Manning said the Giants need to keep building around the 26-year-old, who tore his right ACL on Nov. 5 against the Raiders.
“They saw Daniel Jones, they were around him. They had him for a year and they trusted that, ‘Hey, this is a kid that has a bunch of upside,'” Manning told Andrew Marchand and John Ourand of the new Giants regime that started in 2022. “He’s still in the first year of the offense, played extremely well. He can run, he’s tough. He can make the throws. Just unfortunately, this was a tough year with injuries. … And so, I think you still got to trust your quarterback.
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Eli is not an impartial observer. He's entitled to his opinion, but if it carries any weight whatsoever in the evaluation of any position, that's a problem.
I wouldn't doubt if Johnny Boy called Eli directly. I think they locked Hanlon in a closet.
I appreciate his thoughts but I also would not expect him to take any shots at a player (especially the Giants).
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“I think it’s different when you played for a team, and so I resonate with the players,” Manning said. “Think about what they’re going through. I’m pals with Daniel Jones. I talk with Saquon and Sterling Shepard, the guys who I play with, and so I feel for ’em. I feel for more of the players than the diehard fans that have been watching the Giants for 40 years and they go to every game and it’s like the family tradition.
Eli is not an impartial observer. He's entitled to his opinion, but if it carries any weight whatsoever in the evaluation of any position, that's a problem.
Yep. What's he gonna do? Throw his friend under the bus?
I'm sure he'll get along with Caleb or Maye just as well
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“I think it’s different when you played for a team, and so I resonate with the players,” Manning said. “Think about what they’re going through. I’m pals with Daniel Jones. I talk with Saquon and Sterling Shepard, the guys who I play with, and so I feel for ’em. I feel for more of the players than the diehard fans that have been watching the Giants for 40 years and they go to every game and it’s like the family tradition.
Eli is not an impartial observer. He's entitled to his opinion, but if it carries any weight whatsoever in the evaluation of any position, that's a problem.
Yep. What's he gonna do? Throw his friend under the bus?
I'm sure he'll get along with Caleb or Maye just as well
This. He is not throwing a friend under the bus. I doubt Eli would willfully shill for the FO.
in on the conspiracy too.
Look for upcoming pro DJ statements from LT, Simms, Carson, OJ Anderson and Strahan.
Boomer also made the point in the unlikely situation you can trade him, they'll need to prop him up.
You guys read way too much into these.
“He’s going to come back, he’s going to be healthy. He works hard. He’s a great teammate. He does all the intangible things really, really well, and I think they got to trust him, can put some guys, get help around them and continue to grow with these teams. I think when you sign your key guys to contracts, Saquon [Barkley], Dexter Lawrence, Daniel … you put these guys, you keep adding guys around them and you don’t just say, hey, switch it up right away because you have one bad year.”
I'm expecting a missive next from John Mara.
"We've done everything..."
Part II
“He works hard. He’s a great teammate. He does all the intangible things really, really well.”
But doesn't win many football games
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I don't think Eli is a shill... I think he believes this.
“He works hard. He’s a great teammate. He does all the intangible things really, really well.”
But doesn't win many football games
Of course you are right... I mean this is a one man team.
Win. Fucking. Games.
Not really. Predictable.
I don't follow... what is so interesting about the timing?
If it's April 26th and we are discussing Marvin Harrison Jr, that's a different story. I know the Giants don't deserve the benefit of the doubt, but I trust Schoen & Daboll to understand the opportunity they have here to draft a franchise altering QB.
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Huh?
I don't follow... what is so interesting about the timing?
This is about the fourth person this week connected to the Giants to come out in defense of Jones.
They’re either trial balloons or the Giants trying to distract from the garbage on the field, or both.
The man just blew his knee out and had a serious neck injury prior to it. The Giants would be insane to get into next season counting on his full recovery and not expecting something to happen again later, namely related to the neck injury he's not sustained twice. It would be a total loss of a season and the players would know it.
The Giants will draft a QB early. Schoen isn't making trips around to USC and UNC for the fun of it. The team will be in prime position to pick a top QB prospect, and will.
People are reading way too hard into these. Eli never really rocked the boat on any former teammate other than a little Tiki jab.
Boomer also made the point in the unlikely situation you can trade him, they'll need to prop him up.
Fuck that severely big headed SOB, I don't GAF about any opinion he has on the Giants.
Insofar as Eli, what did you guys expect?
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Huh?
I don't follow... what is so interesting about the timing?
This is about the fourth person this week connected to the Giants to come out in defense of Jones.
They’re either trial balloons or the Giants trying to distract from the garbage on the field, or both.
There is literally no downside to putting out positive info about DJ. If they want trade him (keep the value as high as possible), keep him but draft another QB (keep other teams guessing as to what they'll do), or in the slim chance they plan to keep him, he and the other players will know the franchise was in his corner.
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Huh?
I don't follow... what is so interesting about the timing?
This is about the fourth person this week connected to the Giants to come out in defense of Jones.
They’re either trial balloons or the Giants trying to distract from the garbage on the field, or both.
Perhaps, just maybe, those people that said it, meant it. Shocking that former teammates would come out in support of a guy that blew out his knee. Shocking. They were all prompeted by the FO....
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Lol, yes go ahead and put words in Eli s mouth. Unbelievable, the lengths some of you will go.
“He’s going to come back, he’s going to be healthy. He works hard. He’s a great teammate. He does all the intangible things really, really well, and I think they got to trust him, can put some guys, get help around them and continue to grow with these teams. I think when you sign your key guys to contracts, Saquon [Barkley], Dexter Lawrence, Daniel … you put these guys, you keep adding guys around them and you don’t just say, hey, switch it up right away because you have one bad year.”
One bad year? One? Wtf alternate universe has Eli been living in?
Not surprised by the reaction. When you read something about Jones, from the guy who played the position, that you don’t agree with, blame it on Johnny Boy
Very disrespectful to Eli by the way to suggest what you are suggesting
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This is funny.
2. Eli was asked about this on a radio show. He wasn't out on Madison Avenue looking for someone with a microphone to talk to. There is nothing interesting about the timing.