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JJ: “NFL Hall Of Fame Misses Mark”

BQE Admin on February 5, 2026

By John Jastremski

Hall Of Fame discussion has really become a massive hobby of mine over the past decade. I guess as I have gotten older, you gain more perspective and develop even more appreciation for the stuff you have watched over the years.

This weekend, the Pro Football Hall Of Fame will unveil its class of 2026. 

That class will NOT include legendary Patriots coach Bill Belichick and 2 time Super Bowl winning quarterback Eli Manning. Talk about amateur hour. 

Let’s start with Belichick.

It’s almost impossible to get anyone in this country to agree on anything in 2026.

I can’t think of a moment of more unity in the sports world expressing the disgust of almost everyone across the board that Bill Belichick is not a first ballot Hall Of Famer.

Explain this to me; Bill Belichick has a resume with 6 Super Bowl victories & 9 appearances as a head coach. If he’s not a first ballot Hall Of Famer, who is exactly?

The narrative of spy gate or deflated footballs interfering with 20 plus years of excellence on the field is simply nonsense. 

According to most reports, former Colts GM Bill Polian was the ring leader in preventing Belichick from getting in on the first ballot. 

Talk about sour grapes and absolute stupidity. That’s what this decision reeks of.

The Eli Manning case is not as clear cut as Belichick’s. That said, Eli has waited his turn.

And in this week of Super Bowl nostalgia, I remind all of you… Eli Manning beat Tom Brady and Bill Belichick twice on sport’s biggest stage.

Eli Manning delivered one of the best throws in the history of the Super Bowl to Mario Manningham. He too deserves his place in Canton.

Two omissions, one way more obvious than the other. They point to a Hall Of Fame committee that has drastically missed the mark.

JJ: “A Giant Change in the Coaching Equation…”

BQE Admin on January 15, 2026

By John Jastremski
The coaching carousel in the NFL can sometimes take a life of its own.
Quite frankly, I feel I have been living in this world of candidates for the better part of the last few weeks.
Since the Giants parted ways with Brian Daboll back in November, this has been your life as a Giants fan.
If you follow the team, it seems every prospective candidate has been dissected.
I’m sure you’ve heard the names Jeff Hafley, Jesse Minter & Mike McCarthy a little too much for your liking.
Guess what, last Tuesday finally brought a shifting wind to whatever the Giants organization might have been thinking.
After 18 seasons, the Ravens and Head Coach John Harbaugh parted ways.
Holy moly! As Elanie Costanza famously once said, “this changes everything!”
Harbaugh is exactly the program builder the Giants desperately need.
He is a Super Bowl winning coach. He’s reinvented himself throughout his 17 years in Baltimore and has been a fixture in the month of January in the postseason.
Sure, he will not come cheap. Yes, you’ll have to spend a pretty penny on his coaching staff.
Guess what, who cares!
Giants ownership has to embarrassed with the product that has been on the field for the past decade.
They cannot find themselves in a position rolling the dice on a first time head coach.
For this job at this time, Harbaugh is the perfect fit for the franchise.
He will come in high demand and will have his pick of the vacancies.
Giants fans can only hope that he’s in a New York State of Mind.
You can listen to my podcast New York, New York every Sunday & Thursday on The Ringer Podcast Network on Spotify/Apple Podcasts. You can watch me nightly at 11 PM on Honda Sportsnite on SNY. 

JJ: “Progress With A Twist In Jet Land”

BQE Admin on December 4, 2025

By John Jastremski

The first eight weeks of the NFL season were the definition of a horror show for Jets first year head coach Aaron Glenn. 

Glenn started the season 0-7, he found himself picking fights with members of the media that cover the team and had a team that looked beyond lost across all three elements of the game. 

There was a time back in mid to late October where you wondered A : Where are the wins for this team coming from? B: Could it get bad enough in Jets land for Aaron Glenn to be a one and done head coach? 

For what it’s worth, I never necessarily bought into the narrative that Glenn, despite whatever the record may have been in 2025 was on the chopping block, but the optics for the first two months were rough across the board. 

Since the calendar has flipped to the month of November, I must admit that the vibe around the Jets the past month is way better. 

The team has been far more spirited and competitive. They won 3 of their last 5 games and as a whole have looked far more cohesive and buttoned up. 

The penalties are down, the special teams has soared and the quarterback change from Justin Fields to Tyrod Taylor has provided much needed credibility to the offense. 

In addition to the improvement on the field, off the field the Jets organization made moves that signal serious organizational competence. 

The Jets flipped Sauce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts for 2 first round picks. In addition, they traded Quinnen Williams to the Cowboys for a 1st and a 2nd round pick.

The Jets said goodbye to two very talented players, but they also put themselves in a position to make the most important move the franchise can make. 

The Jets are making progress, but it’s irrelevant if they do not get it right long term at the quarterback position. 

It may be in this coming draft or the following draft, but the status of the current Jets regime rests entirely on nailing the most important position in football. 

The Jets will be in a division for the next decade with Josh Allen in Buffalo and now the emerging Drake Maye in New England. 

If you have any hopes of competing with the big boys, better get your guy at quarterback. 

So yes, the Jets are trending finally in a positive direction. Want to know if the progress is real and tangible? Get the right quarterback. 

You can listen to my podcast New York, New York every Sunday & Thursday on The Ringer Podcast Network on Spotify/Apple Podcasts. You can watch me nightly on Honda Sports Nite at 11 PM on SNY.

Giants Say Goodbye To Daboll, Schoen Survives. Why?

BQE Admin on November 13, 2025

New York, New York

By John Jastremski

The way the last few weeks in Giants land have been trending, you had to imagine it was a question of when not if Brian Daboll was going to be relieved of his duties as Giants Head Coach. 

Now, that was quite the change from where we were back in Week 4 or Week 5 where the love affair between Daboll and his prized new quarterback Jaxson Dart appeared to be a job saver. 

What changed for Daboll because after all. Jaxson Dart looked the part and appears to be the Giants long term solution at quarterback flourishing under this head coach. 

Well, let’s start with the obvious on the field. 

It’s tough to survive a make or break season as a coach yucking up 3 double digit leads in the 4th quarter. 

Brian Daboll’s team pulled off three epic choke jobs. The Dallas game in Week 2, the all timer against the Broncos in mid October and this past Sunday against the Chicago Bears. 

The win probability for the Giants in every one of those games was no lower than 95 percent in the 4th quarter. 

The three losses combined with the overall record of Brian Daboll as an NFL head coach, made the case incredibly easy for ownership. 

After all, Daboll’s record of 20-41-1 isn’t exactly going to earn you a whole lot of good will around the fan base. 

When you consider the fact that both the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots moved on from coaches with rookie quarterbacks and both have flourished so far this season in year 2, a coaching change wouldn’t exactly keep me up at night if I’m a Giants fan thinking about Jaxson Dart. 

However, what would give me serious pause and concern for the future of the franchise is this simple fact. 

Why did General Manager Joe Schoen survive? Schoen’s record as Giants GM is exactly the same as Brian Daboll’s. 

Yes, Brian Daboll was responsible for multiple 4th quarter collapses this season, but Joe Schoen’s roster has been incredibly flawed for 4 years. 

Schoen has whiffed on a significant amount of draft picks in his time as Giants General Manager. 

Sure, Maliq Nabers was a home run last year with the 6th pick, but what about Jalin Hyatt a few years ago? 

Hyatt, Evan Neal and Deonte Banks are just three examples of horrific drafting over the past 4 seasons. 

Yes, Schoen also drafted Jaxson Dart, but if you follow the Giants and know the back story behind the pick. Dart was the hand picked selection of Brian Daboll and if you go back and watch the inside the Giants draft room video, that narrative will play out for your eyes to see. 

I can’t argue the fact that the Giants are much better positioned as a franchise compared to where they were 4 years ago with Dave Gettleman. That’s also a pretty low bar. 

The roster still needs significant work and do you honestly trust Joe Schoen to not only get the roster right over the next 3 seasons, but to go and pick the right head coach. 

The Giants were positioned for the full tilt reset across the organization, but John Mara, like he has done for the past fifteen years, decided on a different path. 

Joe Schoen survives as General Manager. We’ll see if that’s another Giant regret or a Giant positive over the next few years. 

 

You can listen to my podcast New York, New York on The Ringer Podcast Network on Spotify/Apple Podcasts every Sunday & Thursday. You can watch me nightly on Honda Sports Nite at 11 PM on SNY.

Jastremski: Is lowly NY Football about to turn a corner?

Dan on May 4, 2022

The NY Football situation since the 2012 season has been as bad as it gets around the sport.

This is no secret, after all, just take a peak at the record for the Jets and Giants over the past ten years.

A whole lot of losses and not a whole lot of meaningful Decembers…

Last week was a unique opportunity based upon ineptitude and a wise trade for each of course. The Jets and Giants had four of the top ten picks in the 2022 NFL Draft.

I would hope it’s a situation that we don’t see ever again.

The 2022 Draft opened the door for the Giants and Jets to spark franchise turnarounds.

Look, it’s impossible to know for sure if these teams get it right or wrong, but on paper it looked quite spectacular for both teams.

The Jets are in the third year of the Joe Douglas tenure.

His 2020 draft was very suspect and his 2021 draft produced instant results.

The 2022 draft saw the Jets address three major needs. Cornerback, Wide Receiver and Defensive End.

Sauce Gardner was as good as it gets at Cincinnati. You couldn’t score on the guy.

With Tyreke Hill, Jalen Waddle and Stefon Diggs all suiting up in the AFC East, it behooves the Jets to have a lockdown corner.

The Jets had better hope Sauce is way closer to Revis than Millner…

Garrett Wilson provides second year quarterback Zack Wilson with another talented receiver to throw to. The Jets sure hope that Wilson can play alongside last years talented rookie Elijah Moore as a tandem for years to come.

In addition, Douglas wisely traded back into the first round to snag defensive end Jermaine Johnson who has a chance to be the first legitimate home grown edge rusher since John Abraham, who was drafted over twenty years ago…

The Jets have been re-tooling and rebuilding for the past few seasons, but now it’s time to start winning some games.

For the Giants, the new regime of Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll went to the roots of what has made the Giants successful with their two first round picks.

The Giants snagged the electrifying Kayvon Thibodeaux out of Oregon. Thibodeaux has a booming personality, thinks very highly of himself and should be wrecking havoc on quarterbacks for years to come.

For some, there were questions about Thibodeaux’s attitude. I don’t have the same questions, in fact I see a player who has the swagger and confidence that is made for New York.

The Giants saw the draft board fall perfectly to allow them to end up with a stud pass rusher and one of the top three linemen on the board.

Evan Neal is a big boy, has Alabama pedigree and has no issues playing Right Tackle.

A team that has had major issues on the offensive line, should have two pillars at tackle for years to come with Neal joining forces with Andrew Thomas.

On paper, everything looks terrific for both the Jets and Giants.

It’s hard for me to knock anything I saw on draft day.

However, these grades don’t go final for a few years.

The Jets and Giants have seen way too many F’s over the last few years, it’s time to start passing some NFL classes…

The Jets and Giants need some long term A’s…

You can listen to my podcast New York, New York every Sunday, Wednesday & Friday plus Ringer Gambling Picks on Tuesday & Friday on The Ringer Podcast Network on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

You can watch me nightly on Geico Sportsnight after Mets games on SNY.

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