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In comment 16592869 Joey in VA said:
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Schoen specifically said he didn't want a $40 million QB handing off to a RB making $12 million.
He also said it was better to wait in FA for a running back because the value was better and he did not stick to that so how are you so sure this is bullshit?
How ya feeling now? The author admitted it was shit. Get a read on who understands this whole thing before you call me out. Me 1. Popcorn dick 0.
I’m feeling great. I asked you why you were so sure and pointed out something you either glossed over or missed. If you were more sure you’d come back before your “vindication.” The Giants don’t have much credibility around this stuff because the guy in charge had “palpitations” over this and the GM professed a logical and reasonable approach to FA that wasn’t followed. So is it surprising to hear they did something else not in line with that professed reasonable approach? No. That actually seems highly in line with Mr. Palpitations who clearly still overvalues the position along with his nephew.
Seems like a case where the Giants got embarrassed and they had every reason to be and forced a retraction on a technicality. Whether the offer was official or not I do believe they looked into him seriously. As Mike pointed out he has no reason to lie and the Giants have every reason to be embarrassed.
I care not for your score keeping. I’ve seen you with some major minuses beyond this imagined glorious victory you’ve had here.
If you want to have meaningful discussions about the economics, either be accurate or have the decency to admit when you make a mistake.
Jacobs himself isn't the best relayer of facts. Remember, this is the guy who thinks he can't wear green in Brazil.
The fact that the Giants did not formally offer Jacobs a contract does not change the point that Jacobs is making. He simply chose to go to the Packers before the Giants made him that formal offer. Do I believe Jacobs? As I said, he has no reason to lie. Unless a valid reason exists for him to lie publicly about something that could be less relevant to anything that matters to him, and, since the Giants screwed up just about every possible aspect of Saquon's tenure here, I'll continue to give Jacobs the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
I'd offer that the reason to lie is self-promotion or self aggrandizement. "I took less money to be here, didn't want the noise, taxes or the big city" plays great in cities like Green Bay. The entire article is a puff piece on the player, after all. He's selling himself.
The other reason to lie is that *sometimes people lie* because they're odd. This lie can easily be dismissed and didn't make sense in the context that we had with Hard Knocks, which existed before this Jacobs interview.
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The point was that Josh Jacobs has no reason to lie here. The only possible reason might be to leak something to distract a locker room immediately prior to a game. In this case, since the Giants are playing the Vikings, he would have no incentive to do so.
The fact that the Giants did not formally offer Jacobs a contract does not change the point that Jacobs is making. He simply chose to go to the Packers before the Giants made him that formal offer. Do I believe Jacobs? As I said, he has no reason to lie. Unless a valid reason exists for him to lie publicly about something that could be less relevant to anything that matters to him, and, since the Giants screwed up just about every possible aspect of Saquon's tenure here, I'll continue to give Jacobs the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
I'd offer that the reason to lie is self-promotion or self aggrandizement. "I took less money to be here, didn't want the noise, taxes or the big city" plays great in cities like Green Bay. The entire article is a puff piece on the player, after all. He's selling himself.
The other reason to lie is that *sometimes people lie* because they're odd. This lie can easily be dismissed and didn't make sense in the context that we had with Hard Knocks, which existed before this Jacobs interview.
The same Josh Jacobs who in part owes his College National Championship ring and future NFL career to Brian Daboll at Alabama, is now lying about Daboll's NFL team to somehow prop himself up? A guy who two years ago was the NFL all pro running back with the second best all time season for the Raiders, only behind Marcus Allen, feels an urgent need to sell himself with an off the charts controversial lie? A guy who is preparing to play against Saquon Barkley on Friday in the first ever NFL game in Sao Paolo tells a lie which, having now trended on social media for three days, is just about the most motivating thing anyone could say to fire up Saquon in this game?
If Jacobs is lying, it is literally the dumbest lie in human history. I think it is more likely that he inadvertently and mistakenly shared a confidential truth with the media that I am guessing he is profusely regretting.
Nope - ( New Window )
But I feel like the idea of desperation isn't very well thought through. Zooming out who is more "desperate"
1) An elite RB at the top of his game just signing a big deal with a playoff contender
2) Members of the media that have lots of choices of storylines heading into a new season
3) A once proud franchise now with the 3rd worst record the last 10 years who just lost a former #2 pick publicly on a TV show where professionals in that field say they embarassed themselves. AND the GM / Owner seemed to want to go in very different directions to a point of palpitations for one of them.
There is an obvious desperate party here and it isn't the media.