As always, my non-emotional thoughts from yesterday’s game. Feel free to add your own, comment on mine etc…
A win is a win and a win over the Eagles is always just a little bit better… As ugly as it was, we did just enough to win the game and keep us fans from jumping of a bridge for another week.
Offense:
Obviously, a focal point with the firing of Jason Garrett and Freddie Kitchens (allegedly) calling plays. My disclaimer is that we’re going to have to give it a few weeks of Freddie in charge before we see any real difference. Yes, he’s calling plays, but he’s calling the plays from Garrett’s book in Garrett’s system with Garrett’s plays but there were some subtle differences with a new play caller.
- Jones turned in another mediocre game. As has become a theme its difficult to evaluate him in these situations. He didn’t do anything special and at no point did you think “wow, Jones is playing great” but again the offensive line played horrible and limited what he can do. I’m tired of writing this week in and week out…
- The offensive line embodies the “I’m tired of writing this over and over again”. 1 good player (Thomas) and the rest are back ups at best. The group paved the way for 27 rushes for 70 yards which is bad enough but worse when you factor 32 came on one carry… They were bad yesterday, even for them
- Golladay got the targets he’s been asking for and, in my opinion, had a very mediocre game. He had a chance at a couple 50/50 balls he was paid a lot of money to catch but didn’t. I do think you can make an argument that PI should have been called on the deep attempt in the end zone to him in Q1, but it wasn’t so moot point
- On that topic I’d call that out as a subtle difference in play calling from Garrett to Kitchens. I don’t think Garrett takes that shot on 3rd down. Even though we didn’t convert I’d prefer to see the Giants do this more. For 1 if the defenses know you’ll take this shot it opens the field up, but also, we stink in the red zone. Maybe taking shots at the big play between the 20-35 isn’t a bad idea saying our goal line offense is so bad
- This week we did convert our only real red zone opportunity, so I don’t want to let that go. I have a couple comments on that as well
- First, I’d like to see us stop throwing fades. Jones does not throw a good fade at all and we haven’t converted one all year. Move on from it
- Second, I thought the 3rd down call and following TD were good play calls. On the 3rd down they effectively isolated Engram on his guy and gave him an opportunity to box out. You’re hoping for 1 of 2 results there, a TD or a PI allowing you to get 3 more shots at it. The PI is a successful result in that situation
- On the TD Myarick almost dropped the ball but the team did a good job of selling the play. Jones was on time with the throw too which is relevant because he’s frequently late in these situations
- Question I’d like to ask. Why isn’t John Ross seeing more action? Only 11 snaps but had 2 catches and seems to have good things happen when the ball goes his way
- Other question, why go to Pharoh Cooper, who’s only been here a few weeks and is a career returner, on a crucial 3rd down?
Defense:
The Eagles run a very odd offense for the NFL. Their QB embodies the “college but not NFL talent” image of the good runner whose arm is good enough in the NCAA but not the NFL. For all of you who have asked about Toney playing some QB Hurts may be a good comp, Toney may have a better arm. I don’t expect to see Hurts have a long career at QB and expect to see them make a move to replace him next year. Either way, holding a team to 7 points is always pretty damn good in the NFL
- Starting with the bad which was slightly referenced above, 33 carries for 208 yards. EVERYONE on the Eagles ran the ball well against us and their OLine paved the way by really pushing around our defense. The weakness against the run is an alarming trend. Yes, they’re one of the NFL’s better running teams but this has been happening over and over again to us
- We’re lucky Hurts can't throw well, and our saving grace was giving him what he does well but punishing for what he doesn’t and forcing 3 INTs while keeping him under 50% as a passer
- McKinney is really growing up this season. I’m hoping this isn’t a flash in the pan and is instead more indicative of what he’ll be for his whole career
- I’ve given some assistants credit in the past for things that they don’t get recognized for, today I’m doing that for Jerome Henderson. Looking at the passing stats above is one thing, then consider that Ryan wasn’t playing, and Jackson went out early. Our secondary at the end of the game had names like JR Reed and Steven Parker playing. Good job from Jerome to get these guys ready to play
- Elaborating on that I’d like to point out that Aaron Robinson played rather well yesterday for a kid that didn’t even start practicing until a few weeks ago. Perfect? No, but there may be something there with this kid. Keep in mind he had no OTA’s, no training camp and CB is a notoriously slow position to develop. He’s also bigger than I realized he is
- Pass rush, not much from them. I will concede that I think keeping Hurts in the pocket was the priority here. He doesn’t throw the ball well and can be forced into mistakes, so I think the strategy was to let him throw
- Danny Shelton sucks. He only played a few snaps but is noticeably blow off the ball whenever he’s in. He needs to be looked at in the same light as Nate Solder in my opinion, at least he’s cheaper…
Closing thoughts: I’m interested to see what this offense looks like in the last 2-3 games once you’ve actually given Kitchens time to put his stuff in the playbook. As far as I’m concerned, he’s only auditioning and there is 0 reason we shouldn’t look outside the organization for a new OC next year. As far as next week goes, Miami is an odd team. They’re a little like the Giants where you don’t know what you’re getting week to week. This is a winnable game but let’s be real, we haven’t played well enough to say “we’re going to win” against anyone. Hopefully the defense plays another strong game, and the offense improves in week 2 of the new OC.
It's not hard anymore. He's not good.
The idea that you can't make a judgement on a QB b/c the o-line isn't good doesn't make sense anymore.
Both the QB and the o-line can be bad at the same time. It's not an either/or (and I'll throw in Barkley as well).
Earlier this year he threw a few too far over the back of the end zone so nobody even had a chance. Yesterday he didn't get enough air underneath the first one to Golladay and he probably was interfered with just enough to make it an incompletion. The latter throw was way too far to the inside and actually gave the CB a better chance than Golladay to grab it.
This is a development area that needs to improve, not be discarded.
I'd be fine with the "ugly" win except that we rarely win otherwise. Teams basically have to be worse than we are for us to win.
The OL was atrocious, which is why we only had 264 yards of total offense. Jones was constantly under pressure, and they opened few running lanes. Jones himself missed a few throws, including to Golladay in the end zone.
The defense gave up more than 200 running yards even though Hurts threw three INTs. And they would have given up the winning TD but for two horrendous drops by Reagor at the end of the game.
Dixon also continued his bad punting.
The Oline is so bad that it truly is difficult to get a read on what this team can and can't do.
Kenny Golladay was too lackadaisical on both deep passes and dropped another one that was right in his hands. I hate the effort on both plays and his lack of acting upset (I mean it was pretty close, act like you think a flag should have been thrown) didn't help there either.
Darius Slayton has shown he is at best a #4 WR and even that might be generous.
Quincy Roche is a a nice find and could be a Byron Hunt player but he isn't going to be a Taylor, Banks, Van Pelt or even Headen player. Ojulari is a ncie player so far but he had better develop a second move or he will be relegated to spot playing time.
On offense I would like to see Peart and Brederson play on the OL and move Skura to center in place of Price.It can't get any worse that it already is now.
Time to evaulate Peart more than anyone leading up to next year's draft which is deep in OL.
Just my thoughts....
On offense I would like to see Peart and Brederson play on the OL and move Skura to center in place of Price.It can't get any worse that it already is now.
Time to evaulate Peart more than anyone leading up to next year's draft which is deep in OL.
Just my thoughts....
+1
On offense I would like to see Peart and Brederson play on the OL and move Skura to center in place of Price.It can't get any worse that it already is now.
Time to evaulate Peart more than anyone leading up to next year's draft which is deep in OL.
Just my thoughts....
+1
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
On offense I would like to see Peart and Brederson play on the OL and move Skura to center in place of Price.It can't get any worse that it already is now.
Time to evaulate Peart more than anyone leading up to next year's draft which is deep in OL.
Just my thoughts....
I think the intention was always for Robinson to have a big role (starting nickel?), just him missing the offseason and training camp put a damper on that.
Agree on Roche, I'm growing to like the kid. Smith was always supposed to be a project that we didn't see much of, I still have to believe he does something well enough to see the field a few snaps a game.
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
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I didn’t expect too much from Kitchens. Less predictable was a good improvement. Most playbooks have all the same plays so I don’t ‘think the playbook will hinder him. They just need to practice some of the plays that Garrett wasn’t using. Bigger improvements are coming.
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"its difficult to evaluate him in these situations"..
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
No
How many years of inept QB play would you like to see before coming to the obvious conclusion?
I agree the Eagles are mediocre, but being mediocre should not be under-rated. I think we have taken the big step forward from really bad to mediocre. Our next goal should be getting to somewhat below average. I would be really happy with that.
You would be happy if the Giants are slightly below average?
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
Two things can be true...
1. He can play better if he had an OL, better play design, and better weapons who could run routes and stay on the field.
2. he will never be great due to his own limitations
For me, the issues referenced in #1 are critical not so much for Daniel Jones, but for whoever we bring in to be our next QB. Even with the nonsense talks about Russel Wilson. That guy would benefit greatly and would perform better IF we could fix some of these other issues.
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"its difficult to evaluate him in these situations"..
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
Two things can be true...
1. He can play better if he had an OL, better play design, and better weapons who could run routes and stay on the field.
2. he will never be great due to his own limitations
For me, the issues referenced in #1 are critical not so much for Daniel Jones, but for whoever we bring in to be our next QB. Even with the nonsense talks about Russel Wilson. That guy would benefit greatly and would perform better IF we could fix some of these other issues.
Of course.
I agree with all you say here. Jones will perform better with better OL support. It is a given. But we have seen enough to know what he is. He is a limited player we likely can't win with.
I don't think adding a QB of Russ's ability is "nonsense talk". He would improve this team overnight. Let's not pretend that QB skill and talent do not matter. And he probably has at least 8 years left, or more, at a high level.
I don't think adding a QB of Russ's ability is "nonsense talk". He would improve this team overnight. Let's not pretend that QB skill and talent do not matter. And he probably has at least 8 years left, or more, at a high level.
The idea of adding someone with ability is something we need to do.
The part that is nonsense is the idea that the Giants would actually execute that Wilson trade AND that Wilson would agree to come to this team. I just think all of it is crap the media invented. None of it came from either organization. So, we can speculate all day long if we want.
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I don't think adding a QB of Russ's ability is "nonsense talk". He would improve this team overnight. Let's not pretend that QB skill and talent do not matter. And he probably has at least 8 years left, or more, at a high level.
The idea of adding someone with ability is something we need to do.
The part that is nonsense is the idea that the Giants would actually execute that Wilson trade AND that Wilson would agree to come to this team. I just think all of it is crap the media invented. None of it came from either organization. So, we can speculate all day long if we want.
You're right. It probably won't happen for the reasons you imply.
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"its difficult to evaluate him in these situations"..
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
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How many years of inept QB play would you like to see before coming to the obvious conclusion?
My answer was simply "No" based on the fact that you're putting a lot of words in my mouth that I'm not saying at all.
I'm trying to do my best to make a fair evaluation of the kid under the firm understanding that he's been given a horrible situation to work with between having one of the league's worst Oline's and an OC who pushed a back up's mentality of "don't lose the game for your team" on him.
To say I won't evaluate him until he's good isn't accurate at all. I was on a thread last week actually saying I'd be all for the next GM taking a QB with pick 1 if they genuinely thought he was better so I'm certainly not married to Jones. With that being said we've also watched Ryan Tannehill go from a complete bust to QB'ing one of the best offenses in the NFL. What changed? The situation.
As it sits right now I'd slightly lean to Jones not being the guy, but again, he's really been given a bad hand to play with and that can't be discounted.
2. Disagree with you on DJ not throwing the fade anymore. You can't run a successful red zone offense in this league without being able to execute that play. In fact, the threat of that play to your big play receivers on the outside softens up the D in the middle for other opportunities. You may be onto something though as the inability to execute this play could be one of the main reasons we stink in the red zone.
We still don't know what we have or don't have with Jones because of this pathetically awful O-line. The situation is a hot mess because of how the O-line has been mismanaged. I don't pretend to have the answers about Barkley, Jones, the offensive calamity. I just hope the new GM can sort it out.
The eagles gashed us running the ball and most of it was blocked the same way alowing the read to the right side. It wasnt as much of a zone read as designed give/pull as both Hurts or either back followed a blocker pulling against the grain most times. This needs to be corrected before the rematch.
off that point could you imagine Barkley running through the type holes the Eagles created? I would copycat the hell out of the blocking scheme. (not that we have the blockers to execute)
I think that Hurts was both the Eagles best player and the reason they lost yesterday. Hard to pull that off in this league.
Cant Ignore Solder not even steping off the ball correctly when Cox beat him to bury Barkley as he got the handoff. If he just stood his ground he would have effected Cox's path.
Also Watching Billy price getting whipped over ad over is bad enough but watching him let someone blow by on oneside while he helps out the guard on the other side who acctually has his guy tied up was comical
He's not good enough.
That's what I think.
If Jones raised his level of play in the RZ he would be a viable starting QB in this league. This is a big IF. It's getting late.
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I don't think adding a QB of Russ's ability is "nonsense talk". He would improve this team overnight. Let's not pretend that QB skill and talent do not matter. And he probably has at least 8 years left, or more, at a high level.
The idea of adding someone with ability is something we need to do.
The part that is nonsense is the idea that the Giants would actually execute that Wilson trade AND that Wilson would agree to come to this team. I just think all of it is crap the media invented. None of it came from either organization. So, we can speculate all day long if we want.
You're right. It probably won't happen for the reasons you imply.
IF you trade away the Giants high draft choices for Wilson, who blocks for him? You see that he is not having any success in Seattle with the bad line this year, do you think he can come here and suddenly thrive with this line. That seems like one hell of a big risk to bank on.
The fact that other QBs play bad games is not relevant to long term analysis of Daniel Jones.
Normally a team with +4 turnover wins the game handily and the team with 200+ rushing should dominate time of possession. Neither of those things happened today b/c the Giants OL can't sustain drives and the Eagles ended up beating themselves by letting Hurts keep tossing ducks.
I love beating the Eagles, but let's not kid ourselves this game was close to being another last second heart breaker in another lost season. On to Miami.
The eagles gashed us running the ball and most of it was blocked the same way alowing the read to the right side. It wasnt as much of a zone read as designed give/pull as both Hurts or either back followed a blocker pulling against the grain most times. This needs to be corrected before the rematch.
off that point could you imagine Barkley running through the type holes the Eagles created? I would copycat the hell out of the blocking scheme. (not that we have the blockers to execute)
I think that Hurts was both the Eagles best player and the reason they lost yesterday. Hard to pull that off in this league.
Cant Ignore Solder not even steping off the ball correctly when Cox beat him to bury Barkley as he got the handoff. If he just stood his ground he would have effected Cox's path.
Also Watching Billy price getting whipped over ad over is bad enough but watching him let someone blow by on oneside while he helps out the guard on the other side who acctually has his guy tied up was comical
That Solder "non-block" on Cox was shockingly bad. He really slammed Barkley. I would just suffer the pains with Peart rather than play Solder
Maybe that OC pushed that mentality because he realized his starting QB had a back up's talent?
I think people should look at Tannehill's career stats before confirming he was a bust in Miami. In years 2-4, he averaged 4,200 yards and 25 TD's. As I've said many times, if Jones had those kind of stats, many BBIers would be sewing him a yellow jacket.
When Daniel Jones wins an MVP and goes to the playoffs three years in a row, we'll cut him some slack.
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"its difficult to evaluate him in these situations"..
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
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How many years of inept QB play would you like to see before coming to the obvious conclusion?
My answer was simply "No" based on the fact that you're putting a lot of words in my mouth that I'm not saying at all.
I'm trying to do my best to make a fair evaluation of the kid under the firm understanding that he's been given a horrible situation to work with between having one of the league's worst Oline's and an OC who pushed a back up's mentality of "don't lose the game for your team" on him.
To say I won't evaluate him until he's good isn't accurate at all. I was on a thread last week actually saying I'd be all for the next GM taking a QB with pick 1 if they genuinely thought he was better so I'm certainly not married to Jones. With that being said we've also watched Ryan Tannehill go from a complete bust to QB'ing one of the best offenses in the NFL. What changed? The situation.
As it sits right now I'd slightly lean to Jones not being the guy, but again, he's really been given a bad hand to play with and that can't be discounted.
You have to forgive a lot of inept play and overlook poor ability in isolation to come to your conclusion. I don't think you are being *fair*. Rather you are being deferential to Jones.
Can we please stop with this horseshit? Just because other starters have a bad game doesn't excuse Jones's string of bad games. In 37 starts he's had 6 very good games. 6. Lamar Jackson has an MVP award. Don't compare Jones to him until Jones gets one.
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Robison is a step behind but shows well enough to be hopefull for. Reminds me of Mckinney at the begining if the season where he was just a step late. If he can turn it on great.
The eagles gashed us running the ball and most of it was blocked the same way alowing the read to the right side. It wasnt as much of a zone read as designed give/pull as both Hurts or either back followed a blocker pulling against the grain most times. This needs to be corrected before the rematch.
off that point could you imagine Barkley running through the type holes the Eagles created? I would copycat the hell out of the blocking scheme. (not that we have the blockers to execute)
I think that Hurts was both the Eagles best player and the reason they lost yesterday. Hard to pull that off in this league.
Cant Ignore Solder not even steping off the ball correctly when Cox beat him to bury Barkley as he got the handoff. If he just stood his ground he would have effected Cox's path.
Also Watching Billy price getting whipped over ad over is bad enough but watching him let someone blow by on oneside while he helps out the guard on the other side who acctually has his guy tied up was comical
That Solder "non-block" on Cox was shockingly bad. He really slammed Barkley. I would just suffer the pains with Peart rather than play Solder
THIS! How much worse could Peart possibly be? And he at least has a chance to improve.
Okay so they had a bad week.Jackson has an NFL MVP on his resume. Jackson and Mayfield have significantly better track records going back to college than Jones by miles and miles.
Jones doesn't have a good track record including college. He's had a few good games but overall on balance he has been a bad NFL quarterback.
I will never understand this argument from fans. Do people really think he's going to suddenly become a good quarterback if given enough time?
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...an OC who pushed a back up's mentality of "don't lose the game for your team" on him.
Maybe that OC pushed that mentality because he realized his starting QB had a back up's talent?
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With that being said we've also watched Ryan Tannehill go from a complete bust to QB'ing one of the best offenses in the NFL. What changed? The situation.
I think people should look at Tannehill's career stats before confirming he was a bust in Miami. In years 2-4, he averaged 4,200 yards and 25 TD's. As I've said many times, if Jones had those kind of stats, many BBIers would be sewing him a yellow jacket.
Jones was on pace to set a rookie TD record his first season under Pat Shurmur. There's talent and ability there. The real question is whether or not a mix of misguided coaching and a poor supporting cast has ruined the kid.
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"its difficult to evaluate him in these situations"..
What you are really saying is, "I won't evaluate him until he is good".
it's ok, you're a fan and you are entitled to not be objective.
But the fact that after 37 starts you can't say he's good or great, means he is bad.
He has put up so many clearly bad and mediocre performances, shown, clearly, so many defects to his game, you should just call him what he is.
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How many years of inept QB play would you like to see before coming to the obvious conclusion?
My answer was simply "No" based on the fact that you're putting a lot of words in my mouth that I'm not saying at all.
I'm trying to do my best to make a fair evaluation of the kid under the firm understanding that he's been given a horrible situation to work with between having one of the league's worst Oline's and an OC who pushed a back up's mentality of "don't lose the game for your team" on him.
To say I won't evaluate him until he's good isn't accurate at all. I was on a thread last week actually saying I'd be all for the next GM taking a QB with pick 1 if they genuinely thought he was better so I'm certainly not married to Jones. With that being said we've also watched Ryan Tannehill go from a complete bust to QB'ing one of the best offenses in the NFL. What changed? The situation.
As it sits right now I'd slightly lean to Jones not being the guy, but again, he's really been given a bad hand to play with and that can't be discounted.
You have to forgive a lot of inept play and overlook poor ability in isolation to come to your conclusion. I don't think you are being *fair*. Rather you are being deferential to Jones.
To be very polite your responses haven't made me feel like you've actually read my posts or you're just not going to be happy until I say the words "the kid sucks".
There was nothing in my last statement that would indicate at all that I was being deferential or even defensive of Jones. I literally said that I'd take another QB if the new GM has a conviction that person is better and my lean is towards him not being the guy.
Can you do it under pressure is what defines them as great.
Jones was under constant pressure at Duke.
He has been under pressure consistently for NY.
He has not improved his game under pressure.
That is a big problem, with no reasonable hope for improvement.
You said that, not me.
Others here pointed out they were tired of hearing it.
Now you say you either don't mean it or I don't understand what you mean, or I don't understand your clarification.
We have spent too much time as a team and a fanbase with faux balance, and pretend objectivity. It's time to say what we see. We don't owe Jones anything. The Giants made him a multimillionaire. He owes us great play. He is not great. He is not good. And after 37 starts I think one can make an evaluation.
Perhaps when you said "cannot make an evaluation" you didn't make your point clearly. But "cannot make an evaluation" means not sure if Jones can still be good. So if that's how you feel, I will say you are wrong. Jones can't be good.
Jones was on pace to set a rookie TD record his first season under Pat Shurmur. There's talent and ability there. The real question is whether or not a mix of misguided coaching and a poor supporting cast has ruined the kid.
That's a feather in Pat Shurmur's cap, for sure.
How about….Did you watch the 6 minute TD drive in the 3rd period? Jones both ran and threw the ball well on that drive too.
And of course, Jones was 19-30 for 202, 1 TD, QBR of 94 and no turnovers.
Since when have these numbers become nothing special? If Jones makes one turnover, all the Jones haters come out of the woodwork to remind us of that. And don’t forget….he did all that behind a horrible line and with no running game, except the one run by SB.
I won’t mention the few times he led the team down the field in the first half…one for a FG and one for a missed FG. Nothing special I guess.
He needs a good team around him, especially an good OL.
You said that, not me.
Others here pointed out they were tired of hearing it.
Now you say you either don't mean it or I don't understand what you mean, or I don't understand your clarification.
We have spent too much time as a team and a fanbase with faux balance, and pretend objectivity. It's time to say what we see. We don't owe Jones anything. The Giants made him a multimillionaire. He owes us great play. He is not great. He is not good. And after 37 starts I think one can make an evaluation.
Perhaps when you said "cannot make an evaluation" you didn't make your point clearly. But "cannot make an evaluation" means not sure if Jones can still be good. So if that's how you feel, I will say you are wrong. Jones can't be good.
Would using the phrase "Not ready to make a final decision and move on" work better?
My issue with moving on with him right this second is 2 fold:
First - When he was in Shurmur's offense the narrative was "If he stopped fumbling he'd be good". He did cut down massively on the fumbles and turnovers as a whole. His issue now is that he doesn't put the ball in the end zone, but we've seen he can do it. So this puts the thought in my head that in the right system he can produce.
Second - I'm 100% of the mindset that if you're going to bring in a young QB through the draft you want to do everything you can to get him in a good situation as fast as possible. This means right coordinator, offensive weapons and capable offensive line. Right now we for sure don't have 2 of the 3 and the third (weapons) can even be questioned. I'd rather fix the situation first, see if Jones improves at which point we don't need to take a QB, but if Jones doesn't improve we now bring the new QB into a situation where he can succeed.
I've very mindful that you can ruin a young QB in this league very easily because we've seen the same teams do it over and over again through the past 25 years. It also should remind us how blessed we were to have Eli. Either way, I think its the best long term approach for this team to be patient (not beyond 1 more year) with Jones and focus on fixing the situation around him as it will transfer to the next guy if you don't.
Eli couldn't throw a fade or a screen - what does that tell you? Eli was probably one of the worst screen QBs I have ever seen and his fades were bad too, yet he is close to HoF.