Eli Manning is not going anywhere.
And if you think he should, Giants General Manager David Gettleman probably feels you should get a life.
Asked by reporters during a conference call if he still had confidence in the aging quarterback, Gettleman said: "This narrative Eli is overpaid and can't play is a crock," Gettleman told reporters Monday during a teleconference. "I'm telling you. So at the end of the day you guys got to say Gentleman's out of his mind, or he knows what he's talking about when he evaluates players. That's really what it is. That's really where it's at.
"And I'm OK if you disagree with me, that's fine. But what I'm telling you is, if you turn around and look at what he's making right now and look around the league and see what quarterbacks are making, alright, if you were in my shoes you'd say, you know what, there really is not, the way he finished the season and what he's making, there really wasn't a decision to make."
And you know what? Genttleman is the one full of "crock." We know he doesn't care, but com'on! Manning will count $23 million against the cap this year. Had the Giants elected to cut him last week, they would be on the hook for only $6.2 million. The logical thing would have been to cut Manning.
But doing what is right for the present state of the franchise, and what is right for the franchise quarterback that won two Super Bowls has been a tricky state of affairs for Big Blue to deal with.
How tricky? It cost Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese their jobs two years ago.
Certainly trading Odell Beckham Jr. and releasing Landon Collins signaled that the Giants were preparing to move in a new direction, but keeping Manning around accomplishes what exactly? That is still to be determined.
The Giants need to be in a market for a new quarterback, there is no doubt about that now. Manning is 38-years-old, and not getting any younger. The time has come for the Giants to embrace a full rebuild. Are the Giants seriously going to draft a quarterback in the first round and sit him for a whole year? Do the Giants even bother drafting a quarterback? Stranger things have happened under the Gettleman/Shurmur regime.
And if you think he should, Giants General Manager David Gettleman probably feels you should get a life.
Asked by reporters during a conference call if he still had confidence in the aging quarterback, Gettleman said: "This narrative Eli is overpaid and can't play is a crock," Gettleman told reporters Monday during a teleconference. "I'm telling you. So at the end of the day you guys got to say Gentleman's out of his mind, or he knows what he's talking about when he evaluates players. That's really what it is. That's really where it's at.
"And I'm OK if you disagree with me, that's fine. But what I'm telling you is, if you turn around and look at what he's making right now and look around the league and see what quarterbacks are making, alright, if you were in my shoes you'd say, you know what, there really is not, the way he finished the season and what he's making, there really wasn't a decision to make."
And you know what? Genttleman is the one full of "crock." We know he doesn't care, but com'on! Manning will count $23 million against the cap this year. Had the Giants elected to cut him last week, they would be on the hook for only $6.2 million. The logical thing would have been to cut Manning.
But doing what is right for the present state of the franchise, and what is right for the franchise quarterback that won two Super Bowls has been a tricky state of affairs for Big Blue to deal with.
How tricky? It cost Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese their jobs two years ago.
Certainly trading Odell Beckham Jr. and releasing Landon Collins signaled that the Giants were preparing to move in a new direction, but keeping Manning around accomplishes what exactly? That is still to be determined.
The Giants need to be in a market for a new quarterback, there is no doubt about that now. Manning is 38-years-old, and not getting any younger. The time has come for the Giants to embrace a full rebuild. Are the Giants seriously going to draft a quarterback in the first round and sit him for a whole year? Do the Giants even bother drafting a quarterback? Stranger things have happened under the Gettleman/Shurmur regime.
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