Keep in mind that Eli Manning was the same selfish individual who refused to play for the Chargers when he was drafted by them. That said, this move by McAdoo is wrong. It's almost like he's trolling the owners to get fired.
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The Giants are tanking
Posted by Mike Foolio on November 28, 2017
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The Giants are doing that which everyone thought the Jets would be doing.
With full knowledge and appreciation of the fact that their season is lost, the Giants are choosing to lose as many games as possible, in order to set up the best possible draft positioning for 2018.
Sure, they’ll deny it. But anyone who gets it knows what’s going on. It’s a tanking, plain and simple.
And there’s nothing wrong with it. If you’re going to lose anyway, losing as many as possibly creates a very real win.
(One of the dumber things Foolio has posted. Losing perpetuates more losing).
Not that new starter
Geno Smith will try to lose. That’s not how tanking in the NFL works. The players and the coaches (except in some cases, like the Bucs vs. the Saints in Week 17 of the 2014 season for the
Jameis Winston pick) will try to win. Tanking happens when an organization decides to see what the backups can do in a given game, necessarily making it harder to win the given game.
Although the decision to bench
Eli Manning for Geno Smith will be presented as being made by coach Ben McAdoo, don’t kid yourself. He’s doing what he’s told by others who realize the value of being so bad that it enhances the chances of being good, sooner than later.
So enjoy the ride, Giants fans. You already knew the destination. If the team plays it just right (wrong) down the stretch, the Giants could end up with one of the top picks in each round of the draft — and maybe they’ll have their next Eli Manning by this time next year.
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Giants should release Eli Manning
Posted by Mike Foolio on November 28, 2017
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Fourteen loyal years of service, more than 200 straight starts, and a pair of Lombardi Trophies that wouldn’t have been won without him ultimately didn’t secure for
Eli Manning the ability to end the 2017 season as the Giants’ starting quarterback.
Even though coach Ben McAdoo says that the decision to bench Eli for
Geno Smith doesn’t mean that Eli’s time with the team is done (as if McAdoo will be making any of those decisions), the Giants should do the right thing by Eli Manning and cut him.
Surely, he won’t be back with the team in 2018. Given the structure of his contract, he’ll likely be cut not long after the Super Bowl. So cut him now. Let him go.
Actually, he may not want to be released. If released, Eli would be subject to waivers. Anyone (including the Browns) could claim his contract. If he fails to show up, Manning would owe the team that claims him more than $12.4 million.
So who would be inclined to claim him on waiver? The Browns surely would consider it, as would the Bills, the Jets (maybe), the Jaguars, the Texans, the Broncos, and the Cardinals. But if he had no interest in playing for any of those teams, would the team go through with grabbing his rights?
Eli’s preference surely would be to become a free agent, and to join the most viable contender he could find: The Jaguars, where he’d be reunited with Tom Coughlin.
Even if it doesn’t happen this year, that could be exactly what happens comes 2018.
