New York Giants owner John Mara was not seen during the second episode of Hard Knocks on Tuesday night. A lot of the second episode trended toward the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Giants met with several quarterbacks and several wide receivers during the scouting combine.
Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, J.J. McCarthy, Marvin Harrison Jr., Rome Odunze, and Malik Nabers were some of the players that the New York Giants met with. The Giants were doing their homework on quarterbacks and wide receivers.
There was a possibility that at the time, the Giants were going to move off of Daniel Jones. General manager Joe Schoen was very interested in trading up with the New England Patriots for the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
New York Giants Owner John Mara Shows Frustration In Episode 3 Trailer and Fans React
At the end of the second episode, there was a trailer for episode 3 for next week. In that episode, Mr. Mara is shown and claims that he is going to lose sleep if Saquon Barkley leaves.
In the teaser for next week, #Giants owner John Mara is shown saying, “I’ll have a tough time sleeping if Saquon Barkley goes…”
GM Joe Schoen is also shown on the phone saying that if he offered a 3-year, $37.5M deal with $25M guaranteed, Barkley would be with the Giants.
I’m… https://t.co/XWUFzNEaQP pic.twitter.com/RCD17IfbSi
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) July 10, 2024
Giants fans reacted to John Mara on Twitter about the preview of Episode 3:
John Mara told Joe Schoen:
“I’ll have a tough time sleeping if Saquon Barkley goes…”
I understand he owns the team, but he should be nowhere near the GM when making decisions in the draft or free agency.
LET YOUR GM DO HIS JOB.
— Gridiron Media (@Gridiron_Media_) July 10, 2024
John Mara knows Joe Schoen’s incompetence building the OL cost them Saquon. Schoen has squandered 3 premium picks and has the worst unit in the league despite inheriting a Franchise Left Tackle.
Giants had to spend $17M in FA on 2 serviceable starters (plus close to $2M per for…
— Chad Forbes (@NFLDraftBites) July 10, 2024
John Mara saying that he wouldn’t be able to sleep if they lost Saquon Barkley in FA is a pretty good example as why the owner shouldn’t make personnel decisions. https://t.co/qxqyC1Jzst
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) July 10, 2024
There have been a lot of Giants fans who have thought that Mara has meddled in decisions in the past. This is what Dallas Cowboys fans have experienced with Jerry Jones and what Washington Commanders fans dealt with in the past with former owner Daniel Snyder.