Flamma
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Jones was underrated because media and young football fans believe if you’re not running around everywhere on film or throwing long bombs in your highlights it means you’re bad
Jones was drafted high for a few reasons
1. He’s a prototypical QB
2. He’s safe with the football
3. Eli and Peyton’s former coach vouched for him
They are hoping they got an Eli 2.0 with him. Like Eli or hate Eli, he helped get them 2 Super Bowl rings despite his flaws
Even if he's everything the team ever hoped for and more. Even if he ends in in the Hall of Fame after winning 14 Super Bowls. It was still a bad pick for a few reasons.
1. If a kicker you drafted never missed a FG in his 15 year career, does that justify drafting him in the first round? No. Why? Because he would have been there in the 2nd or later. That's what makes it a bad pick.
2. The Giants could have drafted him with their 2nd pick in the first round and had Ed Oliver instead of Dexter Lawrence.
3. What they should have done was draft either Oliver or Allen with their first, Dexter Lawrence when they did, then pick up Jones. He would have still been there. I thank God they didn't do this.