NFL execs rip Giants’ Adoree’ Jackson deal: ‘Inexcusable’ and ‘ridiculous’
“It wasn’t necessarily the plan coming in. We knew we had some room to operate with, we knew we had some needs,” Giants co-owner John Mara told reporters last week. “We wanted to see who was going to be available. If the right opportunity presented itself, then we’ll spend the money. If not – the one thing we said at the beginning of the process is we’re not going to spend just for the sake of spending, it has to be the right opportunity, it has to be the right individual.
“I think in all the cases, they were the right individual, so it made it a much easier decision to give the okay to go ahead and spend the money. But I can’t say we came in expecting to spend $100 million or whatever the final figure was. I say it in every year, just make sure it’s the right guy, it’s the right individual, it’s the right fit, they’re healthy and that we can manage the cap situation going forward, and I think we’ll be able to do all those things.”
Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with Mara’s actions. The Kenny Golladay signing was an expensive one (four years, $72 million with $40 million guaranteed) that was deemed mandatory. But the Adoree’ Jackson signing (three years, $39 million, $26.5 million guaranteed) was seen as an overreaching one.
Executives from around the NFL are panning the move. Mike Sando of The Athletic reports that the Jackson signing is being seen as ‘inexcusable,’ ‘questionable’ and ‘ridiculous.’
“The Adoree’ Jackson deal was inexcusable,” one executive said. “And then they went and jeopardized their future cap by converting guys to get all these deals done. The potential for disaster is high.”
“What they paid was ridiculous to me, but who they got wasn’t a problem,” that executive said. “They had trouble getting receivers to go there, so the Golladay deal is kind of what happens. I don’t know how they got Adoree’ Jackson to $13 million. Adoree’ is talented, but has been hurt a lot.”
True. After playing in all 32 games for the Tennessee Titans his first two seasons in the league, injuries have held Jackson to just 14 games over the past two years, hence the hesitancy for teams throw a suitcase of money at him in free agency. Last March, the Titans exercised Jackson’s fifth-year option, worth $10.244 million for 2021, but ended up cutting him this March.
That should have set Jackson’s market right there. Yes, there was reported interest from several other teams (the Rams, Chiefs, Raiders and Cardinals) which would drive up the price, but the deal is still seen as an unnecessary overpay by the Giants.
The Giants could have gotten more trigger-happy as free agency progressed, leading them to overpay for Jackson. It is uncertain how much interest those other teams and at what price.
“Going into free agency, the cap was lower and a lot of teams did not have much ammo,” said a third exec. “The longer you waited, the bigger the bargains were going to be. Adoree’ Jackson was late in the process. He should have been a bargain, and he wasn’t. That was questionable.”
Again, all true. The fact is, the Giants wanted Jackson badly and took the steps to get him. That was by offering him more money but by doing that, the signing went from an ‘under-the-radar,’ ‘low-risk, high-reward’ to just a high-risk one.
Time will tell if the Jackson deal was worth it but the Giants will simply settle for getting their money’s worth — and that would be if Jackson played up to his first-round pedigree. He hasn’t, yet.
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Final College Basketball Coaches’ Poll Top 25
Off topic, 2021 looks to be a sensational year for UCLA men’s football and basketball. Not so for SC (despite the optimism of this Board – I am still expecting 6-6 in football and men’s BB will lose a ton of talent, including its best player). UCLA football went 3-4 last year, and should have been 6-1. I expect that the UCLA football team will be better next year than last and SC will not be as good next year as last. UCLA BB might return the entire team and if so will probably be ranked in the top 5… Read more »
Why should UCLA football have been 6-1 last year? I thought they were lucky (and had some help from the refs) to beat ASU last season in Tempe.
You are what your record says you are, and UCLA put together its fifth losing season in a row. That takes some doing.
You don’t understand Allen — Cal Jr. is typically a Top 5 or Top 10 team in the preseason rankings — at least they are in their own minds and it states as such in the preseason rankings printed the Daily bRuin. 😍
Terrific Tommy got it! They were better than Oregon but managed to blow it; they were better than us last year but we pulled it out. They simply did not show up for the first half against Stanford. I totally agree that they earned their record for the last five years but they were better last year than their record. The BB team was the same – it was much better than its record. All I am saying it that, on paper, UCLA looks formidable in both football and men’s BB next year.
UCLA basketball got tremendously lucky during March Madness. Without that luck, they would have easily been dispatched long before GONZA sucker punched them. It was bound to happen.
As far as their football team goes last year, I don’t get why you think that Bruin team should have been 6-1. You and I were obviously watching different teams.
Their basketball team will be good. But no reason at all to think their football team will be. They stink and will continue to do so.
Frankly, I can’t believe USC hoops has actually beaten UCLA four times in a row. And now the Trojans end up ranked #9 in the final 2021 Coaches Poll, their highest ranking ever. But because Evan Mobley is history, it’s hard to be optimistic about next season.
Ever since the Curse of Cade, USC is 17-5 over UCLA. I’ve always thought UCLA would probably beat USC in football next season, but I’m not so sure lately. The Trojans made some good off-season moves. And Choc Chip Kelly has been just horrible at UCLA so far (10-21).
As you know I tend to drink the koolaid, but I really like what I’ve heard this spring. Sounds like it is much more physical. I think the coaches on D just won’t let up, that’s not their makeup. Hopefully Clay McGuire can make our line serviceable, just don’t underperform and I think we will be alright.
USC has so much access to so much talent. Gentleman Clay is a surefire weakness, but some of these new assts give some real reasons for encouragement. As far as the long dormant USC running game, I’ll believe actual improvement when I see it against real opposition. Until then, I’ll just have to be satisfied with what looks like some good new RB additions. The TEXAS transfer seems to have generated some real buzz. For now, I’ll take it. Since I like Todd Orlando, and the new S/C coach, I’m all in on the D, even though Talanoa Hufanga’s departure… Read more »
How many coaches run out the term on their contracts? They almost always get renewed or let go. I just can’t see them letting the contract play out, but please please please don’t extend him. Can you imagine the fallout?
Playing in the PATHETIC-12 has lolled many to believe USC football is competitive having winning seasons. Winning against whom? Here we are comparing against UCLA in football? Really? The only true measurement of how good this program is lately is when it plays a Notre Dame type program outside the conference. Isn’t it remarkable how quickly the big names have disappeared from future non-conference schedules other than ND? USC always played one more top program in addition to the Irish. Too bad hacker CH can’t have his cake & eat it too eliminating the Irish and playing a unremarkable football… Read more »
So what’s your prediction, Jam, for USC’s 2021 record? Lay it on us. No hedging allowed! 😉
At best I see this team going 8 & 4. The losses will be at 4-away games.
Unfortunately, Carol Folt, Rick Caruso, Mike Bohn and Clay Helton are all good with 8-4. That’s USC football 2021.
On topic, good for Adoree. He is now wealthy. What he does with it is up to him. Why does anyone really care with the Giants did with their money? For me, the critical point is the absolute nonsense of not providing kids like Adoree a solid education in finance and investing. The academics simply refuse to acknowledge the truth that kids like Adoree are going to be their most successful alumni and they need to prepare them for being wealthy. Not all the kids will make it to this level, but all could benefit from a solid education in… Read more »
Personally, I’d rather someone smarter and much more experienced than me in complicated financial matters handle, or at least supervise, that aspect. Classes in some school will never do it. For example. My classes in law school were extremely rigorous for the most part. Yet none of them prepared me to really be a lawyer, or to make tough legal decisions, not even my civil trial advocacy class taught by the amazing William Matthew Byrne, Jr. Adoree better leave his investing in the hands of the 100% committed experts. They can school him up quickly on what he really needs… Read more »
We agree in large part. But I have found that you must both choose and know how to manage the professionals. For example, I do not manage my retirement accounts! My point is that these kids are totally unprepared for what they are now being given – if nothing else, they would have to hire an advisor to choose and manage advisors!
I think the schools actually do a lot to try to help their athletes who are really capable of making a living in that arena. I’ve seen a big push for that type of athlete-assistance over the years.
But no matter how much some of these student-athletes are schooled in “income preservation and growth”, or whatever you want to call it, we’ll always have sad cases of bankruptcies and true fortunes squandered because a certain percentage of the newly athletically rich will never be able to handle their spending. and those who target them as marks.
Sam Darnold deal was the right thing at the right time. The way I see it the Jets really got nothing for a talented quarterback. I guess they expected miracles such as those engineered by Sam at USC, but miracles are hard to come by when you are running for your life or lying flat on your back. A pass of forty yards thrown straight up will come straight down. An average Joe Quarterback can do well when the blocking is there, but when the quarterback has passes dropped by receivers who don’t fight for the ball and is chased… Read more »
Hate to say it, Sam Darnold got all the experience he needed playing for CH his last year aka: running for his life or lying flat on his back. Sam had stars in his eyes like Mark Sanchez, playing in New York and hopefully become a media star and left early from a train wreck. It is really sad the administration is very willing to let an inept HC use players the way Helton does to buy his time until his contract is up. But yet, whose fault is it? There are always going to be recruits the good programs… Read more »
ESPN (Rich Cimini) — The Jets organization was conflicted by the decision to part with Sam Darnold, sources said. Jets coach Robert Saleh spoke highly of him, saying he has “unbelievable arm talent.”
The Jets considered the idea of keeping Darnold and pairing him with a rookie, a source said, but they liked the idea of a fresh start for all parties. The organization also was cognizant of a potential quarterback controversy and felt it might have become a distraction.
Famous last words following BAY’s beatdown of the Zags: “You kind of forget what it’s like to lose,” GONZAGA sharpshooter Corey Kispert revealed. The Zags had won 35 straight before Monday, last losing in Feb, 2020. Reminds me of USC losing to TEXAS and Vince Young in the Rose Bowl after 34 straight wins. Worst Trojan football loss ever, IMO — especially since USC had that game in the bag before falling apart at the end. The Trojans led, seemingly comfortably and with all the momentum, 38-26, with 6:42 left. Three straight national championships seemed just a short distance away… Read more »
I still shake my head in disbelief seeing visions of Reggie Bush standing on the sidelines resting on 4th down — instead of at least being used as a decoy and letting White go for the first down. Damn it, that still hurts. 😥
I’ve beaten the Bush-on-the-sidelines fiasco to death over the years. To this day, I’ll always tout that ridiculous decision as one of the dumbest moves in the history of football at any level. Thanks, Pete!
Trojan fans worldwide should always be very grateful for the magic Pete brought back to USC. He worked miracles.
But Bush-on-the-sideline against TEXAS in the most important Trojan offensive play of the biggest CFB game of the year, with USC’s 3rd straight NC on the line, proves anyone is capable of single-handedly ruining a perfectly fantastic moment.
Pete doubled down with the call of a slant inside inside the 5 yard line against the Patriots in the Super Bowl instead of giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch, a.k.a., “Beastmode”. Even if the OC, Darrell Bevell, called the play, Pete had the power to overrule it and didn’t. I’ve always felt Pere knows a lot more about the Bush scandal than he leads people to believe. He’s very “hush hush” when a reporter brings the subject up. Got out of Dodge just in time, in my opinion.
Pete no doubt left USC at the perfect time for him personally, and the very worst for USC football. “Selectively intelligent” you could say!
Sam Darnold, now with the Panthers, completed 59.8% of his throws for 8,097 yds/45 TDs/39 picks in 39 career starts over three years with the trainwreck Jets.
It’s looking like the Panthers will definitely unload QB Teddy Bridgewater, clearing the way for Sam.
What is the big deal about Adoree getting $13-million a year to knock down a few passes? Sounds like a bargain. And Sam was a load of fun at SC, but he was never going to be a Brady or Rodgers, so give the guy a break. Oh, he got one by getting kicked out of New Yok, as the locals say, using their version of the English language. Had to figure Gonzaga was in trouble when they went up against real Bears after they could BAREly handle the Midget-Bears. The bettors were not fooled, most figuring a Bear could… Read more »
Does todays news make me root for the Carolina Panthers a tiny little bit ? ……..Maybe ……..The Jets fan forum board is downright GIDDY right now .
The Jets are just as cursed as the LA Clippers. I’m glad that Darnold has been freed from Purgatory. 🤓
Any opinion on who the Jets pick with #2?
Per local Media…… Zach Wilson
If you’re a Draft guy (I love the Draft!), do you think that’s the Jets’ best option?
Have not investigated the draft QB that much yet.
Sam Darnold is done in New York.
On Monday, the QB was shipped off to the Carolina Panthers for three draft picks.
Panthers get:
QB Sam Darnold
Jets get:
2021 6th-round pick2022 2nd-round pick2022 4th-round pick
The 23-year-old Darnold now gets a fresh start with a new team.
In 2020, Darnold appeared in 10 games for the Jets and completed 59.7% of his passes for 1,767 yds, six TDs, and nine picks.
I’m glad for him. He does need to play better, but leaving the Jets is a good move for him. McCaffrey will be a great compliment. Hopefully Carolina can block a little.
I wonder if Sam would know how to act if he had a line that could block for him. He hasn’t had one since high school.
I’m happy for him that he got out now. He needs a new start. Nothing can be as bad as the Jets were. Now, we’ll see how Darnold stacks up against Bridgewater Should be an interesting test for both QBs. It’s a great chance for Sam to basically start over, and he’s only 24 with three years of NFL experience.