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Daniel Jones: When would you have pulled the plug?

Route 9 : 9/11/2024 2:57 pm
This ought to be good ...

As some of the people here know, I was never a Daniel Jones fan but if you could time travel and have a say, when would you have pulled the plug on Jones? When did you start to catch on he wasn't the guy.

I mentioned this in another thread that I was ready to cut ties with him after 2020 or so and started looking for a new starter. So, if I had a say, he would've maybe started the Denver game in week 1 and that was really pushing it for me.

Then again, I would've never picked him at 6 at the time. I didn't like the pick and wouldn't have taken him.

I see a ton of people are catching on and have had enough, when was your breaking point? Any particular play or just no improvement and when did you come to this conclusion?

If you think he's still a worthy starter, state your case.
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RE: RE: the other part of it,  
HomerJones45 : 9/11/2024 5:02 pm : link
Mike, that's it, the Giants should hire this guy:
The wavering  
Blueworm : 9/11/2024 5:05 pm : link
About the 5th year.
Once you didn't want him back, waffling got us here.
......  
Route 9 : 9/11/2024 5:06 pm : link
He shouldn't have started a game after that 2021 Denver game. That was not a good team to lose to like that and he still looked bad. That fumble was a joke.

Glennon starts every game and they go 0-17. Oh well. Maybe it's the shake up they needed.
RE: One more thing..  
bw in dc : 9/11/2024 5:08 pm : link
In comment 16606049 Chris in LA said:
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After the playoff loss, Eagles QBs were laughing, saying he's a one-read QB and they knew where he was going. I'll dig it up, but I remember the rookie Seattle DB said the same thing last year. As others have, and as Minnesota players said after Sunday's game.

This has been plain as day to casual fans. Jones is just not able to process and make decisions quickly enough--even with the substantial scheming we're doing to hide his weaknesses.

Enough is enough.


The Seattle DB is Devon Witherspoon. Who said...

Quote:
"We knew he liked to stare down his first target," Witherspoon told NFL Network after the game. "We were just trusting the game plan the coaches laid out for us..."
RE: RE: RE: It's all  
santacruzom : 9/11/2024 5:08 pm : link
In comment 16605965 bw in dc said:
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In comment 16605956 christian said:


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In comment 16605937 4xchamps said:


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revisionist history... what's the point of the question? so everyone can say they were right?


You seem quite unhappy participating in this community.



Our favorite poster makes a lot of appearances in that Stafford thread - our Fatfriend in Charlotte.

Needless to say, unfortunately, he was wrong on Stafford.


Ooof, this one is particularly bad


an inverse proportion of condescension and knowledge - ( New Window )
I  
AcidTest : 9/11/2024 5:09 pm : link
absolutely did not want to draft Jones at #6. I also saw several of his games at Duke. I thought he was a second round player, even acknowledging that his OL was putrid and his WRs dropped the second most passes of any group of WRs in D1 football that year IIRC. Because QBs are routinely overdrafted, I would have grudgingly accepted taking him at #17, if only to get the fifth year option. But at #6 we passed on Josh Allen.

I would have used the FT on him after the Minnesota playoff win despite the $32.5M cap hit, and then let him go after the next season.

I was completely done with him as a fan after that hideous pick six against Seattle where he had Waller wide open in the end zone.
I  
AcidTest : 9/11/2024 5:12 pm : link
also would have strongly considered drafting Herbert in 2020 and trading Jones, although there is no way that would have happened.
RE: RE: RE: RE: It's all  
bw in dc : 9/11/2024 5:17 pm : link
In comment 16606080 santacruzom said:
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Ooof, this one is particularly bad
an inverse proportion of condescension and knowledge - ( New Window )


Look, my Fatfriend may have been out of the country when this happened. Sometimes life gets in the way. Hopefully, this helps him if he's lurking... ;)

NEFT after 2022  
Lines of Scrimmage : 9/11/2024 5:25 pm : link
Even with the contract I would have drafted McCarthy.

UVA was a crap program for three decades before George Welsh.
Have to be very fortunate again to become relevant.
......  
Route 9 : 9/11/2024 5:27 pm : link
As soon as the Rams traded for Stafford, I knew to put my future on them to win the whole shabang.
RE: It's all  
Route 9 : 9/11/2024 5:28 pm : link
In comment 16605937 4xchamps said:
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revisionist history... what's the point of the question? so everyone can say they were right?


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RE: RE: RE: It's all  
ajr2456 : 9/11/2024 5:28 pm : link
In comment 16605965 bw in dc said:
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In comment 16605956 christian said:


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In comment 16605937 4xchamps said:


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revisionist history... what's the point of the question? so everyone can say they were right?


You seem quite unhappy participating in this community.



Our favorite poster makes a lot of appearances in that Stafford thread - our Fatfriend in Charlotte.

Needless to say, unfortunately, he was wrong on Stafford.


Not to mention our friend “Bryan” who said Jones would be as good as Stafford
Tag after 2023  
Blue Baas : 9/11/2024 5:31 pm : link
Even if it meant Barkley walked.
*Tag for 2023  
Blue Baas : 9/11/2024 5:32 pm : link
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Thanks bw...  
Chris in LA : 9/11/2024 5:33 pm : link
That's what I remembered. And I remember being annoyed because the Eagles said it the season before. For F's sake, we're a year later and it's the same damned thing. Trotting him out for another snap is professional malpractice.
Although this BW take aged like Milk  
ajr2456 : 9/11/2024 5:33 pm : link
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RE: Pat McAfee is pretty convinced the Colts are the destination with
bw in dc : 1/26/2021 3:23 pm : link
In comment 15134969 Zeke's Alibi said:


Rodgers was just very good on McAfee's show (AR's weekly Tuesday appearance). Guy is a breath of fresh air with his candor, whether you agree or disagree with his opinions.

I would love to see Rodgers with Reich or BB. Indy seems much closer to really competing, however, than the Pats, who have a lot of leaks in their dam...
RE: Although this BW take aged like Milk  
bw in dc : 9/11/2024 5:38 pm : link
In comment 16606109 ajr2456 said:
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RE: Pat McAfee is pretty convinced the Colts are the destination with
bw in dc : 1/26/2021 3:23 pm : link
In comment 15134969 Zeke's Alibi said:


Rodgers was just very good on McAfee's show (AR's weekly Tuesday appearance). Guy is a breath of fresh air with his candor, whether you agree or disagree with his opinions.

I would love to see Rodgers with Reich or BB. Indy seems much closer to really competing, however, than the Pats, who have a lot of leaks in their dam...



I get a lot wrong, but I'm not sure what the issue is here. I said I would like to see Rodgers in Indy or New England.
Rodgers on the Mcafee show ended up going south  
ajr2456 : 9/11/2024 5:40 pm : link
Was the joke
RE: RE: Not picking up the 5th year option gave them  
GiantTuff1 : 9/11/2024 6:12 pm : link
In comment 16606028 ajr2456 said:
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In comment 16606006 GiantTuff1 said:


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a perfect chance at a clean break after 2022 with no financial ramifications.

It would have taken balls to do after a playoff season, but there is always a way to get something done and they would have been vindicated by Jones' poor play (or backup status) elsewhere.

Daboll and Schoen had the goodwill to do just about anything they wanted at that time and the fans would have listened. The team overall blew it and now nobody trusts this franchise especially since they paid and keep trotting Jones out there. Irony.



The fan reaction if the season goes where it’s headed is going to be 1000x worse than the backlash for letting Jones walk after the playoff year and possibly tanking.

As it should be.
RE: One more thing..  
GiantTuff1 : 9/11/2024 6:18 pm : link
In comment 16606049 Chris in LA said:
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After the playoff loss, Eagles QBs were laughing, saying he's a one-read QB and they knew where he was going. I'll dig it up, but I remember the rookie Seattle DB said the same thing last year. As others have, and as Minnesota players said after Sunday's game.

This has been plain as day to casual fans. Jones is just not able to process and make decisions quickly enough--even with the substantial scheming we're doing to hide his weaknesses.

Enough is enough.

Good posts Chris.

The reason I’m so critical of Mara and 75% think Schoen and Daboll are being held hostage on this situation is we have seen this song and dance before with holding onto an owner loved QB much too long before (Eli), and we are seeing it again. I tend to believe this is coming top down because is so defies logic that there is almost no way Schoen and Daboll and the whole staff could be this deaf, blind, and stupid.
This week.  
mfjmfj : 9/11/2024 6:27 pm : link
I have been a pretty consistent optimist. Liked enough of his historic game to think that he could do something with an improved OL and very talented receiving corps. I thought he played well except for fumbling his rookie year. Under Judge he made a horrible team look occasionally decent. Would have given him his option if medicals checked out. 2022 seemed like vindication. Team was awful in 2023 and he did not help. He had one good half and that Seattle game was an abomination.

But last week stands alone. Could not pull the trigger. This is not arm strength, nor is this processing. He is broken. This is Chuck Knoblach level of bad throws. He should not play again for the Giants. If you think you can win this year play Lock. If not play Devito and see if maybe he has something.
My opinion has always been the Jones pick was a reaction to the  
St. Jimmy : 9/11/2024 6:43 pm : link
Barkley pick reaction. I think the Barkley pick was a reaction to the 2017 debacle and the Eagles winning the Superbowl. So you could go back to the Eli Manning benching to stop Mara from having to cover his tracks. That said they would have done something else stupid even if Eli was not benched. So I go back to the Atlanta Philadelphia playoff game and have the DB who decided to jump in the air to knee the ball in the air for an Eagles' completion stay on the ground and catch the pick 6 Nock Foles served up. The Eagles don't win the Superbowl and whatever happens with the Giants happens. Chances are Jones isn't drafted and whatever alternate universe of suck Mara has steered the franchise would be reality but hey, at least the Eagles would have not won the Superbowl
RE: RE: One more thing..  
bw in dc : 9/11/2024 6:48 pm : link
In comment 16606150 GiantTuff1 said:
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The reason I’m so critical of Mara and 75% think Schoen and Daboll are being held hostage on this situation is we have seen this song and dance before with holding onto an owner loved QB much too long before (Eli), and we are seeing it again. I tend to believe this is coming top down because is so defies logic that there is almost no way Schoen and Daboll and the whole staff could be this deaf, blind, and stupid.


Did you watch Hard Knocks? Palpitations signed-off on the trade idea for Schoen to move up if he wanted to make a deal. Why would Mara allow that if he is so dedicated to Jones?

Sorry, but the keys to the football operations at 1925 Giants Way are with Joe Schoen. He's calling the shots on football personnel.

The myth in all of this there should be no way Schoen could possibly like Jones. Alas, he does. And he's quadrupled down on the idea over two years.
After 2021 was the most logical  
Sean : 9/11/2024 6:56 pm : link
New regime in. 5th year option declined. There was no upside in keeping him around. He should have been traded for a conditional draft pick.

It's why I so hated Mara's comments saying they've done everything possible to screw the kid up. Why say that? Schoen hasn't even been on the job for a day and you are making your opinion known. He should have been traded and Tyrod Taylor the starter.

Always a half measure.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 9/11/2024 6:57 pm : link
I hated the pick at the time so I would have never drafted in the first place. But after he was a Giant? I would have let him go after '21.

In '22, Dabs/Kafka got all the juice out of him that they could running a very conservative, limited offense. Once they tried opening it up in '23, it went to hell in a hand basket. & it very well might cost Schoen & Dabs their respective gigs, which-@ the time-I'm completely fine with. Dabs almost seems resigned to his fate.
0-28 halftime Philly playoff game  
gridirony : 9/11/2024 7:26 pm : link
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RE: RE: RE: RE: It's all  
ThomasG : 9/11/2024 7:27 pm : link
In comment 16606080 santacruzom said:
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In comment 16605965 bw in dc said:


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In comment 16605956 christian said:


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In comment 16605937 4xchamps said:


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revisionist history... what's the point of the question? so everyone can say they were right?


You seem quite unhappy participating in this community.



Our favorite poster makes a lot of appearances in that Stafford thread - our Fatfriend in Charlotte.

Needless to say, unfortunately, he was wrong on Stafford.




Ooof, this one is particularly bad
an inverse proportion of condescension and knowledge - ( New Window )


But still need to be careful with what you read.

Even archived posts have been known to be altered from time to time.

RE: On a related topic  
Sean : 9/11/2024 7:38 pm : link
In comment 16605893 santacruzom said:
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this thread about Matthew Stafford is a gem to read years later Stafford and Lions to part ways - ( New Window )

I was wrong about the 11th pick which ended up being Toney. That would have been a great hypothetical trade for NYG.
The best way to utilize Jones  
thrunthrublue : 9/11/2024 7:41 pm : link
Is keep him and Daboll repeating their putrid approach to scoring….run the table all the way up to nov. 10 in Germany, play that game with last Sunday’s incompetence and lock up the #1 pick and let Little Bill pick a qb….(JS needs his walking papers too)….With coach Belichick his giants will NEVER give up a 100 yard drive, which was the most demoralizing element to the first game. Stadium’s PA system should have been playing “WIPEOUT” during that entire Vikings drive.
My overall DJ's thoughts throughtout his career...  
jomps : 9/11/2024 7:55 pm : link
I don't post much, sorry for the long post and if the format is bad.

I wasn't extremely excited about the pick but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Thought he would sit behind Eli for a season.

Then came his 1st career start vs TB, which was a fantastic game to start a career, followed by a bad stretch that I thought might be part of the learning curve for a rookie, and then he set a few rookie records, 24 passing TDs in 12 games (which I believe was on pace for most in a full rookie season), and four games with 4+ TDs, not bad at all for a rookie season. The biggest complaints I remember were about his fumbles. I can't believe how much he's regressed from his rookie season to his 6th one. He has never passed for 3 touchdowns in a game ever since. Actually, he's never thrown for exactly 3 TD in any game in his career, which is incredibly odd.

Then came the 2020 season, 2 touchdowns in 4 games to open the season, only 47 points scored. Ironically, I started giving up on him during his good streak, when he was slow to pass the ball in the 2point conversion to tie the game vs TB. Then I lost a little more faith with each passing game, @ CIN (yes, even in a win), vs ARI and @ BAL. At that point was the first time I was ready to move on.

But Daniel had the knack to flash once in a while so you'd reconsider giving him a shot, especially since this was our only option since ownership would never move on. The clutch game vs DAL to close the 2020 season and possibly make the playoffs was a good one. 2021 was a mess, with the lone bright spot being the NO game, I couldn't believe how the Giants didn't move on then. Especially with the neck injury.

2022 was a nice season to watch, not necessarily a great QB season, but a great leader of the team season by Daniel, capped off by one of his best games @ MIN in the playoffs. After that game? Everything has been a completely disaster, even his lone good moment @ ARI last season was only possible because he played like shit before halftime. And the Cardinals were a terrible team.

So, to summarise, I was ready to move on ever since the BAL game in 2020 and the most iconic play that made me doubt him was the late 2 point attempt vs TB.

The only pass I give ownership and the GM is that I believe it was too soon in the Daniel Jones saga to draft Justin Herbert, then 2021 and 2022 were very bad QB drafts (outside of Brock Purdy which nobody knew would be good). 2023 is the 1st draft where opportunity and cost could line up, and it definitely lined up in 2024, inexcusable to leave this past draft without a QB, no matter how good Nabers might become.

Just a final observation, imo, if your QB isn't Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, or in the same tier, you should NEVER stop trying to upgrade the position, wheter it's through the Draft, Free Agency, a trade, whatever it takes. The only way to guarantee you'll fail is if you never try.
After last year  
arniefez : 9/11/2024 7:59 pm : link
I would have franchised him and be done with him now.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 9/11/2024 8:03 pm : link
From that '21 Stafford thread-

Yeah, agree with GT.
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 1/23/2021 7:30 pm : link
We'd be fortunate if Jones becomes Stafford. Again, I'm not willing to give up on DJ at this moment, but he needs to show a lot this upcoming season.

I also said in that threat that I thought the Pats would be good in '21, which they were.

(Patting myself on the back, Haha.)
RE: My overall DJ's thoughts throughtout his career...  
Route 9 : 9/12/2024 8:48 am : link
In comment 16606206 jomps said:
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I don't post much, sorry for the long post and if the format is bad.

I wasn't extremely excited about the pick but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Thought he would sit behind Eli for a season.

Then came his 1st career start vs TB, which was a fantastic game to start a career, followed by a bad stretch that I thought might be part of the learning curve for a rookie, and then he set a few rookie records, 24 passing TDs in 12 games (which I believe was on pace for most in a full rookie season), and four games with 4+ TDs, not bad at all for a rookie season. The biggest complaints I remember were about his fumbles. I can't believe how much he's regressed from his rookie season to his 6th one. He has never passed for 3 touchdowns in a game ever since. Actually, he's never thrown for exactly 3 TD in any game in his career, which is incredibly odd.

Then came the 2020 season, 2 touchdowns in 4 games to open the season, only 47 points scored. Ironically, I started giving up on him during his good streak, when he was slow to pass the ball in the 2point conversion to tie the game vs TB. Then I lost a little more faith with each passing game, @ CIN (yes, even in a win), vs ARI and @ BAL. At that point was the first time I was ready to move on.

But Daniel had the knack to flash once in a while so you'd reconsider giving him a shot, especially since this was our only option since ownership would never move on. The clutch game vs DAL to close the 2020 season and possibly make the playoffs was a good one. 2021 was a mess, with the lone bright spot being the NO game, I couldn't believe how the Giants didn't move on then. Especially with the neck injury.

2022 was a nice season to watch, not necessarily a great QB season, but a great leader of the team season by Daniel, capped off by one of his best games @ MIN in the playoffs. After that game? Everything has been a completely disaster, even his lone good moment @ ARI last season was only possible because he played like shit before halftime. And the Cardinals were a terrible team.

So, to summarise, I was ready to move on ever since the BAL game in 2020 and the most iconic play that made me doubt him was the late 2 point attempt vs TB.

The only pass I give ownership and the GM is that I believe it was too soon in the Daniel Jones saga to draft Justin Herbert, then 2021 and 2022 were very bad QB drafts (outside of Brock Purdy which nobody knew would be good). 2023 is the 1st draft where opportunity and cost could line up, and it definitely lined up in 2024, inexcusable to leave this past draft without a QB, no matter how good Nabers might become.

Just a final observation, imo, if your QB isn't Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, or in the same tier, you should NEVER stop trying to upgrade the position, wheter it's through the Draft, Free Agency, a trade, whatever it takes. The only way to guarantee you'll fail is if you never try.


Great post.

Oh yeah. Totally forgot about that 2 point conversion fuck up of his in the TV game.
RE: My overall DJ's thoughts throughtout his career...  
Chris684 : 9/12/2024 8:54 am : link
In comment 16606206 jomps said:
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I don't post much, sorry for the long post and if the format is bad.

I wasn't extremely excited about the pick but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Thought he would sit behind Eli for a season.

Then came his 1st career start vs TB, which was a fantastic game to start a career, followed by a bad stretch that I thought might be part of the learning curve for a rookie, and then he set a few rookie records, 24 passing TDs in 12 games (which I believe was on pace for most in a full rookie season), and four games with 4+ TDs, not bad at all for a rookie season. The biggest complaints I remember were about his fumbles. I can't believe how much he's regressed from his rookie season to his 6th one. He has never passed for 3 touchdowns in a game ever since. Actually, he's never thrown for exactly 3 TD in any game in his career, which is incredibly odd.

Then came the 2020 season, 2 touchdowns in 4 games to open the season, only 47 points scored. Ironically, I started giving up on him during his good streak, when he was slow to pass the ball in the 2point conversion to tie the game vs TB. Then I lost a little more faith with each passing game, @ CIN (yes, even in a win), vs ARI and @ BAL. At that point was the first time I was ready to move on.

But Daniel had the knack to flash once in a while so you'd reconsider giving him a shot, especially since this was our only option since ownership would never move on. The clutch game vs DAL to close the 2020 season and possibly make the playoffs was a good one. 2021 was a mess, with the lone bright spot being the NO game, I couldn't believe how the Giants didn't move on then. Especially with the neck injury.

2022 was a nice season to watch, not necessarily a great QB season, but a great leader of the team season by Daniel, capped off by one of his best games @ MIN in the playoffs. After that game? Everything has been a completely disaster, even his lone good moment @ ARI last season was only possible because he played like shit before halftime. And the Cardinals were a terrible team.

So, to summarise, I was ready to move on ever since the BAL game in 2020 and the most iconic play that made me doubt him was the late 2 point attempt vs TB.

The only pass I give ownership and the GM is that I believe it was too soon in the Daniel Jones saga to draft Justin Herbert, then 2021 and 2022 were very bad QB drafts (outside of Brock Purdy which nobody knew would be good). 2023 is the 1st draft where opportunity and cost could line up, and it definitely lined up in 2024, inexcusable to leave this past draft without a QB, no matter how good Nabers might become.

Just a final observation, imo, if your QB isn't Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, or in the same tier, you should NEVER stop trying to upgrade the position, wheter it's through the Draft, Free Agency, a trade, whatever it takes. The only way to guarantee you'll fail is if you never try.



Great post. Very fair points. Last year’s 6 games after the contract should have been the final nail.
RE: My opinion has always been the Jones pick was a reaction to the  
Lambuth_Special : 9/12/2024 9:08 am : link
In comment 16606158 St. Jimmy said:
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Barkley pick reaction. I think the Barkley pick was a reaction to the 2017 debacle and the Eagles winning the Superbowl. So you could go back to the Eli Manning benching to stop Mara from having to cover his tracks. That said they would have done something else stupid even if Eli was not benched. So I go back to the Atlanta Philadelphia playoff game and have the DB who decided to jump in the air to knee the ball in the air for an Eagles' completion stay on the ground and catch the pick 6 Nock Foles served up. The Eagles don't win the Superbowl and whatever happens with the Giants happens. Chances are Jones isn't drafted and whatever alternate universe of suck Mara has steered the franchise would be reality but hey, at least the Eagles would have not won the Superbowl


Interesting theory on the 2017 Eagles Superbowl win. I was hoping for the opposite reaction; that the Giants would realize they had been thoroughly lapped by their division rival and would finally stop making half-assed moves to recreate the 2011 season. Of course they did the opposite.
......  
Route 9 : 9/12/2024 9:26 am : link
That moron Falcons DB jumping up for NO reason and the ball bouncing straight up in the air directly into an Eagle players hands, that has to be one of the most infuriating plays I've ever seen in my life in all of sports.

Atlanta Falcons. What a joke of a franchise. Absolutely good for nothing.
RE: ......  
Chris684 : 9/12/2024 9:38 am : link
In comment 16606463 Route 9 said:
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That moron Falcons DB jumping up for NO reason and the ball bouncing straight up in the air directly into an Eagle players hands, that has to be one of the most infuriating plays I've ever seen in my life in all of sports.

Atlanta Falcons. What a joke of a franchise. Absolutely good for nothing.


When that played happened I knew the Eagles were winning the Super Bowl.
......  
Route 9 : 9/12/2024 9:41 am : link
I had some faith they'd punch the ball in the end zone when they quickly moved the ball down the field. I was actually in the parking lot for that stupid ass game.

Fuck Matt Ryan forever.
He should have been put on the franchise tag before any renewal…  
morrison40 : 9/12/2024 9:52 am : link
Dallas put Dak on the tag twice, I believe
There would be no plug to pull  
OlyWABigBlue : 9/12/2024 10:02 am : link
because he should have never been drafted at #6. All the flags were there. Unfortunately, you could see it coming from a mile away with Gettleman's man-crush and all the beats were on it. The only question was would Jones be at 6 or would they try to wait until 17. Gettleman's lust never sleeps.
The  
Giants4me : 9/12/2024 8:07 pm : link
reason Jones is still here is that the Giants front office
loves him on a personal level and worse doesn't see him for the player he is.

Dabol and Schoen may not survive a 3 win season....which this will be.


RE: My overall DJ's thoughts throughtout his career...  
Eric on Li : 9/12/2024 8:22 pm : link
In comment 16606206 jomps said:
Quote:
I don't post much, sorry for the long post and if the format is bad.

I wasn't extremely excited about the pick but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Thought he would sit behind Eli for a season.

Then came his 1st career start vs TB, which was a fantastic game to start a career, followed by a bad stretch that I thought might be part of the learning curve for a rookie, and then he set a few rookie records, 24 passing TDs in 12 games (which I believe was on pace for most in a full rookie season), and four games with 4+ TDs, not bad at all for a rookie season. The biggest complaints I remember were about his fumbles. I can't believe how much he's regressed from his rookie season to his 6th one. He has never passed for 3 touchdowns in a game ever since. Actually, he's never thrown for exactly 3 TD in any game in his career, which is incredibly odd.

Then came the 2020 season, 2 touchdowns in 4 games to open the season, only 47 points scored. Ironically, I started giving up on him during his good streak, when he was slow to pass the ball in the 2point conversion to tie the game vs TB. Then I lost a little more faith with each passing game, @ CIN (yes, even in a win), vs ARI and @ BAL. At that point was the first time I was ready to move on.

But Daniel had the knack to flash once in a while so you'd reconsider giving him a shot, especially since this was our only option since ownership would never move on. The clutch game vs DAL to close the 2020 season and possibly make the playoffs was a good one. 2021 was a mess, with the lone bright spot being the NO game, I couldn't believe how the Giants didn't move on then. Especially with the neck injury.

2022 was a nice season to watch, not necessarily a great QB season, but a great leader of the team season by Daniel, capped off by one of his best games @ MIN in the playoffs. After that game? Everything has been a completely disaster, even his lone good moment @ ARI last season was only possible because he played like shit before halftime. And the Cardinals were a terrible team.

So, to summarise, I was ready to move on ever since the BAL game in 2020 and the most iconic play that made me doubt him was the late 2 point attempt vs TB.

The only pass I give ownership and the GM is that I believe it was too soon in the Daniel Jones saga to draft Justin Herbert, then 2021 and 2022 were very bad QB drafts (outside of Brock Purdy which nobody knew would be good). 2023 is the 1st draft where opportunity and cost could line up, and it definitely lined up in 2024, inexcusable to leave this past draft without a QB, no matter how good Nabers might become.

Just a final observation, imo, if your QB isn't Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, or in the same tier, you should NEVER stop trying to upgrade the position, wheter it's through the Draft, Free Agency, a trade, whatever it takes. The only way to guarantee you'll fail is if you never try.


great post. the bolded paragraph is dead on and the biggest factor that most wistfully ignore.

people may have felt better if judge had drafted fields/mac (21), or dabs had drafted willis/pickett/corral (22) or levis (23) but you could have drafted all of those guys and nothing would be different about where the team is right now.
RE: RE: My overall DJ's thoughts throughtout his career...  
Go Terps : 9/13/2024 4:15 am : link
In comment 16607190 Eric on Li said:
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great post. the bolded paragraph is dead on and the biggest factor that most wistfully ignore.

people may have felt better if judge had drafted fields/mac (21), or dabs had drafted willis/pickett/corral (22) or levis (23) but you could have drafted all of those guys and nothing would be different about where the team is right now.


This is wrong. Had they drafted any of those QBs in '21/'22 the current QB might very well be any one of the six first round '24 QBs, and we wouldn't be on the hook for $47M for Jones this year. It would have been better to take a QB in the first round every year from '21 to '24 than to have what actually happened.
they shouldn't have  
BigBlueCane : 9/13/2024 4:22 am : link
resigned him.
Didn't love the pick  
BigBlue7 : 9/13/2024 8:03 am : link
hated the contract extension.

If they felt they needed another season with him after the playoff run, then he just should have been franchised an let Barkley go

As a wise man once said: You don't pay a QB big bucks to hand off to an expensive running back...
October 10, 2021  
cosmicj : 9/13/2024 8:03 am : link
I’m a firm believer that QBs emerge as real talents by their 3rd season. The previous week, Jones has one of his best games ever in a comeback win vs the Saints. I’m sure we all remember it. Going into the Oct 10 game vs Dallas, I was ready to see Jones play consistently well, this time against a downright good team.

Instead he stunk. Missed throws. Awful. Then he got injured.

That was it.
The players turned on Jones long ago, when they  
Jim in Hoboken : 9/13/2024 8:04 am : link
saw Barkley jettisoned in favor of Jones. If Mara/Schoen/Daboll stretch the leash even longer, they are risking a total collapse.

At some point Jones may even wish he doesn’t see the field again, he has his money. Mara gave Jones 80M, he should feel bad for Jones. He should feel bad for us.
I would have pulled the plug early on once it was apparent that  
SomeFan : 9/13/2024 8:46 am : link
instincts were lacking and I would NEVER have signed him to the contract he received after 2022. That was insane.
RE: I would have pulled the plug early on once it was apparent that  
DefenseWins : 9/13/2024 11:44 am : link
In comment 16607464 SomeFan said:
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instincts were lacking and I would NEVER have signed him to the contract he received after 2022. That was insane.


I am okay with the contract (will get to why below) but have a bigger problem with how they have addressed the position in general. It was criminal going into the season with a QB who is often injured and two guys who are bodies beneath a helmet as backup QBs.

The contract was not an issue for me because it was a two year contract. They knew they were playing Jones last year. If they drafted a rookie this year, they could still afford both with Jones getting paid big money + a rookie contract.

The one thing that fucked us was our inability to sign a veteran free agent (ie Cousins) with the Jones salary on the books. I think Cousins (or someone similar) is our QB next year.

This year, I would sign Tannehill to be our starter if we could find a way to afford him. Then, keep him as our backup next year. Dump Jones and hold onto cutlets as our #3
Amazing yeoman's work by bw, Terps and Dunk  
Jim in Forest Hills : 9/13/2024 12:52 pm : link
in that Stafford thread. I'm not a I told you so kinda guy but its good perspective and how else are you going to learn?

I was a big Jones fan, I thought he could be very high level but I was done after last year. I wanted Penix very badly in the draft and have really gone scorched earth with Schoen sticking with Jones. I no longer believe he's the right guy either. I hope its not Schoen picking our next QB, he has no fuckin clue on QB play or roster building.
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