be learning. Eli will just be losing and making bank
bw and I don't agree on much, but even he and I agree (and I think most of you actually do to but are unwilling to concede it) that Jones won't see the field until we are mathematically eliminated or completely noncompetitive.
I am willing to concede it.
And I base that on little to no confidence in this front office to understand how really noncompetitive this team is with Eli at QB. So we wait...
But before you defenders sink your fangs in that statement, I am not blaming on Eli on the losing. I am only stating we are simply not going to win consistently any more with him at QB, and that is something this poster has been beating the drum on since after the season 2016 season.
And still we wait...