.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 05:24 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan is actually a press reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan deals with the The big apple Giants. You can easily observe him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. HACKENSACK, N.J.-- The big apple Giants co-owner John Mara stated he doesn't possess any type of regrets about signing quarterback Daniel Jones last year, even when the group teased with locating his possible replacement this offseason.Jones, who authorized a four-year, $160 thousand deal in 2015, had pair of goal passes and also six interceptions while playing in merely 6 activities because of back as well as leg accidents, including a torn ACL in his ideal leg." Listen, I'm still delighted we gave him that contract since I experienced he participated in truly effectively for our team in '22," Mara claimed during an activity to reveal a landscape at the Hackensack Medical Facility to celebrate the group's 100th time. "In 2014 he received hurt and, let's be actually truthful, when he was actually participating in, our team weren't obstructing anybody. Therefore permit's provide him an odds with a far better offensive line and also some tools around him as well as find what he may do." Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Giants truly inquired about relocating right into the best 3 of the draught with their eye on a quarterback, especially Drake Maye if the New England Patriots agreed to bring in a field. Yet the price verified also steep.Instead, the Giants stuck with Jones as well as made LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers along with the sixth total pick to give him a tool on outburst." I fidgeted regarding losing hope too much to go obtain a quarterback," Mara pointed out. "I was readied to let [standard supervisor Joe Schoen as well as trainer Brian Daboll] carry out that if that is what they desired to do. Our team decided to stick with Daniel and also incorporate a tool for him, and also I think that is actually visiting work out for us." Jones may possess remained, yet it was an offseason of adjustment for the Giants. They made it possible for operating back Saquon Barkley and safety and security Xavier McKinney to walk through complimentary agency. Barkley latched on along with the rivalrous Philly Eagles McKinney with the Veggie Gulf Packers.It was actually disclosed on "Hard Knocks: Offseason along with the New York City Giants" that Mara had not been fully on board with the decision to let Barkley leave. He accepted seeing Barkley land in Philly will make him shed sleep.Nonetheless, Mara failed to interfere." Each year there is heading to be actually a personnel choice that I am actually certainly not one hundred% in favor of," Mara stated. "But at the end of the day, you let the overall manager and the instructor, especially if they have actually a merged conviction, decide and afterwards bitch regarding it eventually." That was actually the selection they created. No, I had not been crazy about it. I failed to wish to lose him, yet I understood what their approach was and you have to allow them perform their work." Schoen and also Daboll now move in to an essential Year 3 along with a spruced up lineup lacking superstar energy. They surprisingly helped make the playoffs in their initial period, prior to battling to a 6-11 report in 2013. The Giants remodelled their lineup, trading for advantage rush Brian Burns, drafting Nabers as well as signing 3 prospective starting offensive linemen (John Runyan Jr., Jermaine Eluemunor and Greg Vehicle Roten). Today it is actually opportunity to find if it associates to a strengthened item on the area. Or perhaps it may take another year of replenishing the lineup, consisting of at the quarterback setting." It's difficult to articulate my requirements," Mara claimed. "Undoubtedly you intend to reveal considerable remodeling over last year, but I am actually certainly not visiting make any kind of substantial assurances or demands or just about anything like that. They recognize what I wish to see. I possess a lot of confidence within this particular group. The communication is actually terrific and I presume we've added some good pieces. It's time to reveal it." That doesn't necessarily mean the Giants need to succeed a specific number of activities or even create the playoffs to check out the season as a success. That is always even more of a feel for Mara once the time concludes.He still doesn't appear to see this as a lasting create." I don't know how to quantify that. I want to walk off the industry in the end of the time feeling like our company are actually transferring the best path," Mara pointed out. "We definitely are. Our company possess an excellent base below. Our experts possess every reason to become optimistic." I anticipate our team to take a major advance this year.".