On Wednesday night on Long Island, Giants co-owner John Mara issued a vote of confidence in head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen, avoiding doing the same thing with quarterback Daniel Jones in the future. .
A date earlier, several participants from the Giants team showed up at the University of Colorado, where potential zenith quarterback Shedeur Sanders was on display.
Mara faces another crossroads for her group. The Giants are 2-5 heading into Monday night’s game against the Steelers, heading into what will be their 10th losing season in the 13 years since their last Super Bowl victory.
“Obviously, we’re all very disappointed with where we are right now,” Mara said Wednesday night in the debut of an NFL Motion Pictures feature about her father, Wellington. “But I will say one thing: We are not making any changes this season and I don’t anticipate making any changes in the offseason either.”
Mara says he plans to train stamina with his brain, who two years ago led the Giants to the playoffs but has struggled since then. However, he denied any such remark about Jones.
“I’m not going to get into that,” Mara said when asked about Jones’ shocking statement.
Jones’ insured cash runs out at the end of this season, the second of his four-year, $160 million contract extension signed in March 2023. But if he is injured and can’t physically return in March, $12 million of his 2025 contract. Salary can be assured. And another $11 million can be guaranteed if he can’t physically hold on at the beginning of the year.
Everyone, including Jones, is aware of the deal mechanism, but the Giants still hope to play competitive football games despite what history says between 2 and 5 teams make the postseason. But talks could easily change in two weeks after the Giants face the Steelers and Commanders in an important NFC East fight just before the Nov. 5 trade deadline.
The Giants have allowed the most sacks (31) through the first seven weeks of the season, and of course, the team took a cue from Saquon Barkley during the offseason with the rival Eagles. But Jones is 3-10 in his second 13 starts, and his passer rating of 80.6 ranks 26th among certified quarterbacks and below the league average of 91.5.
Daboll took over the offensive snaps this year and has been much more involved in the quarterback room in 2024 than in previous seasons.
The timing of Mara’s comments and the whereabouts of Giants executives was once a coincidence. Every NFL team will send some scouts to Colorado this fall thanks to the presence of Sanders and Heisman contender Travis Hunter.
In Colorado, a trio of Giants saw their application Tuesday. General Worker Supervisor Brandon Brown, Player Equipment Manager (and Mara’s nephew) Tim McDonnell and General Manager Special Worker Jessie Armstead, who earned three All Execs nods as a Giants linebacker.
Later, Colorado head educator Deion Sanders asked Brown to speak to his players in an pronunciation that was captured on cameras, like most things, in Colorado. Message from Brown: Even if you assume no one is watching, someone is watching.
“We’re looking at everything, whether it’s his mannerisms, his attention to detail, what kind of teammate he is, how he works hard,” Brown advised the players. “It’s not just about Saturdays. It’s what you value in the process. Is the process important to you? Do you like the ball? Do you love the ball? Do you live the ball?”
Last year, Joe Schoen and Brown went around people all fall and snow, scouting draft-eligible quarterbacks up close. It culminated in the Giants trying unsuccessfully to get into the top three of the draft for a quarterback. His absolute best chance: facing Drake Maye in Negative. 3 overall: Was snubbed by the Patriots, as noted on HBO’s Sun-baked Knocks this summer.
Resources around the league have questioned whether Mara would accidentally reboot his franchise. For those who work in construction, Wednesday’s comments were no miracle. For those outside the construction, many remain unconvinced that what Mara does not “anticipate” will not ultimately collapse.
“Owners always say that,” said an NFC team executive.
Daboll has been separated from the profitable Generation Speaker for two years. And the Giants front office took on one of the worst salary cap situations in the NFL just a few years ago and gave the team financial flexibility with one of the youngest rosters in the league and a defense that leads the league in sacks. .
In fact, Mara had no plans to fire Joe Pass at this point in the 2021 season prior to the season’s dreadful final two weeks. And there was no chief educator like Bill Belichick in sight either.
