There will be plenty of new faces in the Giants’ locker room this year, but Deshaun Watson will not be among them. On Wednesday, owner John Mara told reporters that the Giants will not be trading for embattled Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo). 
[RELATED: GM Says Watson “Likely” Done With Texans]
Mara cited the allegations against Watson and the Giants’ cap situation as reasons for staying out of the sweepstakes. But, beyond that, he says he is all in with Daniel Jones at QB.
“We do feel Daniel can play,” Mara said. “[And] we’ve done everything possible to screw this kid up.”
With new GM Joe Schoen at the helm, the Giants believe that they’ll be able to get Jones back on track. At his introductory press conference, Schoen said that he will be focused on upgrading the offensive line to better protect the QB and running back Saquon Barkley (Twitter link). Of course, that’s just the start, and Schoen will also have to weigh Barkley’s future beyond 2022 — the talented tailback has just one year let on his rookie deal.
And, before all of that, Schoen and Mara will have to hire a new head coach. Mara says he hopes to make it happen next week (Twitter link), though he won’t rush the process either.
As for Watson, the 26-year-old is “more than likely” done with the Texans, according to recent comments from GM Nick Caserio.
No surprise. Of all the NFL teams, the Giants’ tradition and reputation just makes Watson very unlikely because of the allegations.
Couldn’t have said it better. If you know the Giants or Mara, this isn’t surprising.
Kudos to them for actually putting it out there that they’re have zero interest and give legit honest reasons.
We dont need Watson esoecially for our 2 first round picks
Daboll makes too much sense in New York. I gotta think it’s his job if he wants it.
I gotta think he already has it but they can’t announce cuz of Rooney rule
That’s incredibly stand up of Mara. Honestly, I respect the Giants more today. They got rid of Judge, which was smart. They’re avoiding Watson, smart again. Also, not to say I think Jones is the guy- but admitting the franchise has done him no favors is a really upfront, honest take.
Mara is just trying to con Giant fans with meaningless rhetoric. A sincere mea culpa would be a reduction in ticket prices for the lousy job done…but you won’t see that happen.
Mara falling on the sword if it means that fans stomach Daniel Jones for one more go around.
Found it interesting that Stephen A Smith keeps pounding the drum for Watson to come to Pittsburgh. Find it just as interesting to see many Steelers fans claiming the Rooneys are above such types of additions. After all, Roethlisberger had a couple sexual assault allegations and they signed Mike Vick, after his dogfighting sentence
This is going to be an interesting scenario, especially if Watson’s attorney is able to make cash settlements
Yeah, NYG never had a head case on their roster? LT comes to mind; same family ownership. How about that UM TE from Eli’s early years; to 1st round CB from a year or 2 ago. Plax B shooting himself in a bar….
Shockey? What did he do? And Plaxico did an extremely dumb thing, but that’s not on the Giants. You’re going to have guys do dumb things, but it’s not like they take on guys with the baggage already like Dallas or Raiders have historically done.
Well when Shockey got injured, that’s when the team took off & won the superbowl w/o him. All the reports was he was a pain to play with. And released that offseason.
LT was 35 years ago and perhaps the most dominant defensive player of all time. You can make an exception for a player like that, especially if Parcells wants him around.
Shockey did absolutely nothing wrong and was a great teammate.
The ‘1st round CB from a year or 2 ago’ is Deandre Baker and they cut him at the slightest whiff of trouble, even though they just used a high draft pick on him.
Plaxico Burress was instantly suspended (and ultimately released) despite being the #1 option on a defending Super Bowl Champion team that was 10-1 and cruising toward another postseason run. After his incident, he never played another down for the Giants.
So no, the Giants don’t typically tolerate ‘head cases’.
I loved watching LT play, but he was and still is a head case. Plax went to jail; so yeah a suspension would be called for.
Kirk Cousins can easily be had.
Would be a big cap hit to the Vikings, but if they are rebuilding then who cares.
Kind of shocked to hear that they’re focused on Daniel Jones for another season. If I were in that organization, I’d be pounding the table for the Giants to go and get a solid vet to compete with Jones at least. Someone like Teddy Bridgewater or Jimmy Garoppolo, who could actually start — or maybe Tyrod Taylor, Mitch Trubisky, or Gardner Minshew as guys who would make excellent backups.