Is how beat up many of the players are as the season progresses. Generally we are unaware of what injuries they’re struggling with and how they impact their performance. I,e, Didn’t know Jones was struggling with foot and ankle issues as much as he apparently was.
Is how beat up many of the players are as the season progresses. Generally we are unaware of what injuries they’re struggling with and how they impact their performance. I,e, Didn’t know Jones was struggling with foot and ankle issues as much as he apparently was.
It was reasonably apparent to me that he was struggling a lot..He couldn’t move until the season finale and even then, he wasn’t close to what he was prior to injury, imo
Was fumbling a big issue last year compared to others? Or are we just besting him up from his rookie year?
Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
Sometimes a coach's responsibility is to protect a player from himself. McCoy was not a great option, but a gimpy Jones; "doesn't take a rocket scientist" to understand that wasn't going to work.
Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
Two reasons, one fair and one not:
1) Allen had a more productive season in his 2nd year -- more total TDs, more first downs, more wins
2) Allen only lost 4 of the fumbles, which is a bit of luck
Allen had 29 total TDS and 13 total turnovers. Jones had 12 total TDs and 16 total turnovers.
If you're going to be risky with the ball, you have to score a lot of TDs to make up for it.
but I believe Allen played all 16 games (still would have been more productive I believe) whereas DJ didn’t. Allen was healthy, DJ for 4-5 games(?) was hobbled. Allen had better receivers and a running game.
Again, agree, JA by any metric had the better 2nd year and really took a leap in year 3..I expect (who the hell can say for sure) DJ with reasonable protection, healthy legs, much better receiving corps and hopefully a back to normal SB to take a big leap as well, imo
are turnovers the ONLY thing that has importance. Then Brett Favre and Eli Manning should have been drummed out of the league in short order as they were wicked turnover machines.
Let compare Allen's rookie year with Jones, since you guys want to cherry pick stats.
I'm only interested what Jones does this year. If he still can't deliver in the clutch and make the offense work, then you go another direction. The turnovers are only ONE part of the issue, not the entire issue.
Again, agree, JA by any metric had the better 2nd year and really took a leap in year 3..I expect (who the hell can say for sure) DJ with reasonable protection, healthy legs, much better receiving corps and hopefully a back to normal SB to take a big leap as well, imo
If I look at the spectrum of likely outcomes I’d rate them like this:
1) The Giants added 2 WRs in Golladay and Toney with demonstrable physical advantages, and receiving core will very likely be much better
2) Jones in his 2nd year in the system, with an offseason, will be better prepared and likely be better
3) No one should be surprised if Barkley comes out slow like Dalvin Cook after his ACL surgery, and it’s a coin flip if he’s back to normal this season
4) The Giants are betting Peart, Lemieux, and Hernandez all elevate their play, which I believe is a low odds outcome
Is how beat up many of the players are as the season progresses. Generally we are unaware of what injuries they’re struggling with and how they impact their performance. I,e, Didn’t know Jones was struggling with foot and ankle issues as much as he apparently was.
I think fans generally don't understand this. Playing an NFL game has been compared with being in a car wreck. You get in a car wreck on Sunday, patch yourself up, then go out and get in another car wreck the next Sunday. Or sometimes Thursday.
These guys are playing football at a high level with "dings" that would put most of us on crutches or in bed for weeks. And a lot of the time, those dings are kept quiet. The Giants kept Andrew Thomas's foot injury quiet until he got surgery; meanwhile we fans were freaking out about his awful footwork. That kind of thing is fairly common.
Was fumbling a big issue last year compared to others? Or are we just besting him up from his rookie year?
Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
I've seen plenty mention of it here.
But I'm not sure how many of those fumbles were of the same nature as Jones' were. How many times did Allen fumble while scrambling vs being sacked in the pocket by someone he apparently didn't see, or even just slightly intuit?
Only on BBI would Jones be compared to the likes of Allen and Lamar Jackson. Those guys are legit 2021 MVP candidates while Jones is playing for his job.
Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
Two reasons, one fair and one not:
1) Allen had a more productive season in his 2nd year -- more total TDs, more first downs, more wins
2) Allen only lost 4 of the fumbles, which is a bit of luck
Allen had 29 total TDS and 13 total turnovers. Jones had 12 total TDs and 16 total turnovers.
If you're going to be risky with the ball, you have to score a lot of TDs to make up for it.
Is how beat up many of the players are as the season progresses. Generally we are unaware of what injuries they’re struggling with and how they impact their performance. I,e, Didn’t know Jones was struggling with foot and ankle issues as much as he apparently was.
This is why in part I don't want giving Jones very many designed runs. He gets beat up enough because of his OL and because they give him designed runs - he takes extra hits.
Keep him in the pocket often- and let him make quick throws. He's not "Mahomes." When things move Jones gets more flustered.
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Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
Two reasons, one fair and one not:
1) Allen had a more productive season in his 2nd year -- more total TDs, more first downs, more wins
2) Allen only lost 4 of the fumbles, which is a bit of luck
Allen had 29 total TDS and 13 total turnovers. Jones had 12 total TDs and 16 total turnovers.
If you're going to be risky with the ball, you have to score a lot of TDs to make up for it.
Allen also had some professional receivers.
The 2019 Buffalo Bills' top 5 targeted players: John Brown, Cole Beasley, Dawson Knox, Devin Singletary, and Isaiah McKenzie.
Not exactly a murderer's row. That's why they went out and traded 4 picks for Stefon Diggs.
In comment 15280710 Go Terps said:
[quote] Only on BBI would Jones be compared to the likes of Allen and Lamar Jackson. Those guys are legit 2021 MVP candidates while Jones is playing for his job. [/quote
You are a painful poster. You ignore the fact our line is garbage. Totally garbage. Our skill guys we easily the second worst in the entire league behind only the jets. Take a look at this write up from PFF has our line ranked 31 last year. Let’s also add in the fact jones was very banged up and in hindsight should not have played.
31. NEW YORK GIANTS
With one year in the books, the Giants can’t be feeling good about their decision to take Andrew Thomas as the first tackle off the board in last year’s draft, given the season he had compared to the tackles selected after him. Thomas allowed 57 pressures at left tackle this season, 14 more than any other player at the position. He was the only player at the position to be charged with 10 sacks allowed, as well.
As you could guess for a team coming in at second to last on this list, Thomas wasn’t the only problem up front for the Giants. Shane Lemieux and Will Hernandez both allowed pressure rates of at least 8% at left guard, while Cameron Fleming — filling in for the opted-out Nate Solder — allowed the sixth most pressures in the league at the right tackle position.
I’d love to josh Allen, Lamar even Aaron Rodgers behind this offensive line.
It was reasonably apparent to me that he was struggling a lot..He couldn’t move until the season finale and even then, he wasn’t close to what he was prior to injury, imo
Sudden high pain levels can definitely make you fumble.
Maybe they'll make you a little bit more of a target, but you still have to be able to hang on to the ball when you're hit
Was fumbling a big issue last year compared to others? Or are we just besting him up from his rookie year?
Jones got beat like a piñata, and clearly couldn’t get out of the way.
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Was fumbling a big issue last year compared to others? Or are we just besting him up from his rookie year?
Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
Sometimes a coach's responsibility is to protect a player from himself. McCoy was not a great option, but a gimpy Jones; "doesn't take a rocket scientist" to understand that wasn't going to work.
Two reasons, one fair and one not:
1) Allen had a more productive season in his 2nd year -- more total TDs, more first downs, more wins
2) Allen only lost 4 of the fumbles, which is a bit of luck
Allen had 29 total TDS and 13 total turnovers. Jones had 12 total TDs and 16 total turnovers.
If you're going to be risky with the ball, you have to score a lot of TDs to make up for it.
Again, agree, JA by any metric had the better 2nd year and really took a leap in year 3..I expect (who the hell can say for sure) DJ with reasonable protection, healthy legs, much better receiving corps and hopefully a back to normal SB to take a big leap as well, imo
Let compare Allen's rookie year with Jones, since you guys want to cherry pick stats.
I'm only interested what Jones does this year. If he still can't deliver in the clutch and make the offense work, then you go another direction. The turnovers are only ONE part of the issue, not the entire issue.
If I look at the spectrum of likely outcomes I’d rate them like this:
1) The Giants added 2 WRs in Golladay and Toney with demonstrable physical advantages, and receiving core will very likely be much better
2) Jones in his 2nd year in the system, with an offseason, will be better prepared and likely be better
3) No one should be surprised if Barkley comes out slow like Dalvin Cook after his ACL surgery, and it’s a coin flip if he’s back to normal this season
4) The Giants are betting Peart, Lemieux, and Hernandez all elevate their play, which I believe is a low odds outcome
These guys are playing football at a high level with "dings" that would put most of us on crutches or in bed for weeks. And a lot of the time, those dings are kept quiet. The Giants kept Andrew Thomas's foot injury quiet until he got surgery; meanwhile we fans were freaking out about his awful footwork. That kind of thing is fairly common.
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don't make you fumble
Was fumbling a big issue last year compared to others? Or are we just besting him up from his rookie year?
Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
I've seen plenty mention of it here.
But I'm not sure how many of those fumbles were of the same nature as Jones' were. How many times did Allen fumble while scrambling vs being sacked in the pocket by someone he apparently didn't see, or even just slightly intuit?
Of course, they can and do.
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Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
Two reasons, one fair and one not:
1) Allen had a more productive season in his 2nd year -- more total TDs, more first downs, more wins
2) Allen only lost 4 of the fumbles, which is a bit of luck
Allen had 29 total TDS and 13 total turnovers. Jones had 12 total TDs and 16 total turnovers.
If you're going to be risky with the ball, you have to score a lot of TDs to make up for it.
Allen also had some professional receivers.
This is why in part I don't want giving Jones very many designed runs. He gets beat up enough because of his OL and because they give him designed runs - he takes extra hits.
Keep him in the pocket often- and let him make quick throws. He's not "Mahomes." When things move Jones gets more flustered.
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Interesting how Josh Allen had 14 fumbles his second year. Rarely mentioned. Then he had his breakout year this past season with a better cast of performers..Just sayin’, nothing more as it doesn’t guarantee anything for DJ in year 3
Two reasons, one fair and one not:
1) Allen had a more productive season in his 2nd year -- more total TDs, more first downs, more wins
2) Allen only lost 4 of the fumbles, which is a bit of luck
Allen had 29 total TDS and 13 total turnovers. Jones had 12 total TDs and 16 total turnovers.
If you're going to be risky with the ball, you have to score a lot of TDs to make up for it.
Allen also had some professional receivers.
The 2019 Buffalo Bills' top 5 targeted players: John Brown, Cole Beasley, Dawson Knox, Devin Singletary, and Isaiah McKenzie.
Not exactly a murderer's row. That's why they went out and traded 4 picks for Stefon Diggs.
[quote] Only on BBI would Jones be compared to the likes of Allen and Lamar Jackson. Those guys are legit 2021 MVP candidates while Jones is playing for his job. [/quote
You are a painful poster. You ignore the fact our line is garbage. Totally garbage. Our skill guys we easily the second worst in the entire league behind only the jets. Take a look at this write up from PFF has our line ranked 31 last year. Let’s also add in the fact jones was very banged up and in hindsight should not have played.
31. NEW YORK GIANTS
With one year in the books, the Giants can’t be feeling good about their decision to take Andrew Thomas as the first tackle off the board in last year’s draft, given the season he had compared to the tackles selected after him. Thomas allowed 57 pressures at left tackle this season, 14 more than any other player at the position. He was the only player at the position to be charged with 10 sacks allowed, as well.
As you could guess for a team coming in at second to last on this list, Thomas wasn’t the only problem up front for the Giants. Shane Lemieux and Will Hernandez both allowed pressure rates of at least 8% at left guard, while Cameron Fleming — filling in for the opted-out Nate Solder — allowed the sixth most pressures in the league at the right tackle position.
I’d love to josh Allen, Lamar even Aaron Rodgers behind this offensive line.