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You watch the way Jalen Hurts has blossomed into an MVP candidate, and you can’t help but admire the way that the Eagles have done everything in their power to assist and support him and surround him with everything a franchise quarterback needs.<\/p>\n
The flip side is Daniel Jones.<\/p>\n
The new Giants front office has only just begun to address the blatant negligence of the previous regime, but there are many miles to go before they sleep to put to rest John Mara’s famous line from January:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve done everything possible to screw this kid up since he’s been here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Eagles have provided a textbook example of how you develop a young franchise quarterback, and you can bet Giants GM Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll, who did yeoman’s work for and with Josh Allen in Buffalo, will go to school on replicating it for Jones should he be the quarterback in 2023.<\/p>\n
Hurts (20 touchdowns, three interceptions, 132 carries for 609 yards with nine rushing TDs) deserves tremendous credit himself for his dedication to his craft, but he should consider himself as fortunate as any franchise quarterback in the NFL to be playing where he is.<\/p>\n
The final pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance was Eagles GM Howie Roseman stealing wide receiver AJ Brown from the Titans for the 18th and 101st picks on draft day one year after he leapfrogged the Dave Gettleman-Joe Judge Giants for 10th-overall pick WR DeVonta Smith. Third-round WR Quez Watkins has helped pick up the slack with tight end Dallas Goedert (shoulder) hoping to return Week 15 to chase his third 50-plus catch season in his fifth year.<\/p>\nJalen Hurts<\/figcaption>USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJulian Love:[Brown is] a stud, one of the best of the best right now in the league. He’s strong, fast, great hands, good route-running.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daboll: \u201cComplete receiver. \u2026 He was that way at Tennessee, and he’s certainly that way now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen: \u201cHe’s an elite player. Very fortunate that we got him. Great job by Howie getting that done.\u201d<\/p>\n
By comparison, Gettleman imported Kenny Golladay (four years, $72 million, 41 catches, zero TDs) and drafted WR Kadarius Toney (39 catches, zero TDs), who was unloaded by Schoen and Daboll to the Chiefs for a third-rounder and a sixth rounder.<\/p>\n
So that leaves Jones throwing to Darius Slayton as his go-to guy and a lesser cast of characters, no disrespect intended.<\/p>\n