-Camavinga stepped on a player’s face, no card
-Valverde punches a player, no card
-Vini stops Rios from shooting and instead of the second yellow, they send off Mourinho😂
Funny how none of them were booked because the ref knew they’d miss the next game
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Joe Schoen inherited the Giants in 2021, claiming the roster needed fixing. Three years later, let’s break down what he inherited, who he let walk, and the questionable decisions he made:
•Daniel Jones: Declined his 5th-year option, then signed him to a $160M deal. Now, has just been cut just one and a half years into that deal.
•Evan Engram: A former first-rounder with elite potential despite drop issues. Schoen didn’t even consider re-signing him, and now he’s a multi-time Pro Bowler and Trevor Lawrence’s best weapon.
•James Bradberry: Let the former CB1 go, prioritizing Adoree Jackson instead. Bradberry became a top-3 corner in the league, leading the Eagles’ defense to the Super Bowl.
•Will Hernandez: Passed on re-signing the former 2nd-round guard to a cheap deal, despite needing O-line help. Hernandez is now one of the best guards in the league with Arizona.
•Jabrill Peppers: Ignored his value as a standout safety and locker room leader. Peppers signed with New England, where he’s been their most consistent DB for years.
•Julian Love: Stepped up after Peppers left, becoming a Pro Bowl safety and defensive leader. Schoen let him walk over $6M/year, claiming safeties weren’t a premium position. Now he’s one of the best safeties in the league behind another former giant.
•Ben Bredeson: Schoen decided $3M was too much for the Giants’ most reliable guard and opted to sign Runyan for $10M/year instead, who’s been way worse. And Brederson has looked incredible since leaving the giants
•Blake Martinez: Released him outright, only for him to become one of the league’s best linebackers in Vegas before retiring to sell cards.
•Kadarius Toney: Traded to the Chiefs for a 3rd (basically a 4th) after showing promise. He helped KC win a Super Bowl, and Schoen used the pick for Darren Waller, who barely played before retiring.
•Leonard Williams: Traded for a 2nd-round pick, but Schoen took on a $10M dead cap hit, limiting offseason flexibility. The Giants then decide to trace those assets that they got from the Leonard Williams trade to pay Brian Burns who was basically a free agent at the time and had no intention of playing under the tag for his current team, more than Leonard. Now Leonard Williams is runner up in all DPOY talks right behind another former Giant…
•Xavier McKinney: A consistent Pro Bowler Schoen undervalued. Schoen never attempted to extend him during his final year of his deal claiming that “his pockets were empty” When McKinney got a top safety offer (17M/year), Schoen refused to match, opting to draft a replacement who hasn’t come close to producing a fraction of what X is doing and has done for the Giants. Today X is the runaway DPOY favorite leading the league in interceptions and leading the top defense in the league and in recent memory.
•Saquon Barkley: Played hardball with the face of the franchise, tagging him and ultimately letting him walk for nothing. Now, Saquon is setting records and is the MVP front-runner for the Eagles.
•Draft Misfires: Picks #5 (Thibodeaux) and #7 (Neal) in a stacked draft haven’t lived up to expectations. Thibodeaux is reportedly expected to be placed on the trade block this offseason, and Neal is unplayable. Schoen also missed on premium day 2 picks such as Cordale Flott, Josh Ezeudu, who were early 3rd round picks and reached on other selections like wandale robinson who was a projected 6th round pick and Schoen opted to draft him over a guy like George Pickens or stand pat and taking a guy like breece hall.
The only pillars left on this team—Andrew Thomas, Dexter Lawrence, and even Darius Slayton—are players Schoen didn’t draft. He’s done nothing to build his own franchise, failing to keep inherited talent and adding little value through free agency or the draft. Instead of progress, Schoen has turned the Giants into a laughingstock, making Dave Gettleman look like a genius. Time’s up.
If you want to vote Ashton Jeanty for Heisman, I get it. He’s truly special and more than deserving.
All I ask is that we stop pretending like Travis Hunter’s Heisman case is based on him doing more cardio than anyone else in America.
He’s a legitimate superstar on two sides of the football, the likes of which we’ve never seen before.