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Which QB Did You Want in the Draft- JJM, Penix, or Nix

gersh : 8/10/2024 10:05 pm
Answer now or please STFU

I keep hearing - if JJM, Penix or Nix turn out to be franchise QBs, then Schoen really fked up.
But- he could have only drafted one (and then would not have Nabers).
So, instead of whining about the 3 QBs he should have taken - go on record now-
WHICH QB SHOULD THE GIANTS HAVE DRAFTED
(And no Caleb, Daniel’s for Maye)
Personally,  
OntheRoad : 8/10/2024 10:10 pm : link

I wanted the Giants not to draft a QB this year.
 
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 8/10/2024 10:11 pm : link
JJM.
Penix  
Woodstock : 8/10/2024 10:12 pm : link
His arm talent is crazy but those injuries worry me
 
christian : 8/10/2024 10:15 pm : link
I wanted the Giants to trade back and pick Bowers, and then trade up for Nix.

We never got an answer but in the 2nd to last Hard Knocks episode, it was strongly implied Minnesota offered the Giants picks 11 and 23.

In that scenario I would want them to pick Nic at 11 and Thomas at 23.
Penix but would have been fine  
UConn4523 : 8/10/2024 10:17 pm : link
with any of them. Don’t care anymore though, the ship has sailed and if Jones doesn’t work out, on to the next draft FA or trade.
Penix  
Go Terps : 8/10/2024 10:21 pm : link
The Giants weren't worried about the injuries; he wasn't color coded on their board.

They just didn't like him.
I wanted  
Giantsbigblue : 8/10/2024 10:22 pm : link
MHjr, Nabers, or Bowers.
McCarthy  
HardTruth : 8/10/2024 10:26 pm : link
Ive long been on record
JJM  
Scooter185 : 8/10/2024 10:28 pm : link
Although I wouldn't have complained about one of the other two.
RE: I wanted the Giants not to draft a QB this year.  
Trainmaster : 8/10/2024 10:30 pm : link
This.

Not a member of the DJFC, just didn’t think any one of the 2nd tier QBs were top 10 or even sure fire first round prospects.

Nabers looking like Hakeem Nicks 2.0, which would be a fine use of the 6th overall pick.



I was a Nix guy, and was hoping after taking Nabers we could trade  
PatersonPlank : 8/10/2024 10:34 pm : link
back up and grab him
McCarthy  
LW_Giants : 8/10/2024 10:45 pm : link
...
None...  
bw in dc : 8/10/2024 10:46 pm : link
but I viewed them all as more talented prospects than Jones.

So, I could have lived with Schoen taking the lottery risk for Nix or McCarthy.

Penix was/is a very talented thrower, but I think he's too one dimensional. In today's game, I think a dual threat is the better solution.
Penix  
sb from NYT Forum : 8/10/2024 10:56 pm : link
...if the Giants traded down.
JJM  
Rick in Dallas : 8/10/2024 11:12 pm : link
Out of those 3.
Happy with Nabers.
RE: Penix  
gersh : 8/10/2024 11:16 pm : link
In comment 16573661 sb from NYT Forum said:
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...if the Giants traded down.

Penix was picked 8th
RE: RE: Penix  
sb from NYT Forum : 8/10/2024 11:21 pm : link
In comment 16573672 gersh said:
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In comment 16573661 sb from NYT Forum said:


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...if the Giants traded down.


Penix was picked 8th


No shit, I had no way of knowing that before the draft.

Before the draft I wanted Penix, but not at #6.
A note about the Giants' draft board  
Go Terps : 8/10/2024 11:28 pm : link
Was it ever identified what the blue coloring on a prospect meant? Because of the six first round quarterbacks the only one that has a color was Maye in blue. I saw it speculated that blue meant "high character", but how the hell is Maye high character and the other five aren't?
Caleb  
Toth029 : 8/10/2024 11:32 pm : link
Maye or JJ. Maye and Caleb were impossible to get but JJ was available.

Best option after is a blue chip prospect in a wide receiver. I don't hate the Nabers pick at all, though. I actually feel it's the next best pick they could have made.
RE: A note about the Giants' draft board  
Eric on Li : 8/10/2024 11:34 pm : link
In comment 16573677 Go Terps said:
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Was it ever identified what the blue coloring on a prospect meant? Because of the six first round quarterbacks the only one that has a color was Maye in blue. I saw it speculated that blue meant "high character", but how the hell is Maye high character and the other five aren't?


it was some kind of high character or leadership fit designation. lassiter had it as well and he was their clear target in round 2.

i dont find it too surprising the other qbs didnt have it btw - we know they passed on the other 3 but both daniels and caleb did have some personality questions. daniels' asu teammates had a very different take on him than lsu.
Penix  
Jim in Forest Hills : 8/10/2024 11:41 pm : link
Really bummed they didn’t take him
my answer is jjm by the way  
Eric on Li : 8/10/2024 11:42 pm : link
and apropos of terps question, id actually speculate they passed on him bc they just didnt click with his personality. one of his supposed selling points was that he was everything you'd want in terms of leadership qualities and yet they didnt give him the blue designation.
Didn’t want a QB  
Rudy5757 : 8/10/2024 11:42 pm : link
I wanted Nabers. Very happy with the draft.

I don’t think any of the QBs will be great even the top 3. Williams and Daniels looked good today but it doesn’t change my opinion.

We seem to have gotten a great player be happy with that.
Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
Go Terps : 8/10/2024 11:43 pm : link
But the other three? All we heard about was what a great guy McCarthy is, and living out here and following the Pac-12 you couldn't find a bad word about either Penix or Nix. And now Penix sounds like a ten year very every time he talks, and Nix was thought highly enough of by as critical a QB coach as there is in Payton.

So fine, they didn't rate any of Penix/McCarthy/Nix as players. But Maye gets the high character tag and they don't? Ok...
Penix.  
chiro56 : 8/10/2024 11:55 pm : link
Very good college QB
RE: Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
Eric on Li : 8/11/2024 12:03 am : link
In comment 16573688 Go Terps said:
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But the other three? All we heard about was what a great guy McCarthy is, and living out here and following the Pac-12 you couldn't find a bad word about either Penix or Nix. And now Penix sounds like a ten year very every time he talks, and Nix was thought highly enough of by as critical a QB coach as there is in Payton.

So fine, they didn't rate any of Penix/McCarthy/Nix as players. But Maye gets the high character tag and they don't? Ok...


from HK maye was clearly the guy who did the best with them "on the board" and he had all the same positive adjectives about his leadership and work ethic in his scouting reports.

also remember they obviously loved Nabers but he wasn't blue either. MHJ and Odunze were. they said they'd trade up for daniels too even though he wasnt blue. not being blue didnt mean undraftable even at 6 or in the top 3.

RE: RE: Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
Go Terps : 8/11/2024 12:17 am : link
In comment 16573697 Eric on Li said:
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In comment 16573688 Go Terps said:


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But the other three? All we heard about was what a great guy McCarthy is, and living out here and following the Pac-12 you couldn't find a bad word about either Penix or Nix. And now Penix sounds like a ten year very every time he talks, and Nix was thought highly enough of by as critical a QB coach as there is in Payton.

So fine, they didn't rate any of Penix/McCarthy/Nix as players. But Maye gets the high character tag and they don't? Ok...



from HK maye was clearly the guy who did the best with them "on the board" and he had all the same positive adjectives about his leadership and work ethic in his scouting reports.

also remember they obviously loved Nabers but he wasn't blue either. MHJ and Odunze were. they said they'd trade up for daniels too even though he wasnt blue. not being blue didnt mean undraftable even at 6 or in the top 3.



Yeah, but we also heard Schoen spout some foolishness about scouting QBs differently, and that NY was somehow tougher for QBs.

Can we agree that Schoen is past the "I was there when Josh Allen was drafted" seal of freshness? What are we doing here at QB? And I'm not just talking about Jones.
Nabers  
Fifty Six : 8/11/2024 12:31 am : link
IMO you don't force it
Penix  
averagejoe : 8/11/2024 1:54 am : link
was my pick all along. Love the arm talent and would have taken him at 6. Jones has set the bar so low Penix was bound to be an improvement .
Was very on the record with friends and family  
You'reMyBoyBlue!! : 8/11/2024 2:48 am : link
—McCarthy.

Am still insanely excited to watch Nabers play
RE: JJM  
Mike in NY : 8/11/2024 3:39 am : link
In comment 16573670 Rick in Dallas said:
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Out of those 3.
Happy with Nabers.


That sums up how I felt as well. Penix and Nix I thought would be a case of taking Day 2 QB’s at 6.
RE: Penix  
Mike in NY : 8/11/2024 3:44 am : link
In comment 16573644 Go Terps said:
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The Giants weren't worried about the injuries; he wasn't color coded on their board.

They just didn't like him.


Red appears to be those with recent injuries not that they weren’t worried about the injuries. Latu didn’t have it either and he was medically retired at one point. They also supposedly did like McKinstry in Round 2. What that tells me is that the Giants feel that their ranking system adequately places guys with an injury history and they don’t also label the player.
And yet another team drafted Latu at #15  
Go Terps : 8/11/2024 4:57 am : link
And Penix was drafted #8 overall.

I'm guessing the league was fine with Penix's health.
QBs  
stretch234 : 8/11/2024 5:51 am : link
None of them

Never got the love for Nix - he was not good until he played with superior talent in a conference that played zero defense. He was not a good player in the SEC

Penix could throw but how many times did he just throw it up and have his WR get it. He can’t move enough and the Giants OL has proven you need to move back there

JJM to me just seemed like a guy who was riding along with a great OL, tremendous defense and a elite HC

I wanted the Giants to get A WR. I go into every season optimistic regardless
There were four top ten graded quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL draft  
The Mike : 8/11/2024 5:52 am : link
Williams, Daniels, Maye and Penix. Nix and JJM were arguably late first or even second round graded talents. The only guy that was superior to Harrison or Nabers as a top ten graded player after the first three quarterbacks, even with positional value in consideration, was Penix. I would have had no problem if Schoen had selected Penix. But his injury history remains a relevant issue so I get passing on him at six. And my guess is, that is why he was way down on the Giants draft board. Clearly Atlanta took a major risk in selecting Penix after signing Cousins to that contract, arguably the most significant draft day risk I can recall in recent memory, so they clearly see the value. And so far, based on the early camp feedback and his first game against Miami, Penix has looked terrific. Barring injury, Penix could ultimately be the best player selected in the 2024 draft. Time will tell.

Can JJM or Nix be successful championship calibre quarterbacks in the NFL despite their lesser grade? Of course. Brock Purdy is a successful quarterback. As was Tom Brady. And Drew Brees. And Joe Montana. And Johnny Unitas. But they can also be championship busts. Like Sam Darnold. And Josh Rosen. And Zach Wilson. And Trey Lance. And Tim Couch. And Rick Mirer. And Heath Schuler. And Art Schlichter. And JaMarcus Russell. And Ryan Leaf. So there has to be significant consideration given to the risk/reward proposition of a prospect. To me, a Milton or a Pratt in the sixth round was a considerably better risk/reward proposition than either Nix or JJM.

And Milton looked just as good as JJM did in the first preseason game. Meaning absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things given the scrubs and vanilla schemes they were playing against.
Personality, I wanted Nabers  
George from PA : 8/11/2024 6:27 am : link
But I would have been fine if the Giants went QB.

Who I do not know....I just felt the QBs were over hyped.

Rarely, drafted QBs become franchise QBs....and this year there were 6.?????

Red Flags to me
RE: None...  
Optimus-NY : 8/11/2024 6:35 am : link
In comment 16573658 bw in dc said:
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but I viewed them all as more talented prospects than Jones.

So, I could have lived with Schoen taking the lottery risk for Nix or McCarthy.

Penix was/is a very talented thrower, but I think he's too one dimensional. In today's game, I think a dual threat is the better solution.


Pretty much this. I was high on Penix, but his injury history scared me off. Nix is a perfect system QB IMO. He fits Sean Payton's offense like a glove. I don't think it's a coincidence that he got drafted by that team. That leaves JJM. I could've lived with the NYG drafting JJM for the reason stated above, but I don't think Schoen & Daboll did that, then their proverbial die would have been cast. Once they've hitched their wagon to a QB prospect in the early first round, their countdown will truly begin IMO. I don't think they were ready to do that with JJM because they would have been judged by his success/failure.
I was always a Nix  
section125 : 8/11/2024 6:39 am : link
guy initially. I think he will do well. However, while I really wanted a replacement for Jones, I was quite happy with Nabers. Even more now seeing how he is basically uncoverable a better combo of OBJ quickness and VC's shiftiness.

JJMc seemed a bit on the edge to me, too tightly wound. He looks good, but every pass he threw was at 100%. Very mechanical.

Penix injuries did give me pause and while he has a canon arm, he did not do well in the National Champ Game, lots of missed passes.
I would have drafted  
Lines of Scrimmage : 8/11/2024 6:53 am : link
JM first and then Nix. Hardly saw Maye. Not interested in Daniels (talent/size wise) or Penix (talent and injuries) unless later in the draft. Liked Williams talent wise but had some issues with his leadership and wouldn't trade up.

I don't push for many QB's. Since '18, Young and Allen were my two favorites.
I wanted Maye  
jvm52106 : 8/11/2024 7:00 am : link
And absolutely own it.


I would say let's not go overboard on plays made in the preseason by rookie QB's- especially guys coming in during the late 3rd and 4th quarters...

Right now all that matters is Nabers seems like he could Pro Bowl worthy right off the bat..
The OP seems to suggest...  
Jim in Tampa : 8/11/2024 7:14 am : link
that unless we identify the QB we would have selected (from the second tier list) and "go on record" as preferring that QB over Nabers, then we relinquish the right to complain about Schoen if ANY of those 3 QBs make it big.

If that's what this thread is about, then news flash... we are just fans. As fans, we don't have access to team scouting reports, player interviews and medicals... and we're not the ones who are paid the big bucks to get it right. That's Joe Schoen's job.

If one of the 3 QBs who were available at 6 becomes a big-time, franchise QB, then yes, Schoen should be held accountable... regardless of which player this fan would have chosen.
Well for me ..  
Hades07 : 8/11/2024 7:16 am : link
...I had all 3 WRs at the top of the draft ahead of all the QBs.

Due to positional importance, I would have only taken Williams or Maye ahead of any of the three.
I wanted a QB at six  
Sean : 8/11/2024 7:28 am : link
Leading up to the draft I kept going back to what George Young said about Simms. Paraphrasing: "everyone said Simms was a late first round pick, well we didn't have a late first round pick. We had to pick him earlier."

Something I did agree on with Gettleman, he said if you have a first round grade on a QB, you love the QB.

The threshold was simple for me, if NYG had a first round grade on QB they should have taken them at six. So, that could have been JJM, Penix or Nix, I didn't care.

And I know what the rebuttal will be? That's how you end up with Daniel Jones. I was fine with the Jones pick. The time to move off him was after 2021 though. Either pick up the option or trade him after 2021. Instead, they took a half measure and ended up here.
RE: RE: RE: Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
Chris684 : 8/11/2024 7:39 am : link
In comment 16573701 Go Terps said:
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In comment 16573697 Eric on Li said:


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In comment 16573688 Go Terps said:


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But the other three? All we heard about was what a great guy McCarthy is, and living out here and following the Pac-12 you couldn't find a bad word about either Penix or Nix. And now Penix sounds like a ten year very every time he talks, and Nix was thought highly enough of by as critical a QB coach as there is in Payton.

So fine, they didn't rate any of Penix/McCarthy/Nix as players. But Maye gets the high character tag and they don't? Ok...



from HK maye was clearly the guy who did the best with them "on the board" and he had all the same positive adjectives about his leadership and work ethic in his scouting reports.

also remember they obviously loved Nabers but he wasn't blue either. MHJ and Odunze were. they said they'd trade up for daniels too even though he wasnt blue. not being blue didnt mean undraftable even at 6 or in the top 3.





Yeah, but we also heard Schoen spout some foolishness about scouting QBs differently, and that NY was somehow tougher for QBs.

Can we agree that Schoen is past the "I was there when Josh Allen was drafted" seal of freshness? What are we doing here at QB? And I'm not just talking about Jones.
RE: RE: RE: Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
Chris684 : 8/11/2024 7:49 am : link
In comment 16573701 Go Terps said:
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In comment 16573697 Eric on Li said:


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In comment 16573688 Go Terps said:


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But the other three? All we heard about was what a great guy McCarthy is, and living out here and following the Pac-12 you couldn't find a bad word about either Penix or Nix. And now Penix sounds like a ten year very every time he talks, and Nix was thought highly enough of by as critical a QB coach as there is in Payton.

So fine, they didn't rate any of Penix/McCarthy/Nix as players. But Maye gets the high character tag and they don't? Ok...



from HK maye was clearly the guy who did the best with them "on the board" and he had all the same positive adjectives about his leadership and work ethic in his scouting reports.

also remember they obviously loved Nabers but he wasn't blue either. MHJ and Odunze were. they said they'd trade up for daniels too even though he wasnt blue. not being blue didnt mean undraftable even at 6 or in the top 3.





Yeah, but we also heard Schoen spout some foolishness about scouting QBs differently, and that NY was somehow tougher for QBs.

Can we agree that Schoen is past the "I was there when Josh Allen was drafted" seal of freshness? What are we doing here at QB? And I'm not just talking about Jones.


Hit submit too early by accident on that last post but I very much agree with you on the QB situation this offseason.

I think it’s very convenient that we loved the unattainable QBs, and apparently had not shred of real interest on the next tier of guys available to us. It’s like Schoen has gotten some kind of pass because “he tried” to get Maye but he failed in doing so. And apparently after heavily courting pretty much every first round QB, we decided none of the others presented an upgrade.

I was on record as wanting McCarthy for what it’s worth. I do think Nabers will be a star, but Jones may get Schoen and Daboll canned before that matters. We didn’t have much a of a QB room to begin with and whatever plan they had hoped to execute for this offseason netted them a switch of Tyrod for Drew Lock. In other words, the QB room got worse.

If any of the 3 QBs taken after us flash a CJ Stroud type rookie year, what exactly do Schoen and Dabes tell us? Assuming Jones remains Jones.
RE: RE: RE: RE: Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
section125 : 8/11/2024 7:56 am : link
In comment 16573752 Chris684 said:
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If any of the 3 QBs taken after us flash a CJ Stroud type rookie year, what exactly do Schoen and Dabes tell us? Assuming Jones remains Jones.


It doesn't tell us anything except that those QBs are in a different situation than if they were with the Giants and would be without Nabers.

Jones is going to remain Jones. How could it be anything different? But he will be ok if he starts throwing some deep balls vs dump offs every passing attempt. It will be different if the line plays anything like it did vs the Lions in the scrimmages.

Chris  
Sean : 8/11/2024 7:58 am : link
I was with you in wanting McCarthy. They could have drafted a WR in the second round or just went with what they had.

I don't see how the stars will be more aligned for QB next April as opposed to what it was this year. Why isn't Daboll being utilized to develop high prospect QBs?

With that said, I don't doubt that Daboll fucking loves Nabers. And as others have alluded to, he may think he can work with any QB.
RE: I wanted a QB at six  
The Mike : 8/11/2024 8:06 am : link
In comment 16573747 Sean said:
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Leading up to the draft I kept going back to what George Young said about Simms. Paraphrasing: "everyone said Simms was a late first round pick, well we didn't have a late first round pick. We had to pick him earlier."

Something I did agree on with Gettleman, he said if you have a first round grade on a QB, you love the QB.

The threshold was simple for me, if NYG had a first round grade on QB they should have taken them at six. So, that could have been JJM, Penix or Nix, I didn't care.

And I know what the rebuttal will be? That's how you end up with Daniel Jones. I was fine with the Jones pick. The time to move off him was after 2021 though. Either pick up the option or trade him after 2021. Instead, they took a half measure and ended up here.


We can't solve the DJ problem with another DJ though and that is the risk of selecting a JJM or Nix. A guy who is anointed but who likely doesn't have the ceiling to warrant such a scholarship. And then having middling success so as to get stuck with mediocrity year after year. Remember, Trubisky threw for six TDs in a game. Bortles and Tannehill led their teams to AFC Championship games. And Mariota, Osweiler and DJ won playoff games. These are quarterback hell traps.

Yes, fast failure is the right strategy and you are right, after 2021 was the precise moment to move on from DJ. But that is ignoring the opportunity cost of making the wrong selection in the first place. You obviously can't view the parallel universe of selecting Josh Allen instead of DJ in 2019 and the obvious butterfly effect in doing so, but we would have absolutely then taken Justin Herbert in 2020. And then, because we would not have been so fixated maybe on getting a "weapon for Daniel" in 2021, we might have selected Micah Parsons instead of trading back for Kadarius Toney and ultimately, Evan Neal. Brian Burns and KT appear to have finally solidified the two Edges, but we are still drowning in the river Styx at quarterback.

Clearly this is all very hypothetical, but you get the point. Yes, hitting on a Mahomes, Allen or Burrow in the top ten is nirvana and sets up a decade or more of championship calibre football. But a wrong selection at quarterback with a top ten pick is infinitely worse than punting on the position for another round or another day.
I liked Penix  
gary_from_chester : 8/11/2024 8:07 am : link
The arm talent is undeniable. He’s a better mover than he is given credit for. Without the injury history, he’s gone before pick three. You have to take some shots at QB and I think he was worth it.

More than happy with Nabers but we still need a QB next year.
I hate to be that guy  
pjcas18 : 8/11/2024 8:08 am : link
and I don't give even a tiny shit where any player was rated. Rated by who? "experts" who have zero accountability if a player they rated highly shits the bed? This is why some of you say if Evan Neal winds up a bust and unplayable, he was still a good pick because he was highly rated. I used to think this way too, I don't anymore.

I wanted Schoen to go after a player he and Daboll had conviction on was a legit franchise QB they could win a SB with. Sounds like he tried to do that with Maye if we believe there was no gamesmanship and the talks with the Pats were to move up for Maye. He could have taken any of Nix, Penix or JJM. Who am I to say he should have?

I don't have enough knowledge of these QB's (and really none of us does except maybe Sy) to go "on record" and say player x was my guy. I know that's kind of fence sitting, but I just don't like my track record. lol.
I had no preference.  
Klaatu : 8/11/2024 8:12 am : link
I rarely watch college football.
Really wanted Maye or Daniels  
dd in Mass : 8/11/2024 8:14 am : link
ecstatic with the Nabers choice, mostly because of how Daboll plans to use him. He took the WR room from a perceived weakness to a strength.
 
christian : 8/11/2024 8:20 am : link
I wanted Daniels because he's from close to where I grew up, and he seems like the kind of guy I'd like to get high with. When he success I'll be sure to start a number of threads patting myself on the back.
Some people want it both ways they say they want conviction  
Orville Redenbacher : 8/11/2024 8:32 am : link
really as a way to avoid any accountability for the decision making because they don’t like people criticizing the team.

IE Nabers must be the right because the professionals made it and they had conviction and as the poster put it everyone else should STFU.

But if you want to be that kind of annoying person carrying around largely useless additions to a conversation then you must also accept that if those experts prove wrong they deserve criticism.

QB is the most important position on the field if we missed a guy that could have been our future to continue to trot out our below average, off injured QB fans deserve to criticize. We aren’t paid to do this, but many of us do pay to support it.

Sorry if you’d rather worship false idols but some of us just want people to perform well to be supportive as fans. Not sure why this is such a difficult concept for people to get or why you are so angry and defensive about people being held accountable
Once Harbaugh came out and said JJM had the greatest  
ThomasG : 8/11/2024 8:39 am : link
Pro Day of any QB prospect ever, that was all I needed to hear.
RE: Some people want it both ways they say they want conviction  
section125 : 8/11/2024 8:40 am : link
In comment 16573774 Orville Redenbacher said:
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really as a way to avoid any accountability for the decision making because they don’t like people criticizing the team.

IE Nabers must be the right because the professionals made it and they had conviction and as the poster put it everyone else should STFU.

But if you want to be that kind of annoying person carrying around largely useless additions to a conversation then you must also accept that if those experts prove wrong they deserve criticism.

QB is the most important position on the field if we missed a guy that could have been our future to continue to trot out our below average, off injured QB fans deserve to criticize. We aren’t paid to do this, but many of us do pay to support it.

Sorry if you’d rather worship false idols but some of us just want people to perform well to be supportive as fans. Not sure why this is such a difficult concept for people to get or why you are so angry and defensive about people being held accountable


Excellent mumbo jumbo POV!
RE: And yet another team drafted Latu at #15  
ajr2456 : 8/11/2024 8:40 am : link
In comment 16573716 Go Terps said:
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And Penix was drafted #8 overall.

I'm guessing the league was fine with Penix's health.


Didn’t something come out during the combine that teams were fine by his medical checks?
I didn't have a consistent view of the qb's. The only one I didn't  
Ira : 8/11/2024 8:43 am : link
want the Giants to take was Penix. At times I wanted the Giants to take JJM, Nix and to draft the best available receiver.
RE: RE: Some people want it both ways they say they want conviction  
Orville Redenbacher : 8/11/2024 8:44 am : link
In comment 16573777 section125 said:
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In comment 16573774 Orville Redenbacher said:


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really as a way to avoid any accountability for the decision making because they don’t like people criticizing the team.

IE Nabers must be the right because the professionals made it and they had conviction and as the poster put it everyone else should STFU.

But if you want to be that kind of annoying person carrying around largely useless additions to a conversation then you must also accept that if those experts prove wrong they deserve criticism.

QB is the most important position on the field if we missed a guy that could have been our future to continue to trot out our below average, off injured QB fans deserve to criticize. We aren’t paid to do this, but many of us do pay to support it.

Sorry if you’d rather worship false idols but some of us just want people to perform well to be supportive as fans. Not sure why this is such a difficult concept for people to get or why you are so angry and defensive about people being held accountable



Excellent mumbo jumbo POV!


So you give someone a non-response and accuse them of mumbo jumbo? I’m sorry people like you have their heads too far up the Giants FO’s bums they can’t see what it looks like to breath the free air
RE: RE: RE: Some people want it both ways they say they want conviction  
section125 : 8/11/2024 8:47 am : link
In comment 16573781 Orville Redenbacher said:
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In comment 16573777 section125 said:


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In comment 16573774 Orville Redenbacher said:


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really as a way to avoid any accountability for the decision making because they don’t like people criticizing the team.

IE Nabers must be the right because the professionals made it and they had conviction and as the poster put it everyone else should STFU.

But if you want to be that kind of annoying person carrying around largely useless additions to a conversation then you must also accept that if those experts prove wrong they deserve criticism.

QB is the most important position on the field if we missed a guy that could have been our future to continue to trot out our below average, off injured QB fans deserve to criticize. We aren’t paid to do this, but many of us do pay to support it.

Sorry if you’d rather worship false idols but some of us just want people to perform well to be supportive as fans. Not sure why this is such a difficult concept for people to get or why you are so angry and defensive about people being held accountable



Excellent mumbo jumbo POV!



So you give someone a non-response and accuse them of mumbo jumbo? I’m sorry people like you have their heads too far up the Giants FO’s bums they can’t see what it looks like to breath the free air


Re-read your post. Then explain to me what your point is. It is mumbo jumbo - a confusing mass of words. I haven't a clue as to what you are saying.
if that word salad was referring in any way to me  
pjcas18 : 8/11/2024 8:52 am : link
this completely misconstrues my point.

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...IE Nabers must be the right because the professionals made it and they had conviction and as the poster put it everyone else should STFU. ..


What I am saying is I am not qualified to say "they should have taken player x instead" because *I* don't have enough knowledge to know.

I am NOT saying Nabers was the right pick simply because Schoen made it. lol. If Nabers busts and Jones doesn't play better with better talent around him and the Giants are picking top 10 again in 2025, I think Schoen and Daboll's jobs should be on the line.

I am just not arrogant enough to believe my opinion matters enough to "go on record" like it's a threat.

You and everyone else in the US (I will not include our UK brethren in here for reasons I won't mention) are of course free to opine on what you would do and denigrate the picks that were made and people who made them all you want.

I choose not to and I do think almost all the fans are pretty clueless. So who gives a shit who goes "on record"?

does that clarify it or will we get another word salad?
If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
Orville Redenbacher : 8/11/2024 8:53 am : link
that the Giants have hired professionals to make decisions and fan opinions are irrelevant next to the “experts.”

Then those professionals should get things right and if not be held accountable.

Not complicated. This bozo thinks fans need to be smarter than the professionals or they have no right to criticize. Then you have people like yourself on the other side acting like the Giants should be trusted when they haven’t earned that trust.

A lot of poor logic, no mumbo jumbo
RE: if that word salad was referring in any way to me  
Orville Redenbacher : 8/11/2024 8:55 am : link
In comment 16573783 pjcas18 said:
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this completely misconstrues my point.



Quote:


...IE Nabers must be the right because the professionals made it and they had conviction and as the poster put it everyone else should STFU. ..



What I am saying is I am not qualified to say "they should have taken player x instead" because *I* don't have enough knowledge to know.

I am NOT saying Nabers was the right pick simply because Schoen made it. lol. If Nabers busts and Jones doesn't play better with better talent around him and the Giants are picking top 10 again in 2025, I think Schoen and Daboll's jobs should be on the line.

I am just not arrogant enough to believe my opinion matters enough to "go on record" like it's a threat.

You and everyone else in the US (I will not include our UK brethren in here for reasons I won't mention) are of course free to opine on what you would do and denigrate the picks that were made and people who made them all you want.

I choose not to and I do think almost all the fans are pretty clueless. So who gives a shit who goes "on record"?

does that clarify it or will we get another word salad?


I wasn’t at all talking to you. I think this go on record stuff is dumb. The Giants should be held accountable for being right or wrong regardless of people’s draft prognostications
Very much wanted McCarthy,  
barens : 8/11/2024 8:55 am : link
Maybe because I’m a Michigan fan. Also wanted Corum, and either OG Keegan or Zinter.

But very happy with Nabers, and pleasantly surprised to hear how well Jones is doing in training camp.
RE: If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
section125 : 8/11/2024 9:01 am : link
In comment 16573785 Orville Redenbacher said:
Quote:
that the Giants have hired professionals to make decisions and fan opinions are irrelevant next to the “experts.”

Then those professionals should get things right and if not be held accountable.

Not complicated. This bozo thinks fans need to be smarter than the professionals or they have no right to criticize. Then you have people like yourself on the other side acting like the Giants should be trusted when they haven’t earned that trust.

A lot of poor logic, no mumbo jumbo


That was a clearer post, thank you.

About me, you are semi-right. I do trust them a hell of a lot more than the couch potatoes(means all of us) posting their opinions as fact. Some posters are one trick ponies and cannot see the forest because of the trees, especially on QB. Most of us, probably vast majority, do not think highly of Jones. However, getting a QB in the 1st round to take a QB is stupid especially when a guy like Nabers is there.
JJM  
Danny Kanell : 8/11/2024 9:05 am : link
Going into Draft day, I wanted him over everyone other than Williams.
RE: If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
barens : 8/11/2024 9:07 am : link
In comment 16573785 Orville Redenbacher said:
Quote:
that the Giants have hired professionals to make decisions and fan opinions are irrelevant next to the “experts.”

Then those professionals should get things right and if not be held accountable.

Not complicated. This bozo thinks fans need to be smarter than the professionals or they have no right to criticize. Then you have people like yourself on the other side acting like the Giants should be trusted when they haven’t earned that trust.

A lot of poor logic, no mumbo jumbo


You lost all credibility with “this bozo”.
Early before the draft  
Boatie Warrant : 8/11/2024 9:33 am : link
I was hoping we had a shot at Daniel's. Short of that I wanted one of the three wrs with Nabers as preference.

If I had to choose between those 3 QBs at 6 I would have taken JJ. To me the WR selection had more value.


well...  
4xchamps : 8/11/2024 9:43 am : link
I wanted none of them. I wanted a WR.
McCarthy  
Archer : 8/11/2024 9:45 am : link
I liked the Nabers pick, but I have been consistent in my support of McCarthy.
I think that McCarthy will be the best QB of the draft.

His greatest asset was also a liability.
JJM is only 21. You have to project his upside and he may not be ready to start for a year.

Such an idiotic thought  
Mike from Ohio : 8/11/2024 10:02 am : link
A team that has had poor QB play for 5 years passes on 3 QBs at the top of the first round, and that can only be seen in hindsight as a mistake if a bunch of fans on their couch can name which of the 3 they would have taken?

The Giants pay scouts, analysts and front office personnel a lot of money to make these decisions. They need to get it right. Time will tell if they did.

The “tell me who you wanted right now or STFU” stuff sounds like an angry 6 year old throwing a tantrum on the floor. Delete this and stop embarrassing yourself.
The point of this thread  
gersh : 8/11/2024 10:02 am : link
Was an attempt to make this place bearable moving forward.
Admittedly, both a selfish and futile attempt.
So telling posters to put up or STFU, and calling them  
nygiantfan : 8/11/2024 10:09 am : link
whiners is going to help make the site more bearable?

Do you have a Plan B?



RE: RE: RE: Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
Eric on Li : 8/11/2024 10:15 am : link
In comment 16573701 Go Terps said:
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Yeah, but we also heard Schoen spout some foolishness about scouting QBs differently, and that NY was somehow tougher for QBs.

Can we agree that Schoen is past the "I was there when Josh Allen was drafted" seal of freshness? What are we doing here at QB? And I'm not just talking about Jones.


i disagree with the ny stuff being foolishness - just look across town at the foolishness they've suffered from sanchez through wilson.

i personally dont tie QB decisions to schoen as much as daboll. he is the QB expert. either he is asserting that expertise or he is a passenger who will fail. that's why he was clearly the one leading the QB interviews.
RE: So telling posters to put up or STFU, and calling them  
gersh : 8/11/2024 10:19 am : link
In comment 16573887 nygiantfan said:
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whiners is going to help make the site more bearable?

Do you have a Plan B?




Unfortunately, no.
RE: So telling posters to put up or STFU, and calling them  
gersh : 8/11/2024 10:19 am : link
In comment 16573887 nygiantfan said:
Quote:
whiners is going to help make the site more bearable?

Do you have a Plan B?




Unfortunately, no.
RE: RE: RE: RE: Fair enough on Williams and Daniels  
section125 : 8/11/2024 10:22 am : link
In comment 16573897 Eric on Li said:
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In comment 16573701 Go Terps said:


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Yeah, but we also heard Schoen spout some foolishness about scouting QBs differently, and that NY was somehow tougher for QBs.

Can we agree that Schoen is past the "I was there when Josh Allen was drafted" seal of freshness? What are we doing here at QB? And I'm not just talking about Jones.



i disagree with the ny stuff being foolishness - just look across town at the foolishness they've suffered from sanchez through wilson.

i personally dont tie QB decisions to schoen as much as daboll. he is the QB expert. either he is asserting that expertise or he is a passenger who will fail. that's why he was clearly the one leading the QB interviews.


GT is the one spouting foolishness. With QBs failing left and right, perhaps a different scouting method on drafting QBs is warranted.
RE: RE: If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
Orville Redenbacher : 8/11/2024 10:23 am : link
In comment 16573790 section125 said:
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In comment 16573785 Orville Redenbacher said:


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that the Giants have hired professionals to make decisions and fan opinions are irrelevant next to the “experts.”

Then those professionals should get things right and if not be held accountable.

Not complicated. This bozo thinks fans need to be smarter than the professionals or they have no right to criticize. Then you have people like yourself on the other side acting like the Giants should be trusted when they haven’t earned that trust.

A lot of poor logic, no mumbo jumbo



That was a clearer post, thank you.

About me, you are semi-right. I do trust them a hell of a lot more than the couch potatoes(means all of us) posting their opinions as fact. Some posters are one trick ponies and cannot see the forest because of the trees, especially on QB. Most of us, probably vast majority, do not think highly of Jones. However, getting a QB in the 1st round to take a QB is stupid especially when a guy like Nabers is there.


I think that is reasonable. Everyone should be allowed to trust as much or as little as they feel comfortable with. We need to be more respectful of that around here if people don’t share that.

Where we disagree is calling people couch potatoes because they aren’t football professionals. A lot of people can be successful in careers leaning on analytical abilities that would make their inferences better than even average performers in the NFL.

I don’t know what is so hard to understand about that, these people aren’t of any remote level of genius. They exposed themselves on hard knocks. People on BBI are certainly capable of putting in better thought, you should respect people’s beliefs on that not talk down to them because you revere the Giants front office more than them
RE: RE: RE: If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
Mbavaro : 8/11/2024 10:33 am : link
In comment 16573913 Orville Redenbacher said:
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In comment 16573790 section125 said:


Quote:


In comment 16573785 Orville Redenbacher said:


Quote:


that the Giants have hired professionals to make decisions and fan opinions are irrelevant next to the “experts.”

Then those professionals should get things right and if not be held accountable.

Not complicated. This bozo thinks fans need to be smarter than the professionals or they have no right to criticize. Then you have people like yourself on the other side acting like the Giants should be trusted when they haven’t earned that trust.

A lot of poor logic, no mumbo jumbo



That was a clearer post, thank you.

About me, you are semi-right. I do trust them a hell of a lot more than the couch potatoes(means all of us) posting their opinions as fact. Some posters are one trick ponies and cannot see the forest because of the trees, especially on QB. Most of us, probably vast majority, do not think highly of Jones. However, getting a QB in the 1st round to take a QB is stupid especially when a guy like Nabers is there.



I think that is reasonable. Everyone should be allowed to trust as much or as little as they feel comfortable with. We need to be more respectful of that around here if people don’t share that.

Where we disagree is calling people couch potatoes because they aren’t football professionals. A lot of people can be successful in careers leaning on analytical abilities that would make their inferences better than even average performers in the NFL.

I don’t know what is so hard to understand about that, these people aren’t of any remote level of genius. They exposed themselves on hard knocks. People on BBI are certainly capable of putting in better thought, you should respect people’s beliefs on that not talk down to them because you revere the Giants front office more than them


What was “exposed “ on Hard Knocks?
RE: RE: RE: If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
section125 : 8/11/2024 10:40 am : link
In comment 16573913 Orville Redenbacher said:
Quote:


Where we disagree is calling people couch potatoes because they aren’t football professionals. A lot of people can be successful in careers leaning on analytical abilities that would make their inferences better than even average performers in the NFL.

I don’t know what is so hard to understand about that, these people aren’t of any remote level of genius. They exposed themselves on hard knocks. People on BBI are certainly capable of putting in better thought, you should respect people’s beliefs on that not talk down to them because you revere the Giants front office more than them


Maybe it is you that should step back. I don't "revere" the FO and haven't a clue where that comes from. That I believe the FO knows better than 99% of BBI is simply the fact that if all the BBIers were that good, they'd be in the business scouting or coaching. Some have coached and have a better eye than I do, obviously.

Not sure what you saw on Hard Knocks but that is a wild take to believe BBIers know more than the pros. Some throw a lot against the wall and some of it sticks, true. Lot of smart people here whose opinions I do respect. Some are clowns and one trick ponies.

But since we beat that horse to death, I will leave it there.
JJM  
BigBlueCane : 8/11/2024 10:40 am : link
but NY is indeed harder on QBs then a lot of other cities.

We've seen proof of that with the tennants.
Penix, but really any of the three  
widmerseyebrow : 8/11/2024 10:55 am : link
would have aligned with this GM and coach's timeline. Pretty much the only way they can pick a QB next year is if they somehow both 1) suck bad enough to pick high enough and 2) still have their jobs in spite of sucking again. And if they suck again, it will take a unique set of circumstance to not want to start fresh with a new coach/GM who can pick their own QB, rather than risking another mid-contract coach switcheroo.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 8/11/2024 10:59 am : link
I find it a bit odd that we're comparing BBI posters evaluating players to guys like Schoen. I'm just a dude on the Internet who caught a couple of Michigan games this fall & have seen clips of JJM here & there, be it on TV or the Internet. I'm not watching game film on JJM...that's not my job. That's Joe's job so yeah, I'd hope he'd know better about JJM as a prospect than me. He's getting paid to make those decisions.
I didn’t particularly want any of them.  
81_Great_Dane : 8/11/2024 11:01 am : link
In the PFN mock simulator I tinkered with trading down but wasn’t very happy with the results.

I wasn’t against taking a QB. Barring one or nearly miraculous developments (DJ staying healthy and raising his game; Lock improving dramatically; DeVito becoming a starting-caliber QB), they’re going to need one after this season. They know that. Please, please not Dak. I just didn’t want any of them enough to pay the price to get them. Apparently the Giants felt the same way.

I might have gone for a developmental QB in the middle rounds but they have too many needs. And apparently they like DeVito so he’s their developmental prospect.
None! The Giants have a top tier qb, they have many other needs  
Jack Stroud : 8/11/2024 11:09 am : link
so dding a rookie qb would not have improved the team.
JJ McCarthy  
BlueVinnie : 8/11/2024 11:11 am : link
When you have a chance to grab a POTENTIAl franchise QB without sacrificing premium draft picks, you should take. The Giants spent more time with JJ than any other team (according to JJ himself). They must have at least liked him a lot. No prospect is perfect. They should have pulled the trigger.
RE: ...  
section125 : 8/11/2024 11:27 am : link
In comment 16573971 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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I find it a bit odd that we're comparing BBI posters evaluating players to guys like Schoen. I'm just a dude on the Internet who caught a couple of Michigan games this fall & have seen clips of JJM here & there, be it on TV or the Internet. I'm not watching game film on JJM...that's not my job. That's Joe's job so yeah, I'd hope he'd know better about JJM as a prospect than me. He's getting paid to make those decisions.


Sorry, not allowed to have that opinion....
.  
Go Terps : 8/11/2024 11:29 am : link
I still think the interesting question is how in the world Maye was the only quarterback in this draft to get a "high character" designation on their board. And I'd love to know more about their special process for scouting QBs that led them to both pay Jones and replace Taylor with Lock.
The more I see/hear from Daboll  
widmerseyebrow : 8/11/2024 11:36 am : link
The more I get the sense he could have worked with most of these QBs.

I wonder if there is a scenario where Schoen goes but Daboll stays.
RE: .  
Eric on Li : 8/11/2024 11:39 am : link
In comment 16574013 Go Terps said:
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I still think the interesting question is how in the world Maye was the only quarterback in this draft to get a "high character" designation on their board. And I'd love to know more about their special process for scouting QBs that led them to both pay Jones and replace Taylor with Lock.


we just got a better look at it than any fanbase ever has with HK. we saw daboll drilling all the QBs on terminology, how they'd make sight adjustments, on their thought process, their favorite plays, and just generally processing information. we saw like 2 minutes each of what were hours and hours of that. that's the how.

we can all state our preferences as we have in this thread based on what we see, but the off field is obviously foreign to us. We dont see 99.9% of what they see and even if we did we arent qualified to understand it. thanks to HK we got to see all their designations on the final draft picks board so we will have our chance to see how they did.
RE: …  
Section331 : 8/11/2024 11:42 am : link
In comment 16573641 christian said:
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I wanted the Giants to trade back and pick Bowers, and then trade up for Nix.

We never got an answer but in the 2nd to last Hard Knocks episode, it was strongly implied Minnesota offered the Giants picks 11 and 23.

In that scenario I would want them to pick Nic at 11 and Thomas at 23.


I said prior to the draft that if they couldn’t swing the trade with NE for Maye, they should consider swapping #6 for Minny’s 2 1st rounders. I think Nabers is going to be a stud, but getting 2 starters would have been the better play, IMO.
....  
BrettNYG10 : 8/11/2024 11:47 am : link
I wanted the one who is going to be really good. If none are really good, I didn't want any of them.
RE: RE: RE: RE: If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
Orville Redenbacher : 8/11/2024 11:47 am : link
In comment 16573925 Mbavaro said:
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In comment 16573913 Orville Redenbacher said:


Quote:


In comment 16573790 section125 said:


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In comment 16573785 Orville Redenbacher said:


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that the Giants have hired professionals to make decisions and fan opinions are irrelevant next to the “experts.”

Then those professionals should get things right and if not be held accountable.

Not complicated. This bozo thinks fans need to be smarter than the professionals or they have no right to criticize. Then you have people like yourself on the other side acting like the Giants should be trusted when they haven’t earned that trust.

A lot of poor logic, no mumbo jumbo



That was a clearer post, thank you.

About me, you are semi-right. I do trust them a hell of a lot more than the couch potatoes(means all of us) posting their opinions as fact. Some posters are one trick ponies and cannot see the forest because of the trees, especially on QB. Most of us, probably vast majority, do not think highly of Jones. However, getting a QB in the 1st round to take a QB is stupid especially when a guy like Nabers is there.



I think that is reasonable. Everyone should be allowed to trust as much or as little as they feel comfortable with. We need to be more respectful of that around here if people don’t share that.

Where we disagree is calling people couch potatoes because they aren’t football professionals. A lot of people can be successful in careers leaning on analytical abilities that would make their inferences better than even average performers in the NFL.

I don’t know what is so hard to understand about that, these people aren’t of any remote level of genius. They exposed themselves on hard knocks. People on BBI are certainly capable of putting in better thought, you should respect people’s beliefs on that not talk down to them because you revere the Giants front office more than them



What was “exposed “ on Hard Knocks?


I’ve actually answered this question for you already. If you don’t even bother to remember conversations you’ve had it isn’t my job to remind you
...  
christian : 8/11/2024 11:48 am : link
In comment 16574037 Section331 said:
Quote:
I wanted the Giants to trade back and pick Bowers, and then trade up for Nix.

We never got an answer but in the 2nd to last Hard Knocks episode, it was strongly implied Minnesota offered the Giants picks 11 and 23.

In that scenario I would want them to pick Nic at 11 and Thomas at 23.

I said prior to the draft that if they couldn’t swing the trade with NE for Maye, they should consider swapping #6 for Minny’s 2 1st rounders. I think Nabers is going to be a stud, but getting 2 starters would have been the better play, IMO.

I agree, and I thought pound for pound Nabers pretty close to MHJr as the best player in the draft, regardless of position.

But resetting the clock with a red chip quarterback and a play making receiver in his own right would have been an excellent outcome.
I  
AcidTest : 8/11/2024 11:52 am : link
wanted JJM.
RE: ....  
Eric on Li : 8/11/2024 11:55 am : link
In comment 16574042 BrettNYG10 said:
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I wanted the one who is going to be really good. If none are really good, I didn't want any of them.


RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: If you want to throw it in everyone’s face  
Mbavaro : 8/11/2024 11:56 am : link
In comment 16574044 Orville Redenbacher said:
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In comment 16573925 Mbavaro said:


Quote:


In comment 16573913 Orville Redenbacher said:


Quote:


In comment 16573790 section125 said:


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In comment 16573785 Orville Redenbacher said:


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that the Giants have hired professionals to make decisions and fan opinions are irrelevant next to the “experts.”

Then those professionals should get things right and if not be held accountable.

Not complicated. This bozo thinks fans need to be smarter than the professionals or they have no right to criticize. Then you have people like yourself on the other side acting like the Giants should be trusted when they haven’t earned that trust.

A lot of poor logic, no mumbo jumbo



That was a clearer post, thank you.

About me, you are semi-right. I do trust them a hell of a lot more than the couch potatoes(means all of us) posting their opinions as fact. Some posters are one trick ponies and cannot see the forest because of the trees, especially on QB. Most of us, probably vast majority, do not think highly of Jones. However, getting a QB in the 1st round to take a QB is stupid especially when a guy like Nabers is there.



I think that is reasonable. Everyone should be allowed to trust as much or as little as they feel comfortable with. We need to be more respectful of that around here if people don’t share that.

Where we disagree is calling people couch potatoes because they aren’t football professionals. A lot of people can be successful in careers leaning on analytical abilities that would make their inferences better than even average performers in the NFL.

I don’t know what is so hard to understand about that, these people aren’t of any remote level of genius. They exposed themselves on hard knocks. People on BBI are certainly capable of putting in better thought, you should respect people’s beliefs on that not talk down to them because you revere the Giants front office more than them



What was “exposed “ on Hard Knocks?



I’ve actually answered this question for you already. If you don’t even bother to remember conversations you’ve had it isn’t my job to remind you


Great response and if you think that a heavily edited content or us seeing less then 1% of the FO’s an actual decision making process shows them to be exposed….then you were obviously dropped on your head as a child

Keep going beck to board members have greater knowledge of the game than an NFL front office😂😂😂

Que the predicable schill for the front office response
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Go Terps : 8/11/2024 11:58 am : link
These past two years the Giants have passed for a total of 32 TDs and had a NY/A barely above 5 (league average in 2023 was over 6).

If Daboll thinks he can work with any QB he's welcome to start doing that any time.
McCarthy was an extremely difficult eval  
cosmicj : 8/11/2024 12:07 pm : link
Some of his plays in college were wow inducing, but there were few of them and many of his games were against weak opponents. Taking Nabers, who has HoF potential, over him wasn’t unreasonable at the time.
RE: The more I see/hear from Daboll  
gersh : 8/11/2024 12:07 pm : link
In comment 16574023 widmerseyebrow said:
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The more I get the sense he could have worked with most of these QBs.

I wonder if there is a scenario where Schoen goes but Daboll stays.


I agree.

When Daboll was brought in I thought he would get his guy to delvelop.
Seems crazy to fire him before he gets the chance, as that seems to among his real strengths.

But if DJ does not light it up - they HAVE to get that guy in 2025…right?
Draft  
TyreeHelmet : 8/11/2024 12:43 pm : link
Wish they would have been more aggressive in trading up for Maye, drafted Penix, or trade down for more picks.

It just felt like to me they were never truly serious about replacing Jones. Doing their due diligence but were never actually going to pull that trigger.

Instead “they got a weapon for Daniel” which pissed me off. How about a better team and not “helping Daniel”.

I hope I’m wrong and they are right.
RE: JJ McCarthy  
AlwaysASpiral : 8/11/2024 1:02 pm : link
In comment 16573984 BlueVinnie said:
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When you have a chance to grab a POTENTIAl franchise QB without sacrificing premium draft picks, you should take. The Giants spent more time with JJ than any other team (according to JJ himself). They must have at least liked him a lot. No prospect is perfect. They should have pulled the trigger.


Interesting that the Giants spent more time with JJ than any other team and yet didn't pick him. I think that tells us they probably liked him, but being that he is 21 and they are projecting out him at 22/23, there must have been enough red flags (or rather just job preservation till he is ready in 2 years) that they passed.
RE: RE: …  
AlwaysASpiral : 8/11/2024 1:04 pm : link
In comment 16574037 Section331 said:
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In comment 16573641 christian said:


Quote:


I wanted the Giants to trade back and pick Bowers, and then trade up for Nix.

We never got an answer but in the 2nd to last Hard Knocks episode, it was strongly implied Minnesota offered the Giants picks 11 and 23.

In that scenario I would want them to pick Nic at 11 and Thomas at 23.



I said prior to the draft that if they couldn’t swing the trade with NE for Maye, they should consider swapping #6 for Minny’s 2 1st rounders. I think Nabers is going to be a stud, but getting 2 starters would have been the better play, IMO.


Nabers can be All Pro, a top 5 WR in the NFL, and maybe even more... you don't pass on that. Nabers is really already showing us he is beyond stud.

(That said, I was high on JJ but didn't watch enough to really say.) I hope we didn't "blow" this pick in the sense of a Franchise QB e.g. JJM being there for us to take.
I would pick Nabers  
Reale01 : 8/11/2024 1:08 pm : link
IMO The Giants did the right thing. JJM out of the three QBs
The Real Mistake the Giants have made...  
BMCBikes : 8/11/2024 1:25 pm : link
...wasn't necessarily passing on those 'top' QBs, it's passing on ANY QBs for years. The Patriots and GB have the right idea, draft a late round QB nearly every year, develop them, then they either work out or get traded for more assets /earlier round draft picks.
The Giants ignoring the QB position completely is reckless and irresponsible. I have no idea what they're doing with the position, and not having a viable backup is part of that confusion. Not wanting Jones to have ANY competition is another weird part.
Going into 2024 with an arguably worse QB situation than 2023 is crazy.
In all honesty, I can't say I would have been comfortable taking any  
Matt M. : 8/11/2024 1:45 pm : link
at #6. If they traded down and selected one, I would have been more at ease. I think I would rank them as McCarthy, Penix, Nix. I think Penix has they highest ceiling of the 3, but the lowest floor given injury history and not having faced any real pressure for most of 2 seasons.

I am happy to have Nabers, is the best I can put it.
DJ  
Carl in CT : 8/11/2024 1:50 pm : link
Watch this kid when the OL finally holds up!
RE: The Real Mistake the Giants have made...  
pjcas18 : 8/11/2024 2:32 pm : link
In comment 16574183 BMCBikes said:
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...wasn't necessarily passing on those 'top' QBs, it's passing on ANY QBs for years. The Patriots and GB have the right idea, draft a late round QB nearly every year, develop them, then they either work out or get traded for more assets /earlier round draft picks.
The Giants ignoring the QB position completely is reckless and irresponsible. I have no idea what they're doing with the position, and not having a viable backup is part of that confusion. Not wanting Jones to have ANY competition is another weird part.
Going into 2024 with an arguably worse QB situation than 2023 is crazy.


What late round QB did the Patriots or GB draft, develop and trade or have work out?

Brady? is he the only one?

No one brings in late round QB's as competition for their starter - and neither GB nor NE did.

In fact, no one with a $40M starter brings in "competition" for their starter. Backup is different, but no GM intentionally creates competition with a high priced starter.

RE: RE: The Real Mistake the Giants have made...  
Eric on Li : 8/11/2024 2:37 pm : link
In comment 16574264 pjcas18 said:
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In comment 16574183 BMCBikes said:


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...wasn't necessarily passing on those 'top' QBs, it's passing on ANY QBs for years. The Patriots and GB have the right idea, draft a late round QB nearly every year, develop them, then they either work out or get traded for more assets /earlier round draft picks.
The Giants ignoring the QB position completely is reckless and irresponsible. I have no idea what they're doing with the position, and not having a viable backup is part of that confusion. Not wanting Jones to have ANY competition is another weird part.
Going into 2024 with an arguably worse QB situation than 2023 is crazy.



What late round QB did the Patriots or GB draft, develop and trade or have work out?

Brady? is he the only one?

No one brings in late round QB's as competition for their starter - and neither GB nor NE did.

In fact, no one with a $40M starter brings in "competition" for their starter. Backup is different, but no GM intentionally creates competition with a high priced starter.


this is correct - the pats did do a good job constantly adding QB talent behind brady with brissett, cassell, jimmy g, etc. even when they thought they had something with mac jones i think they still took zappe the next year.

but even with all that and the greatest HC of the modern era, the biggest reason he isnt there any more is because he couldnt figure out the QB beyond brady. picking qbs late didnt save him from getting knocked out after getting the starting qbs wrong with cam/mac jones.
Maye  
JonC : 8/11/2024 3:00 pm : link
.
I was torn between Penix and Nabers on draft day  
Milton : 8/11/2024 3:08 pm : link
Penix was my favorite QB and Nabers was my favorite non-QB in the draft.
p.s.--Interesting thing about the Falcons is that they've selected favorites of mine in each of the past four drafts: Kyle Pitts, Drake London, Bijan Robinson, Michael Penix!
RE: .  
widmerseyebrow : 8/11/2024 3:20 pm : link
In comment 16574061 Go Terps said:
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These past two years the Giants have passed for a total of 32 TDs and had a NY/A barely above 5 (league average in 2023 was over 6).

If Daboll thinks he can work with any QB he's welcome to start doing that any time.


I was referring to the 2024 draft class. Now you're of the opinion Jones could be good if Daboll wasn't holding him back? I did not see that coming.
RE: RE: The Real Mistake the Giants have made...  
ajr2456 : 8/11/2024 3:53 pm : link
In comment 16574264 pjcas18 said:
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In comment 16574183 BMCBikes said:


Quote:


...wasn't necessarily passing on those 'top' QBs, it's passing on ANY QBs for years. The Patriots and GB have the right idea, draft a late round QB nearly every year, develop them, then they either work out or get traded for more assets /earlier round draft picks.
The Giants ignoring the QB position completely is reckless and irresponsible. I have no idea what they're doing with the position, and not having a viable backup is part of that confusion. Not wanting Jones to have ANY competition is another weird part.
Going into 2024 with an arguably worse QB situation than 2023 is crazy.



What late round QB did the Patriots or GB draft, develop and trade or have work out?

Brady? is he the only one?

No one brings in late round QB's as competition for their starter - and neither GB nor NE did.

In fact, no one with a $40M starter brings in "competition" for their starter. Backup is different, but no GM intentionally creates competition with a high priced starter.


Didn’t the Patriots get multiple firsts for Matt Cassell?

Coming off of a Super Bowl they drafted Jimmy G in round 2. They took Brissett in round 3 and traded him for Dorsett who was coming off a decent year as a #3 option. Brissett is still in the league 8 years later. The Patriots drafted 10 QBs between the time they drafted Brady and Brady left. The Giants have drafted zero.
I didn't watch Penix, but both JJM and Nix looked very good  
PatersonPlank : 8/11/2024 4:04 pm : link
this weekend
Round 2 and 3  
pjcas18 : 8/11/2024 4:06 pm : link
are not "late round picks" either is 4 really and Cassel was traded along with Mike Vrabel who was one season removed from a 5th in DPOY voting plus a PB/AP season for pick #34. Sure it's a success story, but that was no one's strategy.

If you look at the Patriots QB draft history it's littered with wasted picks and most fans wonder "what could have been" (even with 6 SB's) if they did not waste them on the following:

4th round pick on Rohan Davey
3rd round pick on Kevin O'Connell
3rd round pick on Ryan Mallett
2nd round pick on Jimmy Garoppolo (even though they get the 2nd back in a trade)
3rd round pick on Jacoby Brissett (who they traded for more useless Phillip Dorsett)
4th round pick on Jarrett Stidham
4th round pick on Bailey Zappe

these are all picks you need to try and get contributions from in the near term. Mac Jones turned out to be the wrong guy, but the right idea. As is Drake Maye (the right idea).

5th round and later, sure, roll the dice and teams do, but these picks were all bad philosophical decisions and not because of how they turned out.
RE: RE: .  
Go Terps : 8/11/2024 4:09 pm : link
In comment 16574308 widmerseyebrow said:
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In comment 16574061 Go Terps said:


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These past two years the Giants have passed for a total of 32 TDs and had a NY/A barely above 5 (league average in 2023 was over 6).

If Daboll thinks he can work with any QB he's welcome to start doing that any time.



I was referring to the 2024 draft class. Now you're of the opinion Jones could be good if Daboll wasn't holding him back? I did not see that coming.


I am not. I'm not impressed with anything Daboll and Schoen have done.
RE: I didn't watch Penix, but both JJM and Nix looked very good  
Go Terps : 8/11/2024 4:10 pm : link
In comment 16574345 PatersonPlank said:
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this weekend


Penix looked pretty good. What stood out is he was decisive. The ball came out fast and accurately. It was the exact opposite of watching Lock on Thursday.
Penix is who I wanted  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 8/11/2024 4:14 pm : link
But I’m kind of glad we don’t have to deal with an influx of hundreds of “funny” Penix related user names on this site.
RE: Round 2 and 3  
ajr2456 : 8/11/2024 4:16 pm : link
In comment 16574348 pjcas18 said:
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are not "late round picks" either is 4 really and Cassel was traded along with Mike Vrabel who was one season removed from a 5th in DPOY voting plus a PB/AP season for pick #34. Sure it's a success story, but that was no one's strategy.

If you look at the Patriots QB draft history it's littered with wasted picks and most fans wonder "what could have been" (even with 6 SB's) if they did not waste them on the following:

4th round pick on Rohan Davey
3rd round pick on Kevin O'Connell
3rd round pick on Ryan Mallett
2nd round pick on Jimmy Garoppolo (even though they get the 2nd back in a trade)
3rd round pick on Jacoby Brissett (who they traded for more useless Phillip Dorsett)
4th round pick on Jarrett Stidham
4th round pick on Bailey Zappe

these are all picks you need to try and get contributions from in the near term. Mac Jones turned out to be the wrong guy, but the right idea. As is Drake Maye (the right idea).

5th round and later, sure, roll the dice and teams do, but these picks were all bad philosophical decisions and not because of how they turned out.


The point is, the Patriots weren’t bringing in competition no matter what round they took a QB in, yet still took QBs.

Why would Green Bay or New England have a competition with Rodgers and Brady?

A team without a QB of that caliber should be bringing in late round QBs if nothing more than to find a competent backup but to throw a dart on the wall and see if they can find someone who can push their starter without using major resources.
I suppose I wanted any of them  
santacruzom : 8/11/2024 7:13 pm : link
But I thought we'd be able to trade down and still acquire either Nix or Penix. Turns out that wouldn't have been in the cards.

I do think all three of them are likely to be better than Jones though.
I wanted  
Thegratefulhead : 8/11/2024 7:24 pm : link
JJM because I thought he would be the best QB in this draft. I said he would be the best this year. He will beat out Darnold and win games this year and will look good doing it. If we did not draft JJM, I wanted a receiver. I DID NOT want to trade up.
I wanted them to not win 3 meaningless games  
giantsFC : 8/11/2024 10:30 pm : link
And draft one of the top 3 qb’s.

that is because  
mpinmaine : 8/11/2024 11:05 pm : link
you are a loser
RE: that is because  
gersh : 8/12/2024 4:29 pm : link
In comment 16574633 mpinmaine said:
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you are a loser

Then I’m a loser too.
Wasn’t rooting for losses but hoping they could get their QB of choice so, was ok if it happened
Apparently they liked, at most, three
RE: that is because  
gersh : 8/12/2024 4:33 pm : link
In comment 16574633 mpinmaine said:
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you are a loser

Then I’m a loser too.
Wasn’t rooting for losses but hoping they could get their QB of choice so, I felt it was good if it happened
Apparently they liked, at most, three QBs
Maybe we are best off with Nabers?
Who on here said Nix?  
gersh : 8/20/2024 3:52 pm : link
Looks like you have a week to say "I told you so"
But beware, if he sucks, people might remember
McCarthy is the only one of the three I would have considered  
logman : 8/20/2024 3:57 pm : link
unless we're talking Round 3 or later

And none of them were guys I would have taken over Nabers
Your honesty  
gersh : 8/20/2024 4:18 pm : link
Is appreciated
And the vast majority here do not post “look at how smart I am” posts
But those who do are quite annoying. I am quite certain they do not post to admit the myriad times they are wrong.
None of them  
US1 Giants : 8/20/2024 4:42 pm : link
Nabes was too good a match and value to ignore. Giants are stuck with DJ's contract for at least one more season.
RE: None of them  
US1 Giants : 8/20/2024 4:42 pm : link
In comment 16582218 US1 Giants said:
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Nabes was too good a match and value to ignore. Giants are stuck with DJ's contract for at least one more season.


Nabers
I wasn't sure - at times it was either Nix or JJ. I was strongly  
Ira : 8/20/2024 4:46 pm : link
against Penix because of his injury history.
None  
Carl in CT : 8/20/2024 6:12 pm : link
At all.
Penix  
cjac : 8/20/2024 6:25 pm : link
Although I thought 6 was too high for him. I guess we will see. This may go down as the biggest QB overdraft of all time.

6 QBs in the first 12 picks. I don’t think we’ve ever seen that. Or will we again
Hard to say...  
JOrthman : 8/20/2024 10:04 pm : link
I don't watch college football as much as some. As a Michigan fan the only prospect I saw a lot of was JJM. He would throw a wow pass every so often, but MI, just did so little with the pass he was hard to judge. Throughout most of the season I was not impressed with him and only warmed towards him towards the end, especially when people like Sy were speaking highly of him.

I was very scared of Penix due to the injury history. To me it did not make sense to trade one banged up QB for another, who is probably less mobile, behind a crap line.

All that being said, I was hoping they were going to be able to get a WR or QB and trade back into RD one to get the other. I think some poster mentioned possibly getting Nabers and trading back into the RD to get Penix, but Atlanta jumped up to take him.

All that being said, I was not super enamored with any of the QB's.

On another note, some of you are really reading too far into the HK's content. They covered like five months of time with six 45-minute episodes, much of which had families in them. We only saw what the producers wanted us to see.
Penix was the guy I wanted  
Greg from LI : 8/21/2024 10:27 am : link
He was the best pure passer available.
Big Oregon guy so I was biased  
Andy in Halifax : 8/21/2024 10:35 am : link
but it was Bo Nix all the way for me! Injuries and the unknown scared me from Penix but not the talent. I just didn't know enough about JJM to assess.

Bo Nix will be a good QB, I was and am confident.
JJM  
MojoEd : 8/21/2024 11:53 am : link
Going away.
RE: I wanted them to not win 3 meaningless games  
shockeyisthebest8056 : 8/21/2024 12:23 pm : link
In comment 16574622 giantsFC said:
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And draft one of the top 3 qb’s.


Bingo. Teams are going to compete for the most part, so laying down against the Pats and Packers wasn’t going to happen. (The Packers win devastated their chances of being top 3.) But I’ll never understand the need to play Tyrod Taylor over Tommy Cutlets against the Eagles. It literally made zero sense because Taylor was never coming back to the Giants. With our luck, Tommy would’ve won that game too.
I wanted Nix or Penix  
santacruzom : 8/27/2024 4:25 pm : link
in a trade down, or in the second. Turns out neither would have been available in that scenario anyway.
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