It kind of feels like a brand new season now, and hopefully, it can re-unite Giants fans that have been split for a couple of years on Manning, the direction of the organization, etc... This is something we can all get on together and be excited for. We're watching this really young team from the ground up, hopefully coming together and playing some good, competitive football. Something we haven't really seen in years.
I'm not putting this all Daniel Jones back, but I guess I'm more feeling like that the last era is now TRULY over, and Sunday begins a brand new one. Coughlin and Eli now belong to the annals of Giants history, and Barkley and Jones are hopefully going to make their own. For the first time in 16 years, this truly feels like a new beginning, and I'm excited.
Going all out to watch on Sunday, setting up the projector out in the garage, 100 inch screen, the works, rather than just going through the motions like I've been doing for a while.
Hopefully back to winning football with another guy at QB who you can't help but root for.
For all of the people that give you shit hopefully they will remember this take.
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Hopefully back to winning football with another guy at QB who you can't help but root for.
Play making WR.
Even if we don't win a lot the rest of the way, watching Daniel play and develop will be really interesting to watch and follow each week. I can't believe it's been 15 years since the last time we've been in this boat... we've been blessed.
But now, a new chapter is beginning.
Can't wait for Sunday. I actually think we'll win the game.
Here's to a bright future.
They're really young, we just have to hope that they get it together just like we hope Daniel Jones will come in and get better every week.
Defense should continue improve as the season progresses. We have an extremely young group and hopefully they play better as they get more comfortable with the system and each other. And no question Bettcher needs to show us improvement throughout the course of this season if he wants to keep his job.
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Same ol' defense...
Defense should continue improve as the season progresses. We have an extremely young group and hopefully they play better as they get more comfortable with the system and each other. And no question Bettcher needs to show us improvement throughout the course of this season if he wants to keep his job.
I just want to see the team come together, start to show confidence, play fast, and grow. If that gets us to 7 or 8 wins on the back end and we see those things, I think that would be a really successful season.
Hope for better now that Shurmur has his kind of QB
Even 15 years ago, it felt like it was kind of universally accepted that either the QB sits for a year (or more) or if he plays immediately, he's going to make a ton of mistakes and look really bad at times (i.e.. Eli @ Baltimore) or will be asked to do very little (like Ben when he was a rookie). It was like there was the built in expectation that you weren't going to win games with a rookie QB.
But it's different now. Guys are making immediate impacts. We saw Watson do it in Houston a couple years ago. Kyler Murray has already flashed a bit in Arizona. Minshew is playing well for the Jags... Mahomes lit the league on fire immediately when he became the starter in KC.
I definitely think you have to expect mistakes and growing pains with Daniel - but I also don't think he's going to struggle nearly as much as Eli did in the earlier parts of his career.
The rule changes and way the league has trended have definitely favored offense and passing - so, it's not really surprising this would be the case (or seem to be) - but I guess my point is, I won't be surprised at all if Jones plays relatively well right away. I expect head scratching reads and mistakes here and there... but I think we can win this game on Sunday and I actually believe we will.
I wore my NYG tie to work today with great pride.
It's exciting to root and watch NYG football again.
I continue to think back to Elis rookie season and how necessary those 7 games bad games were for his maturation. In fact Im proud to have been present in that last game of the 04 season when he notched his first victory against Dallas. By the 05 season he looked light years better.
I myself have found myself digging in my heels on the old ways, but it's pretty clear that the offenses have evolved massively.
As another poster said, this won't be nearly as complicated as that Coughlin/Gilbride offense. I'm hoping it will be way more QB friendly.
Barkley will receive a season high in touches this week and I am expecting a win.
I myself have found myself digging in my heels on the old ways, but it's pretty clear that the offenses have evolved massively.
As another poster said, this won't be nearly as complicated as that Coughlin/Gilbride offense. I'm hoping it will be way more QB friendly.
I'm glad you've finally come around on this. I've been saying it for the past couple years, but Eli's game just hasn't aged well for what the NFL is looking for. If you can't move, you need to be pinpoint accurate in the short game to maximize YAC. Not exactly his strength.
Moving forward to DJ, he just seems like a perfect fit for what the NFL is looking to do. I"m super excited. Glad he got his first reps out of the way in Dallas.
Also good for Britt. There isnt a bigger Eli fan on this board
Don't use the Eli experience as a template for Jones. Eli's career was highly unusual, and the league looks very different today.
Don't use the Eli experience as a template for Jones. Eli's career was highly unusual, and the league looks very different today.
Man Im not saying youre wrong but you are one negative dude. Your break from BBI certainly didnt do you any good.
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Nothing against him, but I'm expecting another year down and rebuild after 2020, and that GM/HC is probably going to want their own QB.
Don't use the Eli experience as a template for Jones. Eli's career was highly unusual, and the league looks very different today.
Man Im not saying youre wrong but you are one negative dude. Your break from BBI certainly didnt do you any good.
That's not negativity, it's reality.
Eli Manning wasn't the problem with this team. Nothing got solved this week.
Uh oh, now you've done it. The pollyanna brigade is going to swarm.
No issue with Terps.
I think you lie was given the opportunity to win... But that winning was not going to come from his performance exclusively.
The team struggled out of the gate and the coach clearly felt like that the opportunity to win with or without Eli was not going to present itself.
I think the defense will eventually be fine.
I don't expect this team to win a championship this year...
... But there's absolutely 0 reason to temper my enthusiasm for this football team.