It might be the offseason, but questions about the New York Giants never seem to stop pouring into the Big Blue View mailbag. Let’s open it up and see what comes tumbling out this time.
Matt McCarty asks: Obviously Daniel Jones’s college stats leave a bit to be desired, but back in 2004 when the Giants traded for Eli, he was statistically worse than Rivers and Roethlisberger (not nearly as bad as Jones). For reference those statistical differences have held true throughout their careers.
That was a different time pre social media, but do you happen to remember your reaction to the trade at the time and do you feel that if Eli didn’t have the Manning name attached that his draft status and the trade would have been more scrutinized?