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Eli vs. DJ first 32 starts

CMicks3110 : 10/21/2021 1:32 pm
DJ & Eli first 32 starts in #NFL 

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RE: People are not being honest with themselves  
Keaton028 : 10/21/2021 4:18 pm : link
In comment 15424174 Lines of Scrimmage said:
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if they think Jones has had a strong staff and offensive personnel support his first three years.

The issue now is moving forward. Eli was on a 6 year contract and contacts then for QB's were very big relative to the cap.

Giants have to make a decision on Jones and whether or not he is worth the very big contract coming up. So the question is not what he did not have but what do you forecast for him the next 3-4 years. It becomes very hard to build all the pieces when you lay out that contract. So how one answers that is I guess where you stand with Jones.


This.
And LOS  
cosmicj : 10/21/2021 4:20 pm : link
Totally agree with your last point. The place where the Giants dwell means that Jones shouldn’t be the team’s future QB unless he is exceptional - and he isn’t.

The Jones debate is basically over.
RE: RE: again  
Walker Gillette : 10/21/2021 4:26 pm : link
In comment 15424170 Go Terps said:
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In comment 15423920 Eric from BBI said:


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there are pros and cons to Daniel Jones.

Both sides on this debate have dug in their heels and don't care about "facts" or "evidence."

The eras weren't that different.

And Eli had a vastly superior team (offense and defense) and coaching staff around him. But his detractors will never admit to that.

Those who say the Eli comparisons are not legit also amusingly ignore the fact that Eli was a losing quarterback (well under .500) during the second half of his career because he had the same surrounding talent issues that Daniel Jones now has.



There's an enormous amount of facts and evidence that Jones isn't particularly good. It's been cited here many times: poor stats, low scoring, a terrible record as a starter. General poor performance.

The arguments in his favor stray away from facts and towards conjecture:

- placing blame on the supporting cast
- comparisons to other players in Giants' history
- scenarios where more successful players are swapped with Jones ("You think Lamar Jackson would be as successful if he were on the Giants instead of the Ravens?")

It has not worked out here with Daniel Jones. That is a fact. It is not an opinion.


You are a national treasure. It is amazing how someone that scours a Giants website all day desperate to post negative about the teams quarterback can have such a limited knowledge of how football works. The supporting cast does matter, Jones' tenure in NY is still up in the air and nothing you say is a fact, it is completely conjecture from somebody obsessed with hating a player on the team he is supposed to root for!
I looked at the SB winning teams the last 20 years  
Lines of Scrimmage : 10/21/2021 4:32 pm : link
and it was very revealing that only 3 QB's have won one on a second or third contract. Both Mannings, Brady and BR. Brees was on a fairly big contract his first one.

All the others were on a rookie contract or not a highly paid veteran. Wilson, Rogers, Flacco, Wentz/Foles, Mahomes all on rookie contracts. Then you had Dilfer, Brad Johnson and Kurt Warner.

So is Jones in the Eli, Ben or Brady spectrum? Or Wilson, Rogers, Flacco, Wentz, Mahomes spectrum?

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Go Terps : 10/21/2021 4:34 pm : link
Jones is in the Gabbert, Mariota, Bortles spectrum. If he gets a ring it will be as a backup.
Jones would without a doubt be more successful on the Ravens  
widmerseyebrow : 10/21/2021 4:36 pm : link
but being on a better team isn't a cure for his main weaknesses to date: locking on to receivers, not seeing the open man, red zone performance, fumbling the ball away. You can cover those things up somewhat on a better team, but it's ultimately on him to improve in those areas that have frankly been weaknesses all the way back to his college days.
RE: These endless, compulsive...  
EricJ : 10/21/2021 4:47 pm : link
In comment 15424026 bw in dc said:
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And they are desperate for Jones to be Eli.



I would be willing to bet that Giants' leadership was desperate to find an Eli clone to replace him.

They find a guy who was coached by the same coach, who has the same personality as Eli, etc etc
RE: I looked at the SB winning teams the last 20 years  
Section331 : 10/21/2021 4:52 pm : link
In comment 15424194 Lines of Scrimmage said:
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and it was very revealing that only 3 QB's have won one on a second or third contract. Both Mannings, Brady and BR. Brees was on a fairly big contract his first one.

All the others were on a rookie contract or not a highly paid veteran. Wilson, Rogers, Flacco, Wentz/Foles, Mahomes all on rookie contracts. Then you had Dilfer, Brad Johnson and Kurt Warner.

So is Jones in the Eli, Ben or Brady spectrum? Or Wilson, Rogers, Flacco, Wentz, Mahomes spectrum?


Good points, but Brees was not on his first contract, he signed in NO as a FA.
RE: RE: RE: again  
Scooter185 : 10/21/2021 4:54 pm : link
In comment 15424189 Walker Gillette said:
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In comment 15424170 Go Terps said:


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In comment 15423920 Eric from BBI said:


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there are pros and cons to Daniel Jones.

Both sides on this debate have dug in their heels and don't care about "facts" or "evidence."

The eras weren't that different.

And Eli had a vastly superior team (offense and defense) and coaching staff around him. But his detractors will never admit to that.

Those who say the Eli comparisons are not legit also amusingly ignore the fact that Eli was a losing quarterback (well under .500) during the second half of his career because he had the same surrounding talent issues that Daniel Jones now has.



There's an enormous amount of facts and evidence that Jones isn't particularly good. It's been cited here many times: poor stats, low scoring, a terrible record as a starter. General poor performance.

The arguments in his favor stray away from facts and towards conjecture:

- placing blame on the supporting cast
- comparisons to other players in Giants' history
- scenarios where more successful players are swapped with Jones ("You think Lamar Jackson would be as successful if he were on the Giants instead of the Ravens?")

It has not worked out here with Daniel Jones. That is a fact. It is not an opinion.



You are a national treasure. It is amazing how someone that scours a Giants website all day desperate to post negative about the teams quarterback can have such a limited knowledge of how football works. The supporting cast does matter, Jones' tenure in NY is still up in the air and nothing you say is a fact, it is completely conjecture from somebody obsessed with hating a player on the team he is supposed to root for!


If you don't like Terps take on Jones, let's read what someone who does know how football works said

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Remember, year 3 is all about evaluating whether or not Jones will be the long-term answer at quarterback. Part of that includes whether or not he performs well through adversity. Part of that includes how much he can elevate those around him greater than the sum of its parts. He failed here. There are a couple things that can be pointed at, but we must keep things simple. Jones was overmatched mentally and physically. No question.
Section  
Lines of Scrimmage : 10/21/2021 4:57 pm : link
For Brees I used "pretty big contract". He had the injured shoulder and I thought he received a good contract but not in the tier of someone like Peyton and later Eli, Roeth, etc.
RE: RE: RE: again  
bw in dc : 10/21/2021 5:02 pm : link
In comment 15424189 Walker Gillette said:
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The supporting cast does matter, Jones' tenure in NY is still up in the air and nothing you say is a fact, it is completely conjecture from somebody obsessed with hating a player on the team he is supposed to root for!


Supporting casts do matter, but the real franchise QBs are able to execute without football utopia. See Lamar Jackson this year.

I really think Jones could be a fairly good QB. But the infrastructure needed on the offensive side of the ball to support that would require a big investment to create football utopia. Unfortunately, the limitations of the hard cap model make that virtually impossible.

RE: I looked at the SB winning teams the last 20 years  
Thegratefulhead : 10/21/2021 5:07 pm : link
In comment 15424194 Lines of Scrimmage said:
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and it was very revealing that only 3 QB's have won one on a second or third contract. Both Mannings, Brady and BR. Brees was on a fairly big contract his first one.

All the others were on a rookie contract or not a highly paid veteran. Wilson, Rogers, Flacco, Wentz/Foles, Mahomes all on rookie contracts. Then you had Dilfer, Brad Johnson and Kurt Warner.

So is Jones in the Eli, Ben or Brady spectrum? Or Wilson, Rogers, Flacco, Wentz, Mahomes spectrum?
Jones has shown nothing that says he belongs with those names.
RE: My issue with Jones:  
Go Terps : 10/21/2021 5:10 pm : link
In comment 15423987 Sean said:
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He’s 9-23 as a starter & he’s thrown only 4 TD’s this year. 4! After throwing only 11 last year.

Why are so many attached to Jones? I don’t get it. Shouldn’t our standards be higher?


Exactly. I don't get the attachment.

When Eli declined I could understand not wanting to move on from a club legend. But what makes Jones any different from any other flameout first rounder? If they traded him today I'd forget him in a week. Same with every other player on this roster - none of them have earned anything.
We are stuck with him  
Mattman : 10/21/2021 5:11 pm : link
Until something better comes along. If the value isn’t there then add pass rushers, ol and front 7 so that we have the structure in place for the next rookie. Last pieces to add are wr, cb, te, s and lastly rb. We had it all backwards. I’m one that bought into saquon too. I should have known better after wheatly, Dayne and wilson. I hope the giants never draft a rb in the 1st for as long as I live
RE: W-L means so much more than  
81_Great_Dane : 10/21/2021 5:14 pm : link
In comment 15423961 Dnew15 said:
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TDs, Yards, INT or whatever stat is out there.

The Giants ruined the beginning of DJ's career much like the end of ELi's.

The only way forward is to start over "for real" this time.
W-L is not a quarterback stat.
Objective vs Subjective  
Thegratefulhead : 10/21/2021 5:17 pm : link
By most objective measures...

Jones sucks.

That is a fact.

I have done a lot defending Jones.

What he does well on a small sample size is tight window throws down the field.

*****Small sample sizes can be misleading****

Everyone can point to some beautiful throws DJ has made, and they wonder, if he just had a better OL he could do that all of time.

That is not necessarily true.

He MIGHT be able to do that more.

He is terrible at throwing TDs inside the 20. This is not a small sample size.

Subjectively, if Jones had a legit supporting cast he might be a better QB. Acting like that is a forgone conclusion is the mistake many of you are making.
RE: RE: RE: RE: again  
Walker Gillette : 10/21/2021 5:17 pm : link
In comment 15424224 Scooter185 said:
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In comment 15424189 Walker Gillette said:


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In comment 15424170 Go Terps said:


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In comment 15423920 Eric from BBI said:


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there are pros and cons to Daniel Jones.

Both sides on this debate have dug in their heels and don't care about "facts" or "evidence."

The eras weren't that different.

And Eli had a vastly superior team (offense and defense) and coaching staff around him. But his detractors will never admit to that.

Those who say the Eli comparisons are not legit also amusingly ignore the fact that Eli was a losing quarterback (well under .500) during the second half of his career because he had the same surrounding talent issues that Daniel Jones now has.



There's an enormous amount of facts and evidence that Jones isn't particularly good. It's been cited here many times: poor stats, low scoring, a terrible record as a starter. General poor performance.

The arguments in his favor stray away from facts and towards conjecture:

- placing blame on the supporting cast
- comparisons to other players in Giants' history
- scenarios where more successful players are swapped with Jones ("You think Lamar Jackson would be as successful if he were on the Giants instead of the Ravens?")

It has not worked out here with Daniel Jones. That is a fact. It is not an opinion.



You are a national treasure. It is amazing how someone that scours a Giants website all day desperate to post negative about the teams quarterback can have such a limited knowledge of how football works. The supporting cast does matter, Jones' tenure in NY is still up in the air and nothing you say is a fact, it is completely conjecture from somebody obsessed with hating a player on the team he is supposed to root for!



If you don't like Terps take on Jones, let's read what someone who does know how football works said



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Remember, year 3 is all about evaluating whether or not Jones will be the long-term answer at quarterback. Part of that includes whether or not he performs well through adversity. Part of that includes how much he can elevate those around him greater than the sum of its parts. He failed here. There are a couple things that can be pointed at, but we must keep things simple. Jones was overmatched mentally and physically. No question.



Scooter he is talking about one game and I could bore everybody and go get the Phil Simms or Dilfer quotes where they gush about him. This all gets us to the point that his tenure is still up in the air.
RE: We are stuck with him  
Lines of Scrimmage : 10/21/2021 5:21 pm : link
In comment 15424248 Mattman said:
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Until something better comes along. If the value isn’t there then add pass rushers, ol and front 7 so that we have the structure in place for the next rookie. Last pieces to add are wr, cb, te, s and lastly rb. We had it all backwards. I’m one that bought into saquon too. I should have known better after wheatly, Dayne and wilson. I hope the giants never draft a rb in the 1st for as long as I live


I am hoping they go this way and think they will. Don't force the QB. I think SB was to help Eli. I also would not be surprised if Mara #10 or Tisch #4 was fiercely fighting for that SB pick.
RE: RE: RE: RE: again  
Walker Gillette : 10/21/2021 5:21 pm : link
In comment 15424235 bw in dc said:
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In comment 15424189 Walker Gillette said:


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The supporting cast does matter, Jones' tenure in NY is still up in the air and nothing you say is a fact, it is completely conjecture from somebody obsessed with hating a player on the team he is supposed to root for!



Supporting casts do matter, but the real franchise QBs are able to execute without football utopia. See Lamar Jackson this year.

I really think Jones could be a fairly good QB. But the infrastructure needed on the offensive side of the ball to support that would require a big investment to create football utopia. Unfortunately, the limitations of the hard cap model make that virtually impossible.


BW, what if Jones could be a good to very good QB? Is that worth something? It is really hard to get those guys as well. He doesn't have to be Aaron Rodgers, but i would surely take good to very good QB play and move on to fixing the defense and the wholes on the OL.
RE: Eli was also significantly better in year 2  
PepperJ52 : 10/21/2021 5:21 pm : link
In comment 15423910 Section331 said:
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than he was his rookie year. Progression matters.

The Giants also had a much easier schedule in Eli’s second year, if memory serves. I don’t think they’ve had as easy a schedule since Jones was drafted, and probably a little further back than that.
The Jones debate  
joeinpa : 10/21/2021 5:28 pm : link
Used to be fun, but it has become stale and a cumbersome topic.

It is discussed obsessively by rival camps as if their ability to win the point will be the determining factor as to how the Giants handle the quarterback situation going further

I like him, I think he can be very good. However, I will not guarantee that he will be the answer going forward, which is quite different from the absolute certainty with which many have dismissed him.

What I know is this. It would absolutely be the best thing for the Giants if he turned out to be a great player, starting all over again with another young quarterback after a decade of losing is not something I will root for.

I will continue to hope for his and the team s success until they decide they must move on, at which time I will get behind the new guy.

The incessant criticism of Jones, the continued high jacking of threads to make these criticisms, has changed the tenor of this board and not in a good way.

Jones either will or will not prove to be the guy. There really is no need to take every bad play by Jones and every good play by another quarterback to drive home the point that you believe Jones stinks; believe me we know what you think.
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: again  
Thegratefulhead : 10/21/2021 5:28 pm : link
In comment 15424259 Walker Gillette said:
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In comment 15424235 bw in dc said:


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In comment 15424189 Walker Gillette said:


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The supporting cast does matter, Jones' tenure in NY is still up in the air and nothing you say is a fact, it is completely conjecture from somebody obsessed with hating a player on the team he is supposed to root for!



Supporting casts do matter, but the real franchise QBs are able to execute without football utopia. See Lamar Jackson this year.

I really think Jones could be a fairly good QB. But the infrastructure needed on the offensive side of the ball to support that would require a big investment to create football utopia. Unfortunately, the limitations of the hard cap model make that virtually impossible.




BW, what if Jones could be a good to very good QB? Is that worth something? It is really hard to get those guys as well. He doesn't have to be Aaron Rodgers, but i would surely take good to very good QB play and move on to fixing the defense and the wholes on the OL.
I just do not want to give him a second contract on maybe. He needs to prove it fast. He could do this in losing efforts. Throw touchdowns. Jones needs to prove it folks, and the people waiting for that are not out of line.
I hope  
Thegratefulhead : 10/21/2021 5:30 pm : link
Jones turns it around. I am rooting for him.
RE: The Jones debate  
PatersonPlank : 10/21/2021 5:42 pm : link
In comment 15424262 joeinpa said:
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Used to be fun, but it has become stale and a cumbersome topic.

It is discussed obsessively by rival camps as if their ability to win the point will be the determining factor as to how the Giants handle the quarterback situation going further

I like him, I think he can be very good. However, I will not guarantee that he will be the answer going forward, which is quite different from the absolute certainty with which many have dismissed him.

What I know is this. It would absolutely be the best thing for the Giants if he turned out to be a great player, starting all over again with another young quarterback after a decade of losing is not something I will root for.

I will continue to hope for his and the team s success until they decide they must move on, at which time I will get behind the new guy.

The incessant criticism of Jones, the continued high jacking of threads to make these criticisms, has changed the tenor of this board and not in a good way.

Jones either will or will not prove to be the guy. There really is no need to take every bad play by Jones and every good play by another quarterback to drive home the point that you believe Jones stinks; believe me we know what you think.


Agree 100%. I have tried to stay off these redicilous and repetitive Jones threads
RE: RE: Eli was also significantly better in year 2  
Section331 : 10/21/2021 5:57 pm : link
In comment 15424260 PepperJ52 said:
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In comment 15423910 Section331 said:


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than he was his rookie year. Progression matters.


The Giants also had a much easier schedule in Eli’s second year, if memory serves. I don’t think they’ve had as easy a schedule since Jones was drafted, and probably a little further back than that.


Easy schedule? We played in possibly the worst division in NFL history last year. We got hammered at home by a 6-10 49er team with a backup QB. Got hammered at home by an 8-8 Cards team. The toughest team we played all year, Jones didn’t play. I’m not sure the schedule was hard other than any schedule would have been hard for that squad.
RE: RE: Eli was also significantly better in year 2  
Thegratefulhead : 10/21/2021 5:58 pm : link
In comment 15424260 PepperJ52 said:
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In comment 15423910 Section331 said:


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than he was his rookie year. Progression matters.


The Giants also had a much easier schedule in Eli’s second year, if memory serves. I don’t think they’ve had as easy a schedule since Jones was drafted, and probably a little further back than that.
The entire NFC was awful last year, it will never get easier for him.
Hard to admit to myself because it means we are farther away.  
Thegratefulhead : 10/21/2021 6:02 pm : link
Objectively, Jones has been bad in the totality of his professional career.

I will not engage in debate over this because I can read the statistics.

Subjectively, you can say the starting cast around him has been poor.

He has reached the red zone plenty with that poor cast over 3 years.

The results in the red zone are poor.

This is where the game gets tough.

Everything is faster, he has to be decisive, more accurate and sudden.

Once in the red zone, regardless of the roster, with a perfect pass, a QB could elevate his entire team.

Jones does not elevate those around him.

We also have his college film.

He still has the same deficiencies.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/redzone-passing.htm

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2020/redzone-passing.htm

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2021/redzone-passing.htm

He is consistent.

I still want to be the guy, but I am off his bandwaggon until he does something tangible on the field with consistency. That does not make me a hater. I have been a cheerleader for a large part of his career, at some point objective reality takes over.
The debate is if Jones  
Lines of Scrimmage : 10/21/2021 6:06 pm : link
Is worth a payday. Now if he agrees to a very friendly contact then you consider it. Very friendly being comparable to what we see veterans hanging around the league playing at 10 million.

Cousins gets 30 million. Would you give Jones 4 years at 30 mill/year? That’s a bargain and then you will have to let guys go.

Priority number 1 is not the QB for the Giants. It’s determining if this is the right HC and who is running the drafts and assembling the team imo. Until the drafting improves we are not close to competing for a championship regardless of QB.

I think it’s a long shot Jones stars elsewhere but I’ll certainly pull for him. Seems like a better candidate to pull a Brad Johnson or Trent Dilfer down the road.

RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: again  
Scooter185 : 10/21/2021 6:23 pm : link
In comment 15424255 Walker Gillette said:
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In comment 15424224 Scooter185 said:


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In comment 15424189 Walker Gillette said:


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In comment 15424170 Go Terps said:


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In comment 15423920 Eric from BBI said:


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there are pros and cons to Daniel Jones.

Both sides on this debate have dug in their heels and don't care about "facts" or "evidence."

The eras weren't that different.

And Eli had a vastly superior team (offense and defense) and coaching staff around him. But his detractors will never admit to that.

Those who say the Eli comparisons are not legit also amusingly ignore the fact that Eli was a losing quarterback (well under .500) during the second half of his career because he had the same surrounding talent issues that Daniel Jones now has.



There's an enormous amount of facts and evidence that Jones isn't particularly good. It's been cited here many times: poor stats, low scoring, a terrible record as a starter. General poor performance.

The arguments in his favor stray away from facts and towards conjecture:

- placing blame on the supporting cast
- comparisons to other players in Giants' history
- scenarios where more successful players are swapped with Jones ("You think Lamar Jackson would be as successful if he were on the Giants instead of the Ravens?")

It has not worked out here with Daniel Jones. That is a fact. It is not an opinion.



You are a national treasure. It is amazing how someone that scours a Giants website all day desperate to post negative about the teams quarterback can have such a limited knowledge of how football works. The supporting cast does matter, Jones' tenure in NY is still up in the air and nothing you say is a fact, it is completely conjecture from somebody obsessed with hating a player on the team he is supposed to root for!



If you don't like Terps take on Jones, let's read what someone who does know how football works said



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Remember, year 3 is all about evaluating whether or not Jones will be the long-term answer at quarterback. Part of that includes whether or not he performs well through adversity. Part of that includes how much he can elevate those around him greater than the sum of its parts. He failed here. There are a couple things that can be pointed at, but we must keep things simple. Jones was overmatched mentally and physically. No question.





Scooter he is talking about one game and I could bore everybody and go get the Phil Simms or Dilfer quotes where they gush about him. This all gets us to the point that his tenure is still up in the air.


You're missing the point. Many just threw up their hands and said "well no one can hold it against Jones, every QB in history would have been bad that game" while Sy points out that the Rams game was a test and Jones failed in pretty much every aspect.

Overall there's been more games like LAR than NO
RE: So Eli had more wins and TDs  
Gatorade Dunk : 10/21/2021 6:48 pm : link
In comment 15423919 sb from NYT Forum said:
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...and less turnovers and sacks.

So what's the point?

I think we can nail it pretty simply that TDs are an important part of wins. Jones has very few of either.
People are still defending Jones?  
Joey in VA : 10/21/2021 7:09 pm : link
Based on what? He's overmatched mentally in this league, I don't care that he went to Duke, it's football IQ and he lacks it. He is fast, he is tall, he seems nice. End of story. He's not a quality NFL QB, 9-23 is all you need to know. Just watch him play, it's usually pretty bad results, we barely score with him playing. This is a wide open NFL and he's playing like it's the 70s. The sooner we move on the better.
The biggest problem with Jones  
WillVAB : 10/21/2021 10:10 pm : link
Is that there’s a legitimate argument he can’t be fairly evaluated this year. There needs to be an answer on Jones up or down at the end of the year and that won’t happen.
Now compare Jones to Mitch Trubisky  
GMen72 : 10/21/2021 11:22 pm : link
Unless you want to make Jones look like an NFL starter.
Not just a QB on the team  
Giants73 : 10/21/2021 11:48 pm : link
Look at rushing yards per game, Eli’s first 3 seasons he had a top ten rushing game in the league. Jones has had a bottom 3rd rushing game. Defense, Jone’s rookie year dead last, last year was better, but this year bottom 5. Isn’t a single player that results in wins and losses. Coaching Eli had Tom Coughlin, Jones has Clueless Joe. Garrett is no Kilbride either. Neither Coughlin or Kilbride were known to be ultra conservative on Offense.
RE: The Jones debate  
Debaser : 10/22/2021 9:03 am : link
In comment 15424262 joeinpa said:
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Used to be fun, but it has become stale and a cumbersome topic.

It is discussed obsessively by rival camps as if their ability to win the point will be the determining factor as to how the Giants handle the quarterback situation going further

I like him, I think he can be very good. However, I will not guarantee that he will be the answer going forward, which is quite different from the absolute certainty with which many have dismissed him.

What I know is this. It would absolutely be the best thing for the Giants if he turned out to be a great player, starting all over again with another young quarterback after a decade of losing is not something I will root for.

I will continue to hope for his and the team s success until they decide they must move on, at which time I will get behind the new guy.

The incessant criticism of Jones, the continued high jacking of threads to make these criticisms, has changed the tenor of this board and not in a good way.

Jones either will or will not prove to be the guy. There really is no need to take every bad play by Jones and every good play by another quarterback to drive home the point that you believe Jones stinks; believe me we know what you think.


Yea that is because you are an Eli basher. 3 years later from moving on from Eli -- we still don't know what we have at QB, and lost a shit ton of games in the process. And will continue to lose more in the forseseable future.
RE: You guys  
Debaser : 10/22/2021 9:09 am : link
In comment 15424062 Eric from BBI said:
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are basically arguing that Eli Manning, in his early 30s, and coming off of an MVP-caliber season, was washed up.

Sorry, not buying it.

What I am buying is that Eli's surrounding talent had gotten so abysmal that he was no longer a winning quarterback.


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bw... the comparison is NOT about similar skill sets, but about how surrounding talent can impact QB development.

If Daniel Jones was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, I would wager he would be a winning QB at this point.


Youre out of your head. If Jones was playing for the ravens he's have 2 broken legs by now. Lamar avoids contact; runs out of bounds ; slides. he also seems to "roll with the punches" when he is going to take a hit. He doesn't lower his head and try to ram through 2 linesbackers!
The sacks  
Les in TO : 10/22/2021 9:24 am : link
And turnover differences are a big reason the win loss records are so divergent. Jones despite being a far superior athlete lacks the same crispness to go through reads and get the ball out quickly.
Only looking at counting stats and W/L  
Ten Ton Hammer : 10/22/2021 9:27 am : link
Is a total fool's way of comparing players.

They're not the same, they never were similar prospects whatsoever and people need to stop doing it.

RE: RE: The Jones debate  
joeinpa : 10/22/2021 9:36 am : link
In comment 15424604 Debaser said:
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In comment 15424262 joeinpa said:


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Used to be fun, but it has become stale and a cumbersome topic.

It is discussed obsessively by rival camps as if their ability to win the point will be the determining factor as to how the Giants handle the quarterback situation going further

I like him, I think he can be very good. However, I will not guarantee that he will be the answer going forward, which is quite different from the absolute certainty with which many have dismissed him.

What I know is this. It would absolutely be the best thing for the Giants if he turned out to be a great player, starting all over again with another young quarterback after a decade of losing is not something I will root for.

I will continue to hope for his and the team s success until they decide they must move on, at which time I will get behind the new guy.

The incessant criticism of Jones, the continued high jacking of threads to make these criticisms, has changed the tenor of this board and not in a good way.

Jones either will or will not prove to be the guy. There really is no need to take every bad play by Jones and every good play by another quarterback to drive home the point that you believe Jones stinks; believe me we know what you think.



Yea that is because you are an Eli basher. 3 years later from moving on from Eli -- we still don't know what we have at QB, and lost a shit ton of games in the process. And will continue to lose more in the forseseable future.


Eli won a won two Super Bowls with the Giants. During those two play off runs he was magnificent and as clutch as the greatest to ever play the game. During their successful seasons he was always clutch.

The Giants also played a lot of losing football during that era and never won a playoff game for n 13 of the 15 seasons he played.

Those are facts. If you want to classify that as bashing, ok. But I loved rooting for Eli

To be honest I really don’t see how your belief I am an Eli basher relates to my post though
RE: Only looking at counting stats and W/L  
Les in TO : 10/22/2021 9:44 am : link
In comment 15424630 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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Is a total fool's way of comparing players.

They're not the same, they never were similar prospects whatsoever and people need to stop doing it.
beyond just the raw stats and wins and losses, Jones is just making a lot more mistakes and not seeing the field as well. Eli’s ability to read process and get the ball out efficiently is superior. Jones is not the only problem for why we are 9-23 when he starts but hes not consistently a solution
RE: RE: RE: The Jones debate  
Debaser : 10/22/2021 10:03 am : link
In comment 15424644 joeinpa said:
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In comment 15424262 joeinpa said:


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Used to be fun, but it has become stale and a cumbersome topic.

It is discussed obsessively by rival camps as if their ability to win the point will be the determining factor as to how the Giants handle the quarterback situation going further

I like him, I think he can be very good. However, I will not guarantee that he will be the answer going forward, which is quite different from the absolute certainty with which many have dismissed him.

What I know is this. It would absolutely be the best thing for the Giants if he turned out to be a great player, starting all over again with another young quarterback after a decade of losing is not something I will root for.

I will continue to hope for his and the team s success until they decide they must move on, at which time I will get behind the new guy.

The incessant criticism of Jones, the continued high jacking of threads to make these criticisms, has changed the tenor of this board and not in a good way.

Jones either will or will not prove to be the guy. There really is no need to take every bad play by Jones and every good play by another quarterback to drive home the point that you believe Jones stinks; believe me we know what you think.



Yea that is because you are an Eli basher. 3 years later from moving on from Eli -- we still don't know what we have at QB, and lost a shit ton of games in the process. And will continue to lose more in the forseseable future.



Eli won a won two Super Bowls with the Giants. During those two play off runs he was magnificent and as clutch as the greatest to ever play the game. During their successful seasons he was always clutch.

The Giants also played a lot of losing football during that era and never won a playoff game for n 13 of the 15 seasons he played.

Those are facts. If you want to classify that as bashing, ok. But I loved rooting for Eli

To be honest I really don’t see how your belief I am an Eli basher relates to my post though


The point is people like you want to be vindicated from you "move on from Eli". "geno was just as good" "Eli is the problem". When it is obvious now that none of these things are true -- it is now I am sick of talking abou Jones". When I t should be "I was wrong about Eli".

And this whole thing about Eli's losing seasons. Eli was on worse teams than this. When have we seen anything like Toney here? And OBJ was never that good. Guy played like total shit last night and that was pretty mcuh how I remember Odell here. Lots of drops , not playing particularly well and overrated. When was the last time this place had a legit 1000 yard , 70 million guy like Golladay. When Eli was playing he had an overpriced Shep to throw to.
Good thread  
Jimmy Googs : 10/22/2021 10:08 am : link
Hopefully we can compare their first 64 starts in a couple of years too...
Comparison to Eli doesn't mean much  
JonC : 10/22/2021 10:18 am : link
I think Jones is overmatched out there right now, and the supporting case isn't helping matters either. The problem is, as Terps and others have pointed out, the performances put forth by Jones look a lot like his Duke performances. I don't think he is the QB the brass believed he is, and that's what we're seeing on a weekly basis. You get a good one from time to time, but on the whole he's really ordinary at best.

I'm concerned the brass will use injuries to justify bringing back many of the same characters in 2022. That and the cap situation paint a bleak picture for the next 1-2 seasons. And, the ownership penchant for half measures on changes, well ... I've gotten used to losing.
You cannot compare the two eras whatsoever  
GNewGiants : 10/22/2021 10:35 am : link
Sorry Eric, but the difference is quite substantial.

In 2004, when Eli first took over. Take a look at these stats:

Completion Percentages:
2004 - 59.8%
2020 - 65.25%

TD/INT ratio:
2004: 732 TDs and 524 INTs - 1.4
2020: 871 TDs and 395 INTs - 2.2

Those are huge difference when it comes to QB play.
RE: DJ  
TyreeHelmet : 10/22/2021 10:47 am : link
In comment 15423963 NYG22 said:
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This is not hard guys. Jones is a good/solid QB if he has solid protection/weapons. Note that I didn't say GREAT protection/weapons; just a reasonable level of both. But due to poor roster management and an unbelievable amount of teammate injuries of his career, the Giants continue to set him up for failure.


But there are plenty of quarterbacks who are solid with good protection and good weapons. When you pick a QB 6th overall, you are hoping and expecting more than that. He needs to elevate others play and help you win games.

I'm not out on Jones, but he is yet to prove that now in his 3rd year.
Eli  
ArtVandelay : 10/22/2021 11:09 am : link
Had a much better OL. He had Barber in his prime, Jones has Barkley who's always hurt and maybe not as good even when healthy. Eli had Shockey, Jones has Engram. Eli probably had Burress for some of those games too. Not a fair comparison at all.
how about this  
The Jake : 10/22/2021 11:21 am : link
1. Eli had a better supporting cast than Jones
2. Jones is not as good as Eli was and hasn't shown enough to suggest he might be
3. Our standard for a high 1st round pick QB should be much higher than either Eli's or Jones' first 3 years in the league

All of these things are true!
RE: Objective vs Subjective  
joeinpa : 10/22/2021 11:24 am : link
In comment 15424254 Thegratefulhead said:
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By most objective measures...

Jones sucks.

That is a fact.

I have done a lot defending Jones.

What he does well on a small sample size is tight window throws down the field.

*****Small sample sizes can be misleading****

Everyone can point to some beautiful throws DJ has made, and they wonder, if he just had a better OL he could do that all of time.

That is not necessarily true.

He MIGHT be able to do that more.

He is terrible at throwing TDs inside the 20. This is not a small sample size.

Subjectively, if Jones had a legit supporting cast he might be a better QB. Acting like that is a forgone conclusion is the mistake many of you are making.


Do you see the flaw using the word “objective “ and immediately follow it up by stating an opinion as fact?
RE: RE: RE: RE: The Jones debate  
joeinpa : 10/22/2021 11:29 am : link
In comment 15424679 Debaser said:
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In comment 15424262 joeinpa said:


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Used to be fun, but it has become stale and a cumbersome topic.

It is discussed obsessively by rival camps as if their ability to win the point will be the determining factor as to how the Giants handle the quarterback situation going further

I like him, I think he can be very good. However, I will not guarantee that he will be the answer going forward, which is quite different from the absolute certainty with which many have dismissed him.

What I know is this. It would absolutely be the best thing for the Giants if he turned out to be a great player, starting all over again with another young quarterback after a decade of losing is not something I will root for.

I will continue to hope for his and the team s success until they decide they must move on, at which time I will get behind the new guy.

The incessant criticism of Jones, the continued high jacking of threads to make these criticisms, has changed the tenor of this board and not in a good way.

Jones either will or will not prove to be the guy. There really is no need to take every bad play by Jones and every good play by another quarterback to drive home the point that you believe Jones stinks; believe me we know what you think.



Yea that is because you are an Eli basher. 3 years later from moving on from Eli -- we still don't know what we have at QB, and lost a shit ton of games in the process. And will continue to lose more in the forseseable future.



Eli won a won two Super Bowls with the Giants. During those two play off runs he was magnificent and as clutch as the greatest to ever play the game. During their successful seasons he was always clutch.

The Giants also played a lot of losing football during that era and never won a playoff game for n 13 of the 15 seasons he played.

Those are facts. If you want to classify that as bashing, ok. But I loved rooting for Eli

To be honest I really don’t see how your belief I am an Eli basher relates to my post though



The point is people like you want to be vindicated from you "move on from Eli". "geno was just as good" "Eli is the problem". When it is obvious now that none of these things are true -- it is now I am sick of talking abou Jones". When I t should be "I was wrong about Eli".

And this whole thing about Eli's losing seasons. Eli was on worse teams than this. When have we seen anything like Toney here? And OBJ was never that good. Guy played like total shit last night and that was pretty mcuh how I remember Odell here. Lots of drops , not playing particularly well and overrated. When was the last time this place had a legit 1000 yard , 70 million guy like Golladay. When Eli was playing he had an overpriced Shep to throw to.


I don’t want to be vindicated from my stance on moving on from Eli, I believe I was correct

But your take on the subject lends some credence to the idea that some of the Jones bashing could be because he replaced Eli, I get that.
RE: different league  
BestFeature : 10/22/2021 11:32 am : link
In comment 15423928 Enzo said:
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and they were vastly different prospects. Eli was taken #1 overall for a reason. Jones was never even in the conversation.


People make this argument and then complain about us not taking Josh Allen, Josh Allen was not seen by many as a 1st overall prospect either.
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