.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 05:24 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Country at ESPN. Raanan deals with the New York Giants. You can observe him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. HACKENSACK, N.J.-- New york city Giants co-owner John Mara mentioned he does not possess any type of disappointments about signing quarterback Daniel Jones last year, even when the team teased along with discovering his prospective substitute this offseason.Jones, that authorized a four-year, $160 million contract in 2013, possessed pair of goal passes and also 6 interceptions while playing in merely six activities due to neck and also knee traumas, including a torn ACL in his ideal knee." Listen closely, I'm still happy we offered him that arrangement given that I thought he played really properly for our team in '22," Mara pointed out during an occasion to introduce a landscape at the Hackensack Medical Facility to celebrate the staff's 100th season. "In 2015 he got injured and also, let's be truthful, when he was playing, our company weren't blocking out anyone. Thus allow's offer him an opportunity along with a far better outrageous pipes and also some weapons around him as well as observe what he can possibly do." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedThe Giants seriously asked about moving into the top 3 of the draught with their eye on a quarterback, particularly Drake Maye if the New England Patriots agreed to make a trade. But the price showed too steep.Instead, the Giants stuck to Jones and also made LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers along with the sixth total pick to offer him an item on outburst." I fidgeted concerning giving up excessive to go receive a quarterback," Mara said. "I was prepared to allow [basic supervisor Joe Schoen as well as train Brian Daboll] perform that if that is what they intended to carry out. Our experts made a decision to stay with Daniel and incorporate a weapon for him, as well as I think that is visiting exercise for our team." Jones may have stayed, but it was an offseason of adjustment for the Giants. They made it possible for running back Saquon Barkley and also security Xavier McKinney to stroll using cost-free organization. Barkley latched on with the competing Philadelphia Eagles McKinney along with the Environment-friendly Gulf Packers.It was shown on "Distress: Offseason with the New York City Giants" that Mara had not been fully aboard along with the selection to let Barkley leave. He confessed viewing Barkley land in Philly would certainly make him drop sleep.Nonetheless, Mara really did not interfere." Yearly there is going to be a workers choice that I am actually certainly not 100% for," Mara mentioned. "Yet by the end of the day, you permit the general supervisor as well as the train, especially if they have actually a consolidated principle, decide and after that bitch concerning it later on." That was actually the decision they created. No, I had not been fascinated it. I failed to intend to drop him, however I comprehended what their philosophy was actually as well as you have to allow all of them perform their jobs." Schoen and also Daboll right now move in to a vital Year 3 along with a spruced up lineup being without star electrical power. They incredibly made the playoffs in their first season, before having a hard time to a 6-11 report in 2015. The Giants modified their roster, exchanging for upper hand rush Brian Burns, drafting Nabers as well as signing 3 possible beginning offensive electrician (John Runyan Jr., Jermaine Eluemunor as well as Greg Van Roten). Right now it is actually time to observe if it associates to a strengthened product on the area. Or even perhaps it could take yet another year of replenishing the lineup, including at the quarterback setting." It is actually challenging to articulate my requirements," Mara pointed out. "Clearly you desire to present substantial renovation over last year, however I am actually certainly not visiting produce any sort of substantial warranties or needs or just about anything like that. They know what I intend to view. I have a great deal of peace of mind in this particular specific group. The communication is wonderful and also I think our experts've included some excellent pieces. It is actually opportunity to reveal it." That doesn't automatically indicate the Giants need to succeed a details amount of activities or even create the playoffs to look at the period as a results. That is actually always more of a taste of Mara once the time concludes.He still doesn't seem to be to see this as a long-term create." I don't understand exactly how to evaluate that. I wish to stroll off the field at the end of the season feeling like our experts're relocating the right path," Mara mentioned. "Our company really are. We have an excellent foundation here. Our team possess every cause to be optimistic." I expect our team to take a significant progression this year.".