Cross Roads in Metlife


The past few NFL Drafts both the Jets and Giants have tried to rebuild their franchises and usher in a new era. An era that hopefully will be filled with winning football. On Thursday night the two New York rebuilds continue, and if it wasn’t clear by now, the two teams that share Metlife Stadium are going in opposite directions.
Gang Green was up first (per usual) and selected Defensive End Quinnen Williams from Alabama. With new Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams and his 3-4 defense, the Jets the run stuffer and hopeful pass disrupter in the middle to put the polish on an offseason that saw them key pieces to sure up one of the worst defenses in the league in 2018-19 (25th in total defense).
For the New York Football Giants, I have some good news… you have your quarterback of the future! There is only one problem, he might be the best quarterback in the draft. That honor could very well be given to the first overall pick Kyler Murray, but the conscience pick from the “experts” that know football better than anyone give that honor, at least right now, to Dwayne Haskins. Haskins will for sure make the Giants for passing on him given that he now plays in Washington and will see Big Blue twice a year. Daniel Jones wakes up this morning in one of the toughest positions any athlete faces—being a made man in the eyes of the New York media frenzy. Jones while at Duke threw for 2,674 yards, with a 60% completion percentage, 22 touchdowns, and only nine interceptions. Jones added 319 yards with three touchdowns on the ground. Dave Gettleman the Giants GM said he was in “full-bloom love” with Daniel Jones.
The silver lining could be that the Giants finally feel is the future of the franchise and pulled the trigger on him. Really Giant fans are faced with two realities. Either Daniel Jones is Kristaps Porzingis and will make Big Blue Nation ecstatic and ride Jones all the way to the promise land. Or Jones will be the next Christian Hackenberg. Presumably Daniel Jones will see the field for the Giants, unlike Hackenberg, but the early reaction to this pick has the stench of Christian Hackenberg all over it.
Getting back to the Jets, personally I would have went offensive line and sure up the backfield that has two major investments in it. Sam Darnold is too valuable by himself to risk any time off the field. The Jets have had one of the worst offensive lines since two Jet legends (Nick Mangold & D'Brickashaw Ferguson) retired. It could be worse than Quinnen Williams, but with no second round pick, Williams has to be the real deal to pass up much needed O-Line help.
As the madness of the NFL Draft continues, both the Jets and Giants are in good positions to have one of the best drafts either franchise has seen in some time. This has been said a lot in the past few years but this is truly the turning point for the Jets and Giants. The Jets will either fail again as they go all in trying to rebuild for the millionth time. And for the Giants this could be exactly what you needed to jump start the rebuild and make the post Eli-era a short lived vacation from title town. Or it could go the way of the Jets rebuilds with Smith, Hackenberg, and Petty, and be napalm to the front office and fan base. But, only time will tell, however the einds of time seem to be changing in New York…

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