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Friday’s Hot Clicks: Giants Fans Everywhere Hated the Daniel Jones Pick
SI ^ | April 26, 2019 | Dan Gartland

Posted on 04/26/2019 11:19:11 AM PDT by C19fan

DANIEL JONES?!?!?!? While it’s 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, there’s 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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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: football; liberalagenda; nationalfelonleague; nfhell; nfl; nofansleft
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To: nesnah

None of those highlights were against FSU , Clemson . Only top squads were Va Tech and N’western. Army and Temple are lower level FBS squads. This isn’t always a forecaster, i.e. Phil Simms and Morehead State, but I would feel better seeing his work against highrr quality opposition.


41 posted on 04/26/2019 1:06:13 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65

It’s always a crap shoot.

I mean who did Tony Romo play against in college?


42 posted on 04/26/2019 1:09:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: cdcdawg
“blue collar”
“throwback”
“carries....lunchpail to work everyday.”

Funny you should use those terms. That was just how the 1986 Giants were described on their way to their first Superbowl appearance...and victory. };^)

43 posted on 04/26/2019 1:14:10 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: C19fan

So stupid. They need to build a great defense this year, then, when they suck with Manning, have a low draft pick next year and get Tua. Or in 2 years, after continuing to suck with Eli, get Trevor. Then, with a great Defense in place, and a great QB, they have what’s needed for 10 years of success.


44 posted on 04/26/2019 1:20:34 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: dfwgator

Wow. That was good :)


45 posted on 04/26/2019 1:25:41 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Ouderkirk

As a Lions fan, I would have loved to have lost four Super Bowls, at least we would have gotten there.


46 posted on 04/26/2019 1:30:38 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan

Many Niners fans weren’t thrilled when they drafted Joe Montana. But Walsh clearly saw something there that wasn’t in the other QBs.

Perhaps the Giants saw something there as well with Jones.


47 posted on 04/26/2019 1:32:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan
Friday’s Hot Clicks

I swear I read it as "Friday’s Hot Chicks"

48 posted on 04/26/2019 1:35:15 PM PDT by Popman
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To: TBP
His name was Phil Simms.

Joe Montana was still available.

49 posted on 04/26/2019 1:36:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: TBP
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

Before the 1979 NFL Draft, new San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh flew to Morehead State with assistant coach Sam Wyche to work out Simms.[3] Walsh was so impressed that he planned to draft Simms in the third round, preferring him over the quarterback they ultimately took, Joe Montana of Notre Dame.[4] But the New York Giants decided to make Simms their first round pick (seventh overall) to the surprise of many.[5] As Simms acknowledged, "most people have never heard of me."[5] When Simms's name was announced by Commissioner Pete Rozelle in front of the audience at the draft in New York, his selection was booed loudly by the Giants fans in attendance.[6][7] (He was the second quarterback taken; Jack Thompson of Washington State went to Cincinnati with the third overall pick.) Simms was not happy being a Giant either, "All I was thinking was which teams I would rather play for—the Green Bay Packers, the Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego, San Francisco..."[8] Nonetheless, he became popular with his teammates who jokingly dubbed him "Prince Valiant" in his rookie training camp.[9]

50 posted on 04/26/2019 1:38:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: xkaydet65

I agree, Jones was a reach at that point. They still could have had him or an equal player later.


51 posted on 04/26/2019 1:55:25 PM PDT by cdcdawg (If white, western culture makes you feel out of place, THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE!)
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To: dfwgator

The four lost super bowls is what drove me away from sports in general. I was a LOYAL Bills fan and was super stoked watching them get better and better. And then...

Just like Syracuse Orangemen Basketball...couldn’t get it done in the big game. Had to bring in Carmelo Antony who is a (barely) functional illiterate (I know people who tried to tutor him, and even with their help he was going to lose his eligibility for grades). And IMHO the (because LeBron James was ineligible for playing in a summer tournament) that was a questionable title. Boeheim brought in a dumb as a post “ringer” to win...felt wrong then, and it still does. The kid could play ball, but little else.

That has turned me off of sports. The only sport I am interested in now is the one my kid is actually playing in.


52 posted on 04/26/2019 2:40:36 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: dfwgator

Yeah I remember him. Goog college player for KY.


53 posted on 04/29/2019 10:21:53 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: subterfuge

He was surprisingly fleet-footed for his size.

IIRC once he stopped playing, he ballooned up to like 500 pounds.


54 posted on 04/29/2019 10:47:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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