.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 05:24 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan is actually a press reporter for NFL Country at ESPN. Raanan covers the New york city Giants. You can easily follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. HACKENSACK, N.J.-- New york city Giants co-owner John Mara stated he does not have any kind of remorses regarding authorizing quarterback Daniel Jones last year, even though the team teased with locating his potential replacement this offseason.Jones, that signed a four-year, $160 thousand agreement in 2015, possessed pair of touchdown passes and also six interceptions while playing in only 6 video games due to back as well as knee traumas, consisting of a torn ACL in his appropriate leg." Listen closely, I'm still happy we gave him that agreement considering that I believed he played truly effectively for us in '22," Mara said during a celebration to reveal a landscape at the Hackensack Medical Facility to commemorate the group's 100th season. "Last year he received hurt and, permit's be actually honest, when he was participating in, our company weren't blocking out anybody. So permit's offer him a possibility along with a far better offensive pipes and some weapons around him and also see what he can possibly do." Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Giants seriously asked about relocating right into the leading 3 of the draft with their eye on a quarterback, particularly Drake Maye if the New England Patriots were willing to create a field. But the cost showed too steep.Instead, the Giants stuck with Jones and composed LSU pass receiver Malik Nabers along with the sixth total selection to provide him a tool on offense." I was nervous concerning losing hope way too much to go get a quarterback," Mara stated. "I was prepared to let [general manager Joe Schoen and instructor Brian Daboll] do that if that is what they would like to do. We decided to visit Daniel as well as add a tool for him, as well as I assume that is going to exercise for us." Jones might possess kept, however it was actually an offseason of modification for the Giants. They permitted running back Saquon Barkley and safety Xavier McKinney to walk via cost-free agency. Barkley locked on along with the competing Philly Eagles McKinney along with the Eco-friendly Gulf Packers.It was actually exposed on "Hard Knocks: Offseason with the Nyc Giants" that Mara had not been totally on board along with the decision to allow Barkley leave. He accepted finding Barkley property in Philadelphia would certainly make him lose sleep.Nonetheless, Mara didn't conflict." Annually there is actually heading to be an employees choice that I am certainly not one hundred% in favor of," Mara stated. "But by the end of the day, you permit the basic supervisor and also the trainer, specifically if they have actually an unified view, decide and afterwards bitch regarding it eventually." That was actually the decision they created. No, I wasn't crazy about it. I failed to desire to shed him, however I understood what their ideology was actually and also you must let all of them perform their projects." Schoen as well as Daboll now move right into a crucial Year 3 with a remodelled lineup lacking celebrity power. They incredibly made the playoffs in their very first time, prior to having a hard time to a 6-11 record in 2014. The Giants revamped their lineup, trading for edge rusher Brian Burns, drafting Nabers and authorizing three potential beginning outrageous linemen (John Runyan Jr., Jermaine Eluemunor and also Greg Truck Roten). Today it's time to see if it associates to an enhanced product on the area. Or even possibly it might take an additional year of replenishing the lineup, consisting of at the quarterback setting." It's tough to express my requirements," Mara mentioned. "Certainly you intend to show notable remodeling over last year, however I'm not visiting produce any type of considerable guarantees or demands or even anything like that. They know what I wish to see. I have a ton of assurance in this particular staff. The communication is actually great as well as I think we've added some great items. It is actually time to present it." That doesn't necessarily mean the Giants require to win a details number of video games or even create the playoffs to view the season as an excellence. That is constantly additional of a taste of Mara once the season concludes.He still doesn't appear to view this as a lasting develop." I do not recognize exactly how to evaluate that. I would like to stroll off the area at the end of the period sensation like our company are actually transferring the appropriate direction," Mara claimed. "We definitely are actually. We have an excellent foundation right here. Our company possess every factor to become optimistic." I expect our company to take a significant step forward this year.".