.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 05:24 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan deals with the New York Giants. You can easily follow him by means of Twitter @JordanRaanan. HACKENSACK, N.J.-- New York Giants co-owner John Mara said he doesn't possess any disappointments concerning authorizing quarterback Daniel Jones last year, even when the team flirted with discovering his prospective substitute this offseason.Jones, that signed a four-year, $160 thousand deal in 2014, possessed two touchdown passes and six interceptions while playing in merely six activities as a result of neck and also leg injuries, including a torn ACL in his ideal leg." Pay attention, I am actually still pleased our team gave him that agreement because I believed he played actually properly for us in '22," Mara claimed in the course of a celebration to reveal a mural at the Hackensack Medical Facility to commemorate the staff's 100th time. "In 2015 he received injured and, allow's be actually honest, when he was playing, our company weren't blocking any person. Therefore let's give him a chance with a better outrageous pipes and also some tools around him and observe what he can possibly do." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedThe Giants seriously inquired about moving into the top three of the draught along with their eye on a quarterback, specifically Drake Maye if the New England Patriots wanted to create a field. But the price verified as well steep.Instead, the Giants stuck to Jones as well as prepared LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers along with the sixth overall selection to offer him a tool on offense." I fidgeted concerning surrendering excessive to go receive a quarterback," Mara stated. "I was prepped to permit [standard supervisor Joe Schoen as well as instructor Brian Daboll] carry out that if that is what they wished to do. Our team decided to stay with Daniel as well as incorporate an item for him, and also I believe that is actually going to work out for our company." Jones may possess stayed, but it was an offseason of adjustment for the Giants. They permitted managing back Saquon Barkley and also safety Xavier McKinney to walk via complimentary agency. Barkley locked on along with the rivalrous Philly Eagles McKinney with the Green Bay Packers.It was actually uncovered on "Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York City Giants" that Mara had not been completely aboard with the choice to allow Barkley leave behind. He confessed seeing Barkley property in Philadelphia would certainly create him shed sleep.Nonetheless, Mara failed to interfere." Every year there is heading to be actually a staffs choice that I am certainly not 100% for," Mara stated. "However by the end of the day, you allow the standard manager and also the instructor, specifically if they have actually a merged principle, decide and afterwards bitch concerning it eventually." That was the choice they made. No, I wasn't fascinated it. I didn't intend to shed him, however I knew what their viewpoint was and you have to allow all of them do their projects." Schoen and Daboll right now move in to a critical Year 3 along with a remodelled lineup doing not have star energy. They incredibly made the playoffs in their initial time, before struggling to a 6-11 record in 2014. The Giants reworked their roster, trading for advantage rusher Brian Burns, calling up Nabers as well as authorizing three potential beginning offensive electrician (John Runyan Jr., Jermaine Eluemunor as well as Greg Van Roten). Right now it is actually time to see if it connects to an improved product on the area. Or possibly it could take an additional year of restocking the roster, including at the quarterback placement." It is actually difficult to verbalize my expectations," Mara stated. "Undoubtedly you desire to show notable enhancement over in 2014, however I am actually certainly not visiting create any kind of substantial promises or even requirements or even just about anything like that. They know what I would like to find. I possess a lot of confidence in this particular certain team. The interaction is terrific as well as I presume we have actually included some excellent items. It's time to show it." That doesn't automatically mean the Giants require to win a certain variety of games or make the playoffs to watch the season as a success. That is always even more of a taste of Mara once the time concludes.He still does not seem to view this as a long-lasting build." I do not recognize exactly how to quantify that. I intend to walk off the industry at the end of the season feeling like our experts're transferring the appropriate direction," Mara mentioned. "We really are actually. We possess an excellent groundwork below. Our experts have every cause to become hopeful." I expect our company to take a significant advance this year.".