Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Bench warrant

Because the Blob is a responsible quasi-journalistic entity that practices restraint in all official matters, I went ahead and looked up the New York Football Giants' record this morning.

I mean, they'd just benched their two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback (Eli Manning) for, um, Geno Smith (aka, Another Guy Who Is Not As Good As Colin Kaepernick).  The interwhatsis was outraged (no different than any other day, but still.) But I was still willing to give the Jints the benefit of the doubt.

Surely they were benching Eli Manning because maybe by changing things up --maybe -- they still had a shot at the playoffs. Right?

Uhhhh ... no.

No, they are 2-9. It's going to be December on Friday. Their season is over. It is ashes, dust, done like dinner.

So why bench Eli now? And not to give rookie Davis Webb a good look, which you could at least  halfway defend, but to go with an utter retread like Geno Smith?

There is no galaxy far, far away enough where this remotely makes sense, but desperate times call for desperate measures. And head coach Ben McAdoo is as desperate as they come. He knows he's toast on a stick in New York. About the only card he has left to play is the Say What You Want, But At Least He's Willing To Make A Bold Move card.

Otherwise, all you've accomplished is virtually guarantee that Eli Manning will not retire a Giant, which would the fitting and proper end to his story. Instead, what's likely to happen now is he'll leave this Hazmat site of a franchise -- no offensive line, no running game, all the receivers down -- and go have a sunset moment somewhere else, just like his brother did.

Nicely played, Jints. Not.

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