.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Team WriterAug 1, 2024, 05:24 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan is a media reporter for NFL Country at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can easily observe him by means of Twitter @JordanRaanan. HACKENSACK, N.J.-- Nyc Giants co-owner John Mara claimed he does not have any kind of regrets concerning authorizing quarterback Daniel Jones last year, even though the group flirted with discovering his potential replacement this offseason.Jones, that authorized a four-year, $160 million agreement in 2014, possessed 2 goal passes and also six interceptions while playing in simply six games due to neck and knee injuries, featuring a torn ACL in his right knee." Listen, I am actually still happy we gave him that contract because I experienced he participated in definitely effectively for our team in '22," Mara pointed out during the course of an event to unveil a landscape at the Hackensack Medical Facility to commemorate the crew's 100th season. "Last year he got pain and, let's be actually sincere, when he was actually participating in, our company weren't obstructing any person. Thus allow's offer him an odds along with a better offensive line and some weapons around him and also observe what he can possibly do." Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Giants very seriously asked about relocating into the best 3 of the draught along with their eye on a quarterback, specifically Drake Maye if the New England Patriots were willing to create a field. However the cost proved as well steep.Instead, the Giants stuck with Jones and also made LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers along with the sixth overall selection to provide him a weapon on offense." I was nervous concerning losing hope too much to go acquire a quarterback," Mara claimed. "I was actually readied to allow [overall manager Joe Schoen and also trainer Brian Daboll] perform that if that is what they would like to do. Our team made a decision to stay with Daniel as well as include an item for him, and I believe that is actually mosting likely to exercise for our company." Jones may have kept, but it was an offseason of change for the Giants. They allowed operating back Saquon Barkley as well as protection Xavier McKinney to stroll using cost-free agency. Barkley latched on with the rivalrous Philly Eagles McKinney with the Environment-friendly Gulf Packers.It was actually uncovered on "Hard Knocks: Offseason with the Nyc Giants" that Mara had not been completely on board with the selection to permit Barkley leave behind. He accepted observing Barkley property in Philly would create him lose sleep.Nonetheless, Mara didn't meddle." Each year there is mosting likely to be actually an employees decision that I am certainly not 100% for," Mara said. "Yet in the end of the day, you allow the general supervisor as well as the coach, especially if they have actually an unified sentiment, make the decisions and then bitch concerning it later." That was the choice they made. No, I had not been fascinated it. I really did not desire to drop him, but I recognized what their philosophy was actually and you must allow all of them perform their tasks." Schoen as well as Daboll currently head into a crucial Year 3 with a revamped lineup lacking celebrity power. They surprisingly produced the playoffs in their initial period, prior to struggling to a 6-11 file in 2014. The Giants reworked their roster, trading for advantage rusher Brian Burns, calling up Nabers and signing 3 prospective beginning offending electrician (John Runyan Jr., Jermaine Eluemunor as well as Greg Vehicle Roten). Now it's opportunity to view if it connects to a strengthened product on the area. Or even perhaps it may take yet another year of replenishing the roster, including at the quarterback placement." It's hard to express my assumptions," Mara pointed out. "Certainly you would like to present significant remodeling over in 2014, however I'm not heading to produce any type of substantial guarantees or demands or just about anything like that. They understand what I would like to view. I possess a lot of self-confidence in this particular particular crew. The communication is actually wonderful and also I presume our company have actually incorporated some good parts. It is actually opportunity to show it." That doesn't necessarily mean the Giants need to win a specific amount of activities or even make the playoffs to look at the season as an excellence. That is actually always additional of a taste of Mara once the time concludes.He still doesn't appear to see this as a lasting build." I don't recognize just how to quantify that. I desire to walk off the industry at the end of the season emotion like our company are actually transferring the ideal path," Mara pointed out. "We definitely are actually. We have an excellent structure right here. We have every explanation to be hopeful." I anticipate our company to take a huge step forward this year.".