The Giants’ quarterback situation in 2024 is, as usual, an interesting one. For the sixth year in a row, it seems like New York will enter the season with a plan to start Daniel Jones at quarterback while also hedging their bets a bit. To wit, team owner John Mara reportedly gave his coaching staff and personnel department the green light to draft a quarterback with their No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, per Jordan Raanan of ESPN. 
With a top-ten selection in a strong quarterback class, the opportunity is certainly there to add one of the draft’s top quarterbacks. Unfortunately, a strong quarterback class doesn’t mean a deep one. Due to NIL opportunities convincing mid- to late-round passers to stay in school, this year’s quarterbacks crop is a bit top-heavy, so if you need to add a young arm to the roster, you may be forced to do so early.
It appears that seems to be the plan in New York. The team has hosted Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy and North Carolina’s Drake Maye, both favorites at one point to go No. 2 overall behind USC quarterback Caleb Williams. Although it would likely take a massive trade to acquire him, the Giants have done their homework on Williams, as well, sending general manager Joe Schoen to his pro day in Los Angeles.
Regardless of the work being put in by the team’s personnel group, the plan is for Jones to be under center in Week 1 of the 2024 season. Mara has been adamant recently in his belief in Jones, citing the quarterback’s 2022 season as an indicator of what the 26-year-old is capable of doing in an interview with Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. This won’t stop the team from adding to the room this offseason as Jones works his way back from a torn ACL.
Still, this past season is also an example of what we’ve seen with Jones in his career. Including the 2022 season, in which he sat out Week 18 before the playoffs, Jones has yet to play in every game of an NFL season. Ignoring the technicality of the 2022 absence, Jones has still missed 23 of a possible 83 regular season games through the first five years of his career. This season also saw the troubling return of Jones’ struggles with turnovers, though the team points to his injuries this season as the cause for that. You can have all the confidence in the world in Jones, but it’s still smart to consider investing in a young arm in case Jones continues to miss games or in case the Jones from 2022 never shows up again.
In addition to voicing his support for Jones, Mara also backed head coach Brian Daboll after a turbulent 2023 season. According to Connor Hughes of SNY, while he sometimes wishes Daboll would “tone it down,” Mara doesn’t believe that the coach acts irrationally and hasn’t asked him to change.
Why don’t the owners have their own page on pro football reference?
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I was there when the Kaiser…
Don’t throw good money after bad – replace Jones with someone cheaper at the earliest opportunity.
Giants would be fools to pass on Nabers.
Two outcomes really
They goat a team into trading up for a QB
“You did it you stupid SOB you actually did it!”
They actually draft McCarthy or Nix at 6
“ you dumb SOB!”
That this report was put out there makes it clear the Giants are NOT taking a QB at 6. It’s the lying season. They are advertising the 6 pick to QB needy teams.
Somewhere, the much maligned Dave Gettleman is enjoying a good laugh.
The laugh’s on him though.
Gettleman’s replacement is taking all the heat now and slowly sinking in the quicksand so I imagine Dave is pleased he was given a “get out of jail free card”.
As a long time Giants fan, I’m afraid that Mara is running the show behind the scene. It was his decision to pay Jones that ridiculous contract. Let’s face it had he gone to FA there was no team out there willing to invest 4 years/$160million with $89mm guaranteed in him. He would have been lucky to get $25-$30mm per year at best. Instead they overpaid for potential. After 5 years we could all see his potential, career backup.
I don’t want to hear the apologizing for him because he didn’t have this or that around him. Watching him play for 5 years all I saw was quick check downs, not seeing open receivers, poorly thrown balls, not able to process quickly which led to either sacks or throwaways, too much inconsistent play, and leaving big plays on the field instead of taking them. How many more years Mr Mara do I have to watch him either take a sack on 3rd and 10, or throw a check down to the RB for 3 yards on 3rd and 7, when replays show a reciever wide open 10 yards down the field?
mr Mara, just step aside and let the football people you hired do their jobs and get the players that will help them actually win games.
As an Eagles fan Jones is great and Mr Mara is doing a wonderful job with the team. In all seriousness Jones is not the answer he is bottom 3rd starting QB or a good back up, absolutely an overpay. They should trade down to get as many picks as they can to fill the holes or to your point Nabers, give your next QB someone to throw to, I think Jones after next year has no or little dead money.
The Giants act like they’re entitled, which is why they let Saquon Barkley leave for Philly while giving the big money to Jones. Why else do the barely breathing NYC tabloids scream “It’s All About The QB!”
I’m not hating your suggestion. Trading down securing some addition high round picks could be the way to go. A #1 WR, TE, and RB would help out as far as weapons go. Maybe select a QB in rounds 2 or 3 and try and develop him for a year. Or see what you have in Drew Lock.
Either way it’s better than rolling with the turnover machine in Mr Checkdown Jones.
As for his contract if they don’t restructure it, he has about $25m in dead cap hit after this year. So not to bad.