In early March, Wealthy Eisen stirred the pot by sharing some rumors that had been whispered in his ear suggesting the New York Giants and normal supervisor Joe Schoen had purchaser’s regret after giving quarterback Daniel Jones a long-term contract.
“The Giants are completely completed with Daniel Jones,” Eisen stated on The Wealthy Eisen Present. “Completed. Might need to play him this 12 months however that ain’t it. . . The phrases I heard on the Mix a number of occasions have been ‘purchaser’s regret.’”
Eisen later cautioned that he may very well be “means off” on what he was listening to.
“I could also be means off and this can be patently unfair,” he added.
On Thursday throughout his pre-draft press convention, Schoen agreed that Eisen was means off and that his shared rumor was patently false.
“I’m nonetheless assured in Daniel — the best way he’s wired (and) what he confirmed in 2022,” Schoen instructed reporters. “There’s stuff on the market on a regular basis that’s not true and you actually can’t let it trouble you.
“I’ve obtained a great relationship with Daniel and we talk on a regular basis. Once more, he’s right here on a regular basis. . . We’ve obtained a great relationship and we talk effectively. If he has a problem or he hears one thing or (there’s) one thing that I would like to speak to him about, we do that usually.”
Requested point-blank to rebuff the Eisen “report,” Schoen spelled it out bluntly.
“That was not true,” he stated.
Schoen additionally admitted that he’s beneath no stress to pick out a quarterback within the 2024 NFL draft, whether or not within the first spherical or later down the road. After signing veteran Drew Lock in free company to again up Jones, Schoen stated he’d be assured going into the common season with the quarterback room that’s already been established inside the constructing.
“I believe with Drew’s expertise. . . with Daniel’s expertise and what Tommy (DeVito) did final 12 months,” Schoen stated, “I believe we may go into the season with the three that we now have and I’d be comfy with that.”
Schoen’s expectations stay that Jones will return in time for coaching camp and begin beneath middle come Week 1.