.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 05:24 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan is actually a media reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan deals with the The big apple Giants. You can follow him through Twitter @JordanRaanan. HACKENSACK, N.J.-- New York Giants co-owner John Mara stated he doesn't have any type of remorses regarding authorizing quarterback Daniel Jones in 2014, regardless of whether the crew teased along with discovering his prospective substitute this offseason.Jones, who signed a four-year, $160 thousand agreement in 2014, had two goal passes and six interceptions while playing in just 6 games because of back and also knee accidents, featuring a torn ACL in his ideal leg." Listen, I am actually still happy our experts gave him that arrangement since I thought he participated in definitely well for us in '22," Mara claimed throughout an event to reveal a landscape at the Hackensack Medical Center to commemorate the team's 100th period. "In 2013 he got hurt and, let's be straightforward, when he was actually playing, we weren't obstructing any person. Therefore permit's provide him a chance along with a better offending pipes and some weapons around him and also observe what he can possibly do." Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Giants truly inquired about moving into the best three of the draft with their eye on a quarterback, specifically Drake Maye if the New England Patriots wanted to bring in a business. However the cost proved as well steep.Instead, the Giants stuck with Jones and also prepared LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers along with the sixth general pick to offer him a weapon on offense." I was nervous concerning giving up a lot of to go get a quarterback," Mara claimed. "I was actually prepared to allow [general supervisor Joe Schoen and also coach Brian Daboll] do that if that is what they wanted to perform. Our company made a decision to stick with Daniel and include a weapon for him, as well as I presume that is actually going to work out for our team." Jones may possess kept, but it was an offseason of adjustment for the Giants. They made it possible for running back Saquon Barkley as well as safety Xavier McKinney to walk via free of charge organization. Barkley latched on with the rival Philadelphia Eagles McKinney with the Environment-friendly Bay Packers.It was exposed on "Distress: Offseason with the New York City Giants" that Mara wasn't totally aboard with the selection to permit Barkley leave behind. He acknowledged observing Barkley land in Philly would make him lose sleep.Nonetheless, Mara failed to meddle." Yearly there is mosting likely to be actually a personnel choice that I am not one hundred% in favor of," Mara mentioned. "But in the end of the time, you let the overall supervisor and also the trainer, specifically if they have actually an unified conviction, make the decisions and then bitch concerning it later." That was actually the decision they created. No, I had not been enamored of it. I really did not want to drop him, however I understood what their ideology was and you must allow them do their projects." Schoen as well as Daboll right now head into a vital Year 3 with an overhauled lineup being without celebrity energy. They surprisingly produced the playoffs in their initial season, before having a hard time to a 6-11 file in 2014. The Giants reworked their lineup, investing for advantage rush Brian Burns, drafting Nabers as well as authorizing three possible beginning offending electrician (John Runyan Jr., Jermaine Eluemunor as well as Greg Van Roten). Now it is actually time to view if it associates to an improved product on the industry. Or possibly it might take another year of restocking the lineup, featuring at the quarterback posture." It's difficult to articulate my desires," Mara pointed out. "Clearly you desire to show notable renovation over last year, however I am actually certainly not going to create any type of considerable guarantees or needs or even anything like that. They know what I wish to observe. I possess a considerable amount of self-confidence within this particular crew. The communication is actually fantastic as well as I think we have actually included some excellent parts. It's time to present it." That does not necessarily imply the Giants need to have to win a certain lot of video games or make the playoffs to view the time as an effectiveness. That is always even more of a sample of Mara once the time concludes.He still does not seem to view this as a lasting construct." I don't know how to evaluate that. I want to walk off the field at the end of the season sensation like we are actually moving in the right path," Mara mentioned. "Our experts truly are. Our company have an excellent structure here. Our experts have every explanation to become confident." I expect our company to take a large advance this year.".