.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 05:24 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan is actually a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New york city Giants. You can follow him by means of Twitter @JordanRaanan. HACKENSACK, N.J.-- Nyc Giants co-owner John Mara said he doesn't have any type of remorses regarding signing quarterback Daniel Jones in 2015, even when the group flirted along with discovering his prospective replacement this offseason.Jones, that authorized a four-year, $160 thousand agreement in 2015, had pair of touchdown passes and 6 interceptions while playing in simply six games because of neck as well as leg accidents, featuring a torn ACL in his appropriate knee." Listen, I am actually still happy our company provided him that deal due to the fact that I thought he played truly properly for us in '22," Mara pointed out during an occasion to unveil a landscape at the Hackensack Medical Facility to celebrate the team's 100th time. "In 2013 he obtained hurt and also, permit's be actually honest, when he was actually participating in, our experts weren't obstructing any person. So allow's offer him a possibility with a much better outrageous line and also some items around him and view what he may do." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedThe Giants truly inquired about moving in to the top 3 of the draft with their eye on a quarterback, particularly Drake Maye if the New England Patriots agreed to bring in a field. But the price proved as well steep.Instead, the Giants stuck to Jones and drafted LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers with the sixth general choice to provide him a weapon on offense." I fidgeted regarding surrendering too much to go obtain a quarterback," Mara mentioned. "I was actually readied to allow [general supervisor Joe Schoen and instructor Brian Daboll] do that if that is what they would like to carry out. Our team made a decision to stick with Daniel and also incorporate a tool for him, and I presume that is actually heading to work out for our team." Jones may possess stayed, but it was actually an offseason of improvement for the Giants. They enabled operating back Saquon Barkley and safety and security Xavier McKinney to walk by means of totally free agency. Barkley latched on with the competing Philly Eagles McKinney with the Veggie Bay Packers.It was uncovered on "Hard Knocks: Offseason along with the The Big Apple Giants" that Mara wasn't entirely on board along with the decision to let Barkley leave. He admitted viewing Barkley property in Philly would certainly create him lose sleep.Nonetheless, Mara really did not meddle." Annually there is actually visiting be a workers choice that I am actually certainly not one hundred% in favor of," Mara claimed. "But in the end of the time, you allow the overall supervisor as well as the instructor, particularly if they have a combined view, decide and then bitch about it later on." That was actually the decision they created. No, I had not been enamored of it. I didn't wish to shed him, yet I understood what their philosophy was as well as you must let them perform their tasks." Schoen and also Daboll right now move in to a crucial Year 3 with a revamped lineup lacking celebrity power. They remarkably produced the playoffs in their 1st season, just before straining to a 6-11 record last year. The Giants remodelled their roster, investing for edge rush Brian Burns, signing on Nabers as well as authorizing 3 possible starting annoying electrician (John Runyan Jr., Jermaine Eluemunor and Greg Van Roten). Now it is actually time to observe if it associates to an improved product on the industry. Or even maybe it might take another year of restocking the roster, including at the quarterback placement." It's challenging to articulate my expectations," Mara mentioned. "Definitely you intend to reveal significant renovation over in 2014, yet I am actually certainly not mosting likely to make any considerable guarantees or even requirements or anything like that. They recognize what I would like to view. I possess a great deal of self-confidence in this particular certain team. The interaction is actually fantastic as well as I believe our experts've added some really good parts. It's opportunity to show it." That doesn't necessarily suggest the Giants need to have to succeed a details lot of video games or even make the playoffs to view the season as a success. That is always more of a feel for Mara once the time concludes.He still does not appear to view this as a long-term develop." I don't understand exactly how to quantify that. I want to stroll off the industry at the end of the period sensation like our team're transferring the ideal direction," Mara stated. "Our company definitely are. Our team have a wonderful foundation here. We possess every cause to become hopeful." I expect our company to take a significant breakthrough this year.".