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Beckham Jr. going to Cleveland Dalvin Tomlinson Jerseys Stitched , the Big Blue View mailbox is absolutely stuffed with New York Giants questions this week.I have done my best to sift through the mail and answer at least one question on all of the topics that were raised. I missing?Ed says: Raymond, there is just a lot of bitterness right now. The Giants haven’t been winning, people get attached to certain players and they don’t want to see them leave. The Giants have a plan, which I detailed on Friday. I also talked about it with Ralph Vacchiano of SNY on the latest ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast.My advice to everyone is to step back, let the emotions die down, let this play out. We’ll see where it goes, and whether Gettleman can bring the Giants back to winning.Jens Burnham asks: I am a Giants fan that lives in Germany. I am a big time OBJ fan and at first was shocked. However, I think the trade was necessary because Beckham always seemed to be a foreign part of the team. Every off season we prayed that no scandals would appear and he barely showed up for practices that were not mandatory. He always spent time in California rather than practicing in the giants facility. All that mixed with the Steelers and AB situation makes sense. Besides many fans have criticized OBJ in the past especially after the boat trip. So they did with Eli but than when actions are happening the fans get crazy. I believe the Giants are better off without him and I do see the plan. I believe the New York Giants want to adopt the “Patriots way” with no stars but scheme and passion. I am glad they go for it. What do you think?Ed says: Jens, I don’t know about “no stars.” They do have Saquon Barkley. I get where you are going, though. They are trying to change how they are built and how they do business. NFL teams, I believe, have not done a good enough job learning from the Patriots over the years. To win, it has to be team over individual.Bruce Frazer asks: Reports over the past few days suggest that free agents are now inclined to pass on signing with the Giants, most assuredly due to the talent that has been shipped from the team this week. Did the team, in retrospect, handicap themselves in regards to signing FA players who could help? Is it now a do or die draft for the team to improve enough in 2019 so they will be able to attract FA players in 2020?Ed says: Bruce Youth Sterling Shepard Jerseys , I don’t know what reports you are referring to. I will guess there might be a couple of those “I’m not going there” decisions. I don’t really think they handicapped themselves. Look at the guys they have brought in over the past few days. If there is a job opening and you can pay there will always be guys who line up for it.A trio of quarterback questions ...Jeremy Miller asks: I see so many reports linking a QB to the Giants this year via the draft or a trade for Rosen. Next year’s draft is so much better from a QB perspective (Lawrence, Tua, Herbert) than this year. Wouldn’t it make more sense to add some defensive pieces this year via the draft and wait a year on the QB? If we stink this year (and we probably will), we are up for a top pick and can get the QB of the future then...and will have almost a $100M in cap room next year to turn this thing around quickly.Thoughts?John Lunz asks: Do you think that the Giants should trade for Josh Rosen even if they see him as worse than Murray and Haskins because the cost to acquire Rosen will probably be quite a bit lower (i.e 2nd round pick for Rosen)? Worst Case Scenario: Rosen stinks and the Giants are in the running for Trevor Lawrence potentially. Matthew Pecoraro asks: If the KC mold means transitioning a veteran QB to a rookie, and there is no financial commitment to Eli next year (and no talk of extension) doesn’t that, and the signing of Tate to give a veteran WR presence, show the Giants hand that they are using their draft capital in some way to draft a QB THIS year and give him experience for 2020?Ed says: Guys, as Gettleman and Shurmur have both indicated there are a lot of different models for how to go about a quarterback transition. What the Giants absolutely know at this point is that its incumbent upon them to find the right quarterback to take the torch from Eli Manning. I don’t think they know who the guy is going to be, or exactly what it’s going to look like. They could take one of the guys in this draft if they really believe in him. They could trade for Josh Rosen if they really believe in him, or just think he’s a cheaper option worth a shot. They could choose to build the roster this year with the mother load of picks that they have and then do what they have to do next year if they believe their guy is in that class.What they should do is what THEY believe in. It’s not going to work if you don’t believe in a guy but you take him because the fans want him. It’s not going to work if the GM picks a guy he believes in, but that the coach doesn’t really want. It’s not going to work if you are taking a guy because you have to and not because you really think he’s the guy.What they should do is identify the guy THEY believe in — this year, next year, whenever — and then do what they need to do in order to put him in a Giants uniform.John Scott asks: Can you make a prediction: by mid-point of the 2019 season, are we going to be saying “We really miss Odell” or will this offense be performing at a high level and surprising a lot of people? Something tells me that even with all that talent out the door, his absence is going to allow other players to come into their own and this team will function more cohesively, like we saw after Tiki’s retirement and Shockey’s injury in 2007. Ed says: John Sterling Shepard Jerseys Stitched , I get where you’re going with the comparison to losing Jeremy Shockey and Tiki Barber. The Giants can only hope. Golden Tate isn’t as talented as Beckham. Few receivers are. The question is really difficult to answer because we don’t know who all the players will be. The Giants functioned pretty well on offense in three of the four games they played without Beckham at the end of last season. If the offensive line improves and they get competent receiving options for Manning I think they believe they can continue to play well. And that removing the potential for distraction will be a net gain for the organization itself.Steve Mygodney asks: Glad to see OBJ gone. Nothing but trouble. Should have made trade before we gave him big contract. Should have received more draft capital in return. Golden Tate contract way too big $37 million, $23 million guaranteed. Just like Stewart fiasco from last year. Not trading Collins last year. Do you see Gettleman on his way out with his poor business decisions? Ed says: No, Steve, I don’t. We can argue about individual decisions. Everyone has an opinion on every move. When you look at the big picture, though, what do you see? The Giants have 12 — 12!!!! — picks in the upcoming draft, two in the top 17. They have roughly $100 million in salary cap space for next offseason. They are set up to do some really good things to upgrade the talent on the roster.Remember, all of these money decisions get run by ownership. I truly believe the team of Gettleman and Pat Shurmur get at least a three-year window to try and get the Giants back on track. We are just entering Year 2. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Pat Shurmur’s first win as coach of the New York Giants had a cast of high-priced talent leading the way along with some help from a couple of less-known guys.Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning hit 25 of 29 throws for 297 yards and threw two touchdowns. Odell Beckham Jr., caught nine passes for 109 yards. Rookie Saquon Barkley ran for a touchdown and had 117 all-purpose yards. Sterling Shepard had six catches, including a TD, and tackle Snacks Harrison had seven tackles shutting down what had been the league’s top rushing attack.It’s what is expected of the stars.The Giants (1-2) also won because of contributions from veteran defensive lineman Kerry Wynn and second-year offensive tackle Chad Wheeler.Wynn might have had his best game with the team while making his first start of the season. He had five tackles, including one for a loss, a pass defensed, a forced fumble and a special teams tackle in helping overcome the absence of linebacker/pass rusher Olivier Vernon, who missed his third straight game with a high ankle sprain.Shurmur knew his stats from the game Dexter Lawrence New York Giants Jersey , and even added in a quarterback pressure in what he said was an outstanding performance.“I mentioned that Eli had a pretty good day at the office. That’s a pretty darn good day at the office as well,” Shurmur said of Wynn. “Kerry is long, he’s kind of a relentless player, he’s tough, he’s all the things you’re looking for. He’s tough, he cares, he works, and he finds a way to make plays.”Wynn has been an occasional starter (now 11 times) since earning a roster spot as a free agent out of Richmond in 2014. He has taken big strides this season in the 3-4 scheme employed by new coordinator James Bettcher.“Me personally, I try to make sure I’m always around the ball,” Wynn said Monday. “When you’re around the ball, good things tend to happen. Just running around and trying to make stuff happen. I’m having fun with the defense. I love it so far.”Wynn said he was contacted by friends and family about the game, but refused to describe it as his best.“I know I had a productive game, and it feels even better to have a game like that where we come out victorious from it,” he said. “Hope to have more like that.”Wheeler was thrust into the starting job at right tackle in place of 2015 first-round draft pick Ereck Flowers, who struggled in the opening two losses.The former free agent out of Southern Cal had his moments, good and bad. He did a very solid job run blocking Cheap Dexter Lawrence Jersey , forcing J.J. Watt to run himself out of position on a number of plays in the first half. Watt was outstanding in the second half, getting two of his three sacks, while consistently disrupting the offense and Manning.“I’m going to take responsibility for it, a couple times he got stretched out and just pure one-on-one (pass protection) against (Watt),” Shurmur said. “I can’t put him in those positions as many times as I did. But he battled and, in my opinion, even though he got beat on a couple of snaps, I thought he had a winning performance.”Wheeler said he was caught leaning the wrong way a few times.“I learned if you prepare and work hard during the week it gives you a shot against anybody in the league,” he added.Based on that, expect Wheeler to get another shot when the New Orleans Saints come to MetLife Stadium on Sunday.NOTES: Shurmur said TE Evan Engram has a sprained knee. The team was still determining on Monday the severity of the injury and how long he will be out. … Despite television reports that Harrison was injured late in the game, Shurmur said it was nothing more than ordinary wear and tear. … Vernon and CB Eli Apple (hamstring) are making progress, but it’s too early to say whether they will play Sunday. … Shurmur refused to take issue with the low tackles by the Texans that injured Engram and left Barkley and Shepard sore. “Their style of tackling was to go low. Guys running with the ball have to be able to protect themselves,” Shurmur said.