thelesterlee
The New York Giants entered the 2021 NFL season with a general manager in Dave Gettleman that had a 15-33 win-loss record yet was still allowed to maintain his job and spend an entire offseason making changes.
After week 1’s loss to the Denver Broncos, Gettleman’s record is now 15-34 and this team looks like they may never win a football game again as long as that asshole is determining the on-field personnel as well as the coaching staff.
What do I say about Daniel Jones at this point in his career? He had no business being drafted no. 6 overall when he wasn’t even projected to be selected in the first round. Just imagine how much better this team would be if they selected a star on defense or an offensive lineman with that draft capital and waited to pick up Jones later who absolutely would’ve been available.
This swagless teacher’s assistant and automatic turnover machine went out there on Sunday and did what he does best: turned the ball over.
Death. Taxes. Daniel Jones with an untimely fumble. pic.twitter.com/gdI1XzlGbm
— Barstool New York (@BS_NewYork) September 12, 2021
The biggest glaring flaw in his game for his entire NFL career is fumbling and Daniel Jones came into the 2021 NFL season and immediately fumbled. There are no more excuses. I don’t want to hear about his lack of offensive ‘weapons’ or whatever. The kid is a backup quarterback in this league. He’s beardless Blake Bortles.
40 turnovers in 28 career games. Franchise quarterback right there.
I understand that Saquon Barkley is coming off an ACL tear and the offensive line is nonexistent but 10 carries for 26 yards is atrocious especially when you look across the field and see that Melvin Gordon ran for 101 in 11 attempts.
Reminder: Dave Gettleman selected Barkley with the NUMBER TWO PICK and that injury-prone Sandusky survivor ran for 26 yards.
But let’s talk about this offensive line that Dave Gettleman has been promising to improve since he arrived in New York. Pro Football Focus ranks the Giants offensive line the 5th worst in the NFL the last two seasons.
With so many question marks about the line, Gettleman decided that the best solution was to…….do fucking nothing. Actually, it’s worse than doing nothing. He got rid of the best player on the line, Kevin Zeitler, to save salary cap money.
Most teams would spend salary cap money to improve their biggest problem but not Dave Gettleman. Insanity.
Second year right tackle, Matt Peart, was so bad in training camp that he’s been benched for 33-year old Nate Solder. Solder was one of the worst offensive linemen in 2019 and didn’t even play in 2020. He’s somehow better than the guy that Gettleman believed was good enough to not even consider trying to replace in the offseason. Ok.
But great coaches define their legacies by how they utilize their talent (or lack thereof).
Enter offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, who singlehandedly blew any momentum this team had. Up 7-3 following a huge forced fumble by Logan Ryan, the Giants could’ve blown the game open.
They did not.
1-yard run.
Play action to the fullback for an incomplete pass.
2-yard pass to the tight end Kyle Rudolph.
Punt.
Ok.
Jason Garrett’s ‘please don’t mess up’ play calling is absurd. In a modern NFL full of pre-play actions and deep explosive plays, the Giants are running in predictable situations for 1 or 2 yard gains. When it’s inevitably 3rd and long, the receivers run routes that don’t even pass the first down marker.
This is going to be a long ass season. The only positive is that an 0-17 year might actually force real change. New management. New quarterback. New offensive philosophy.
Just use Giants games as an excuse to drink and don’t worry about the outcomes. We can do this.
