Two games. Sorry defensive efforts and receivers whom otherwise would not be on most NFL rosters. I, like many of you, have been the biggest of fans my entire life. It's really hard to root for this team today. There have been plenty of bad Giants teams throughout my 35 years, and many more before, but I felt like the organization always was respected and prideful regardless of record. Now they are 0-2 again and Eli is the scapegoat. It's a sad day.
Tom Coughlin:
"He can handle it all. He's done it before. He'll handle it again. He's extremely bright. He's extremely competitive. He's what you want a son to be made out of.
He thinks he's the reason. He's not the reason. Eli, it's not you, it's not you. It's us. We win, we lose together. When we lose, I lose. When we win, you guys win. That's the way it is. That's the game. I know what it is. I got the game. I got it.
But what I would tell him, he's going to be right in here in about two days starting to work on next year, just like he always does. That's never going to change. God bless him for it."
The FO down to head coach really botched this. At this point I feel like I'm watching the laundry on Sundays, not rooting for the New York Football Giants.
Eli's abilities have diminished to the point where he cant make his teammates better anymore. He's not a good enough QB to play from behind because he has no athletic ability to evade the rush or to make teams pay for being too aggressive in the pass rush.
He just doesnt have the legs anymore.
The sad reality is that the Giants have too much leadership.
Shurmur said it best when he was asked in preseason about DJ starting. He said John Mara is the boss and he pays the bills.
Eli shouldnt have been playing last year or the year before that even. It's simply over. He's played marginally better with a stronger offensive line this year, but we cant build around a guy who needs a top 1 offensive line to be an elite player again. This is as good as his performance is going to get.
You can certainly make the argument that he should have had the opportunity to play with his two top wide outs.
PS, it is time to start winning games.
How do you know they didnt?
Eli's abilities have diminished to the point where he cant make his teammates better anymore. He's not a good enough QB to play from behind because he has no athletic ability to evade the rush or to make teams pay for being too aggressive in the pass rush.
He just doesnt have the legs anymore.
The sad reality is that the Giants have too much leadership.
Shurmur said it best when he was asked in preseason about DJ starting. He said John Mara is the boss and he pays the bills.
Eli shouldnt have been playing last year or the year before that even. It's simply over. He's played marginally better with a stronger offensive line this year, but we cant build around a guy who needs a top 1 offensive line to be an elite player again. This is as good as his performance is going to get.
Too much leadership is not what kept Eli as the starter for two games. The FO and coaching staff had two different ideas in place. Leadership would have them on the same page from the beginning. If the threshold was 0-2 then Eli Manning shouldn't have been the starter to begin with.
The quote is to show this is about more than winning football games. The guy was the face of your franchise for 15 years and handled every scenario with class and dignity. Now the organization puts a shitty product on the field and pulls the rug after two games.
I know Jones is the new kid on the block, but this situation was handled horribly.
Yes, Coughlin and 2007 were a long time ago, That's not the point. Have we found a man to fill his shoes? I don't think so.
And you can say they pulled the rug out from under him but shurmur said eli's job is to win and keep jones off the field, has he done that?
Last week was a perfrct example, yes it was 21-7 but there were countless times the giants had a chance to come back and the offense did nothing.
I love eli and i will always cherish the moments he gave me as a fan BUT there comes a time in every heros life that it is time to walk away and a lot of times it is messy but it is abaolutely the right thing to do...
It was his first action. But it looked like he was grazed and the ball popped loose.
That is what I was wondering, was he a big playmaker with his legs in college? I can't say I saw a lot of him.
Wish him the best
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Better chance to win? Please. Why? Because he done good in preseason. Because of the “mobility” exhibited by his lifetime 3 yard a carry average at Duke (not to mention his attempt to run against Dallas- looked like a herring surrounded by sharks).
It was his first action. But it looked like he was grazed and the ball popped loose.
That is what I was wondering, was he a big playmaker with his legs in college? I can't say I saw a lot of him.
Wish him the best
DJ vs UNC - ( New Window )
In many cases, they are a year too late to their decisions. They dont have solutions. They make corrections.
It just so happens we have pro ready Shurmer dream QB on hand.