From this morning's Shurmur conference call:
Dan Duggan
@DDuggan21
Shurmur said Eli’s been the starter to this point. He wouldn’t commit to anything beyond that. Said they’re looking at everything going forward.
12:18 PM · Sep 16, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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That would seem to be a big red flare in the sky to me.
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Surprised it took so long to surface here. If you listened to Shurmur speak of Allen extending plays and other quarterbacks around the league doing the same, pretty easy to discern he s ready to play Jones.
Not the first time I ve heard him mention this
Also he added that Jones skillset in regards to making plays on the move is superior to Eli’s
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no matter the course or reasoning 2 games in reeks of desperation. If they had a plan regardless of what it was and they throw it out the window now what was the point. Jones should have started game 1 if he starts game 3.
I still think Eli gets 6 losses before we pull the plug.
You may be right, but if we lose this weekend, BBI's servers will melt
I don't think so. There plan was based on being competitive. Meaning winning a little. If Eli just loses all the time, no point keeping him in there. There has been 1 game in 15 years another QB started. It's time to see what someone else can do. Eli has the improved OL. He's still not getting it done. Jones can also not get it done and gain valuable experience. It's time.
its been 2 games did they really expect they would be 2-0?
I know that the owners of this team are not prone to make sudden changes, and that they are very loyal to their players. Eli Manning gave them two Super Bowl Championships against a true and tested dynasty. They have promised Eli that the Giants are his team as long as he can put on the jersey.
We fans are stuck between loving what Eli gave us in the past, and what Daniel Jones could bring us in the future.
In case Mr. Mara doesn't realize it yet, the future is now.
Start Jones NOW!
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But, we paid Eli $23M this year to start 2 games? That money could have been invested in the defense. This is the stuff that makes people think the Giants have no plan.
I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing... but I think they did have a plan, and they really thought this was a roster capable of winning football games. So they invested in a proven commodity like Eli Manning.
But I can't decide what's worse: The team having no plan, or the team thinking what they put on the field this year was a good plan.
Thinking they could win by retooling their roster has been the plan since 2012. I think it was the result of Eli taking a mediocre team in 11 to a championship.
It s led to 7 years of pretty bad football. Thinking Eli. Could lead this team to the playoffs again this season ,after watching 8-24, was beyond ridiculous.