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Question for Giants fans that wanted to draft Lamar Jackson?

BestFeature : 11/11/2019 3:33 pm
He's obviously a very good player but he needed an organization committed to building an offense around him. Do you guys really think we would have done that properly here?
We would have gotten him killed  
Jay on the Island : 11/11/2019 3:39 pm : link
He's in the perfect situation. They have a great offensive line and an excellent defense. They also loaded up on TE's and WR's over the past two drafts.

I hope the Giants follow the Ravens blue print. Use a top 10 pick on a LT, Andrew Thomas, and build up the line first.
Not a team  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 11/11/2019 3:45 pm : link
That stupidly relies on its rookie QB to carry the team on his back.

Like what Newsome is doing there, I would form a roster with 3 runfirst running QBs not expecting them to be healthy all the time. They should be cheaper than traditional pocket passers. McSorley is an excellent backup for that system, should be able to find a ton of cheap players like that. It's how I built my Madden team.
Kudos to Baltimore  
Everyone Relax : 11/11/2019 3:48 pm : link
They could not have built a team more perfectly around their young QB. If Jackson were drafted by the Giants he might have retired already.
RE: Not a team  
section125 : 11/11/2019 3:48 pm : link
In comment 14675909 Coach Red Beaulieu said:
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That stupidly relies on its rookie QB to carry the team on his back.

Like what Newsome is doing there, I would form a roster with 3 runfirst running QBs not expecting them to be healthy all the time. They should be cheaper than traditional pocket passers. McSorley is an excellent backup for that system, should be able to find a ton of cheap players like that. It's how I built my Madden team.


There you go then. It works because you built your Madden Team.

Please delete - we wouldn't want GMs to know this secret offensive game plan.

Of course not  
Go Terps : 11/11/2019 3:51 pm : link
They would have made him a wide receiver.

I've got a 2000 word thread starter making the case for Greg Roman to be the next head coach bouncing around my head, but I'm going to wait until the end of the season when the Ravens are in the AFC title game in New England.
No I don’t think we could have done  
ron mexico : 11/11/2019 3:52 pm : link
What Balt has done with him.

Harbaugh is a great coach.
The ravens are the result of a coach with a vision,  
Ten Ton Hammer : 11/11/2019 3:52 pm : link
the humility to not be a slave to one scheme, and the courage to make decisions that can be criticized.

RE: The ravens are the result of a coach with a vision,  
Go Terps : 11/11/2019 3:53 pm : link
In comment 14675936 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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the humility to not be a slave to one scheme, and the courage to make decisions that can be criticized.


If you want a fun read, go back and read the thread around their playoff loss to San Diego.
Lamar Jackson looked like a huge gamble at the time.  
81_Great_Dane : 11/11/2019 3:58 pm : link
The Ravens have won that bet. Jackson's commitment to becoming an elite passer and his success at that are the thing nobody could forecast for sure. His progress in a year is pretty amazing.
RE: Lamar Jackson looked like a huge gamble at the time.  
Ten Ton Hammer : 11/11/2019 4:01 pm : link
In comment 14675950 81_Great_Dane said:
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The Ravens have won that bet. Jackson's commitment to becoming an elite passer and his success at that are the thing nobody could forecast for sure. His progress in a year is pretty amazing.


Someone will run screaming to counter this in a scramble to take credit away from him, so i'll do it first. He's not an elite passer, but he's improved a good deal and IMO hasn't yet scratched the surface.
RE: RE: Not a team  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 11/11/2019 4:02 pm : link
In comment 14675918 section125 said:
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In comment 14675909 Coach Red Beaulieu said:


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That stupidly relies on its rookie QB to carry the team on his back.

Like what Newsome is doing there, I would form a roster with 3 runfirst running QBs not expecting them to be healthy all the time. They should be cheaper than traditional pocket passers. McSorley is an excellent backup for that system, should be able to find a ton of cheap players like that. It's how I built my Madden team.



There you go then. It works because you built your Madden Team.

Please delete - we wouldn't want GMs to know this secret offensive game plan.

I, like many on bbi, like mobile QBs because they're fun!

It's also too hard going through 5 progressions in Madden. And the NFL. Good luck finding and paying that guy. Much easier to read one side of the field and run.
The amount of trading down  
Metnut : 11/11/2019 4:03 pm : link
from #2 to #25 or so to take Jackson would've given the team a lot of additional assets that could've improved the squad, as would have cutting (or trading) Eli right away and adding more cap room.
We would have forced him into being a pocket passer...  
EricJ : 11/11/2019 4:04 pm : link
and told him not to run
Jaskson is killing it at the moment  
BillT : 11/11/2019 4:48 pm : link
So was Carson Wentz when he was running and passing on alternate plays. Not so much now though. Hey, maybe Jackson is the next Russell Wilson instead of the next Carson Wentz.
RE: We would have forced him into being a pocket passer...  
FStubbs : 11/11/2019 4:48 pm : link
In comment 14675964 EricJ said:
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and told him not to run


We haven't forced Daniel Jones not to run.
All comes  
Josh in the City : 11/11/2019 4:50 pm : link
down to Harbaugh. That's what a great coach can do. Build a program and scheme AROUND your best players. Obviously that team is well built from the inside out as well.
we do not run that style of offense  
mdc1 : 11/11/2019 5:07 pm : link
to take advantage of a mobile QB in a current pistol style offense. Clear why we had no interest in drafting. Eventually one day we will realize that we need even more mobility as we cannot get it together to protect our QB without sacks and fumbling the game away.
I was thinking Jackson  
idiotsavant : 11/11/2019 5:07 pm : link
But in context of running more outside zone runs , east west force the D fronts into whiplash type shanny method.

In which his opposite side misdirection runs could be a killer.

Benefit of gimmicky offense is while that's working it buys you a few years grace time to draft heavy on defense
RE: we do not run that style of offense  
Josh in the City : 11/11/2019 5:11 pm : link
In comment 14676083 mdc1 said:
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to take advantage of a mobile QB in a current pistol style offense. Clear why we had no interest in drafting. Eventually one day we will realize that we need even more mobility as we cannot get it together to protect our QB without sacks and fumbling the game away.

Neither did the Ravens....until they drafted Jackson.
I am not trying to diminish Lamar as a player  
chuckydee9 : 11/11/2019 5:14 pm : link
but the difference between Barkley and Lamar has a lot more to do with Jim Harbaugh.. Lamar would've sucked ass here.. between our coaches and management we would've found a way to ruin this pick.
People  
English Alaister : 11/11/2019 5:25 pm : link
Used to love Michael Vick because he was fun to watch but ultimately his trophy drawer hardly overfloweth.

I do think Jackson has a chance to be more successful and the Baltimore staff has been brilliant but I'd wager on some other young QBs such as Watson or Mahomes winning more.

RE: RE: we do not run that style of offense  
mdc1 : 11/11/2019 5:31 pm : link
In comment 14676090 Josh in the City said:
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In comment 14676083 mdc1 said:


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to take advantage of a mobile QB in a current pistol style offense. Clear why we had no interest in drafting. Eventually one day we will realize that we need even more mobility as we cannot get it together to protect our QB without sacks and fumbling the game away.


Neither did the Ravens....until they drafted Jackson.


I do not think you understand my point. This organization is not going to run current offenses. For heavens sake we just hired a relic as HC and gave him a 5 year contract...
I'd take the Ravens personnel, management, and head coach  
widmerseyebrow : 11/11/2019 5:37 pm : link
to put around Daniel Jones and see what happens.
he's doing more  
jestersdead : 11/11/2019 5:37 pm : link
than most thought he would be able to do. It will be interesting to see how teams react next season. Look at how the Rams are currently struggling in year 3 than in the previous 2 years
I hope he stays healthy  
McNally's_Nuts : 11/11/2019 5:57 pm : link
because that spin move was unbelievable yesterday.
...  
christian : 11/11/2019 5:58 pm : link
Just popping in to make my obligatory apology to Terps for being stupid ass wrong about Jackson. Carry on.
harbaugh is probably the second best coach in the league  
japanhead : 11/11/2019 5:59 pm : link
after belichick. the giants look to have one of the worst coaching staffs in all of football. i suspect jackson would look much different here than he has in baltimore.
RE: I'd take the Ravens personnel, management, and head coach  
BigBlueinChicago : 11/11/2019 6:06 pm : link
In comment 14676124 widmerseyebrow said:
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to put around Daniel Jones and see what happens.


More quarterbacks are ruined by terrible management than developed into productive players.

Poor management teams want a QB in the draft to save them from their ineptitude. It doesn't work that way.

The story on how Harbaugh did his homework and research pre-draft about his own philosophy and was able to not only buy-in on Jackson himself, but get the entire organization on board to reconfigure everything they thought about offense is great. He wasn't married to one way of playing offense. He was not going to pigeonhole or seek a prototype ("he looks like a professional quarterback" - what does that even mean?), but get a player who had a lot of talent, figure out what can best maximize his talent and seek where it goes.

That...is coaching. But the way the Giants do coaching searching, a person like him probably would not have gotten consideration.
Harbaugh's ass was gone  
Mendenhall64 : 11/11/2019 6:42 pm : link
before Flacco was injured and Jackson became the starter.
RE: RE: The ravens are the result of a coach with a vision,  
santacruzom : 11/11/2019 9:47 pm : link
In comment 14675940 Go Terps said:
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In comment 14675936 Ten Ton Hammer said:


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the humility to not be a slave to one scheme, and the courage to make decisions that can be criticized.




If you want a fun read, go back and read the thread around their playoff loss to San Diego.


Or he can just wait until the next time the Ravens lose a playoff game or even just a regular season game. I'm sure you'll see nearly identical comments and LOLs about Jackson once that happens.
Had Baltimore not traded up to get him  
5BowlsSoon : 11/12/2019 8:31 am : link
And had he been there for us in round two, I do think we would have drafted him. This was the best of both worlds....getting Saquon and a qb who many considered just as good as Darnold, Allen, Rosen, and Mayfield.
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