The Internet had many takes and opinions on the New York Giants benching Eli Manning. Joe Thomas gave his opinion on the method used by Pat Shurmur.
Former Cleveland Browns All-Pro left tackle Joe Thomas chimed in on the New York Giants quarterback situation. The Giants should do themselves a favor and take the free advice.
(In case you wondering, the flipping a coin comment is a reference to his former coach Romeo Crennel deciding on whether to start Derek Anderson or Charlie Frye in a 2007 exhibition game.)
Thomas is someone who has experienced plenty of changes at the quarterback position during his career and can be considered an expert on the subject. Especially when it involves a former head coach of his. Joe Thomas has heard every way of saying that a team is making a change at quarterback. Thomas knows which ways are better than others. Safe to say that this isn’t one of the better ones.
Pat Shurmur broadcasting that he’s going with his gut instead of I don’t know, using his eyes to make a change at quarterback is comical. Even if he just uses some stereotypical coach speak it would come across a bit better than this.
It does not take a rocket scientist to tell that Eli Manning’s best days are behind him. The average person can tell that Eli is not who he used to be. The Giants might be better served making a change from their longtime quarterback. That being said, who knows what Daniel Jones will do.
There is nothing wrong with Pat Shurmur going with his gut, just don’t make a proclamation to the world about it. The problem for the Giants and Shurmur is that they have predictably backed themselves into a corner. This usually does not end up well. If Jones fails it may push Shurmur out the door in New York. Playing quarterback roulette in a losing season never ends up well. It typically happens as a last ditch effort to save a job even though his fate may have been sealed beforehand.
Nobody knows what the end result will be with Pat Shurmur, Eli Manning, Daniel Jones, and the New York Giants. There are plenty of examples over the years of things going bad. Time will tell if this follows the same path as the countless others.
