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Bad review for an old friend

Mr. Scot

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It is entirely fair to question how much Jonathan Stewart has left in the tank, after he averaged a career-low 3.4 yards per carry with the Carolina Panthers last season. Nevertheless, general manager Dave Gettleman and the Giants signed Stewart to a two-year $6.8 million deal that includes $3.45 million guaranteed. This spring, Stewart looked more like a plodding veteran running back trying to hang on, than a back capable of shouldering a significant workload. If nothing else, Stewart should provide steady veteran leadership in a locker room that is in desperate need of it.

Grading the Giants runningbacks

Ouch.

Stewart might work out okay as a backup.  I certainly wish him the best.

But yeah, releasing him was likely the right call.

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I think we all saw that writing on the wall, including JStew, but might as well run it out there and see if anyone will drop a million or two on another season. The G-men did, thanks to the G-man, and we're certainly none the worse off for it. Good luck to him and I hope he gets every penny of that contract before he rides off into the sunset.

Absolutely no reason to have ill will towards JStew. He was a great player, great teammate, great member of the community and a good guy all around.

 

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I mean, obviously Stewart is at the end of his career and is no longer particularly productive.  What I don't understand is why some people seem so happy about that, the guy was a great RB for us for years.  I don't expect much from him in NY, but I certainly wish him well, and definitely would not be inclined to call our all-time rushing leader a "cast-off".  Just a weird negative attitude towards him from some Panthers fans.

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He was the perfect back for us for years but he's done.  Can't believe anyone signed him for more than the minimum honestly. Could he have a big game or two in him?  Sure. Can he be an every down workhorse for an entire season?  Heck no. 

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1 minute ago, acymetric said:

I mean, obviously Stewart is at the end of his career and is no longer particularly productive.  What I don't understand is why some people seem so happy about that, the guy was a great RB for us for years.  I don't expect much from him in NY, but I certainly wish him well, and definitely would not be inclined to call our all-time rushing leader a "cast-off".  Just a weird negative attitude towards him from some Panthers fans.

I'm never happy about seeing a good player start to fade.

But yeah, it happens.

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10 minutes ago, acymetric said:

I mean, obviously Stewart is at the end of his career and is no longer particularly productive.  What I don't understand is why some people seem so happy about that, the guy was a great RB for us for years.  I don't expect much from him in NY, but I certainly wish him well, and definitely would not be inclined to call our all-time rushing leader a "cast-off".  Just a weird negative attitude towards him from some Panthers fans.

It wasn't meant as a shot to J-Stew but reading it back it does look pretty nasty. It was INTENDED to be a shot at Gettlemen. Zero hatred towards Stewart at all. He was great for us. I think we did jump out at the right time, however, and we likely got an upgrade with Anderson.

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12 minutes ago, brandon_87 said:

Some people just never seem to realize how bad the read options ruins a RB's ypc. Look at DWill when he left. I'm not saying Stew will have the same success, but he has a lot left, you'll see 

Williams ypc in our read option from 2011-2014 was 4.35. His two seasons with Pittsburgh it was 4.0 ypc

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