Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
There wasn’t a moment during the early years of Eli Manning when John Mara — or anyone in the New York Giants organization — publicly acknowledged they were looking at other quarterback options. And there hasn’t been a moment in the first five years of Daniel Jones’ career when any of them publicly admitted it either.
Until now.
That’s how the world can be sure that the Giants are serious about at least considering drafting a quarterback with the sixth overall pick in this NFL Draft. Even Mara is willing to say it out loud.
“Listen, everybody in the building wants Daniel to succeed,” Mara said on Monday at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando. “But you can never let that get in the way if you make a judgment that there are people coming out in the draft that have a chance to be really good franchise-type players.”
That is an astonishing admission for an owner who has never uttered anything but complete faith in the quarterback the Giants drafted sixth overall in 2019. It has been just 13 months since Mara greenlighted a four-year, $160 million contract for Jones that included $82 million in guaranteed money. Now, after Jones played in just six games last season, Mara is willing to entertain a draft pick that would make it clear that the massive contract was a mistake.
Not only that, he’s willing to let general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll make that decision — even though they’re the ones who sold him on the idea that Jones was a franchise quarterback worthy of enormous investment. It’s rare that anyone in the NFL gets a chance to make up for that kind of mistake.
Of course, the Giants aren’t exactly saying the deal for Jones was a mistake. Mara and Schoen have now both said their “expectation” is that Jones will be the starting quarterback this season, and Daboll said on Monday that if Jones is healthy “he’ll be the guy” for the Giants. And Mara certainly…
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Publish date : 2024-03-26 18:39:48
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