Posted on 04/26/2019 11:19:11 AM PDT by C19fan
DANIEL JONES?!?!?!? While its a toss-up between the Giants and the Raiders for who made the most head-scratching selection of the first night of the NFL draft, theres no doubt that Giants fans were more upset that their team took Duke quarterback Daniel Jones than Oakland fans were that they reached for Clemson pass-rusher Clelin Ferrell.
The Giants are in desperate need of a quarterback to succeed Eli Manning and were lucky to be picking sixth behind a bunch of teams that already sorted out their QB situations. They also need help on defense and held a second first-round pick at No. 17 that they could use on a passer in a deep QB draft.
So what did they do at No. 6? Did they take Kentucky pass-rusher Josh Allen, who surprisingly slipped to them after the Raiders took Ferrell? Did they take one of the quarterbacks Dwayne Haskins or Drew Lock, widely considered neck-and-neck for the second-best QB prospect in the draft? No, they took Jones, the least imaginative pick possible and a guy who probably would have been available at No. 17.
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You should. I won’t wish the Eagles good luck because they won’t need it.
Every team needs good luck. A season-ending injury to two can sink a ship.
You forgot the Buffalo Bills as the foundation holding up that floor.
I think the Giants brain-trust was captivated by how much Daniel Jones looks like Eli Manning - they couldn’t resist.
Watched it all with the folks; didn’t understand a bit of it. But the beer was good, LOL
I think Cleveland will be in a Super Bowl within the next three or four years.
It's only 3:30 eastern time - a little early to be drinking that heavily....
I think they are putting the pieces together, at least I think they’ve finally got the quarterback they need in Mayfield.
The players who despised him were the ones who were winning Super Bowls for him.
He should have been fired at least one year -- probably two -- earlier than he was.
I remember another QB from a more obscure school whose name was booed when the Giants picked him. They were roasted all over New York for this horrible pick. Who would waste a first-round pick on this guy? Who is this guy anyway?
His name was Phil Simms.
Caught parts of two Browns games last year - Mayfield has “it”. That’s your franchise QB right there.
So have the Giants. Four of them.
New Yawk fans would boo their own mothers.
Yeah..four consecutive Stupid Bowls and came away empty handed.
They sucked for 25 years after Jack Kemp, they have sucked for 25 years after their super bowl runs...not a good track record.
There is no hope for them. It would be better for Buffalo for them to move the team out of there. The fans deserve better.
The Giants also once drafted Jared Lorenzen, the “Hefty Lefty” QB from Kentucky.
No, Haskins has no footspeed and is rather statioary in the pocket. He does have a rifle arm, accurate as well. This may be politically incorrect but Haskins is the opposite of the stereotypical Black QB. I think Jones can be very good but he could have been gotten at 17 with Allen at 6 and they still could have worked a trade for the pick that got them the Georgia CB.
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