Unser Chat » Pat Shurmur gave Eli Manning a vote of confidence Monday

Youth Evan Engram Jersey , saying “Eli our quarterback.” The Giants’ problems run deeper than just the quarterback for sure.But with the Giants going nowhere this season at 1-7 and starting a 37-year-old quarterback who has eight touchdowns and six interceptions, don’t the Giants have to play rookie Kyle Lauletta at some point this season? Just for the Giants to see what they have in their fourth-round pick if nothing else? trying to do what we can to win this season and you always do what you can in the short run,” Shurmur said Monday when asked if it was important for Lauletta to play, via Ralph Vacchiano of SNY. “It hard not to look at things in the long run, but what important is we try to beat the 49ers [in two weeks] remains the favorite to start when the Giants return from their open date, but how long will he keep his job after that if the Giants continue to lose? Manning’s benching last season created an uproar that ultimately led to Ben McAdoo’s firing. But Giants fans began calling for Lauletta during Sunday’s game Youth Will Hernandez Jersey , chanting his name despite the fact the team had the rookie among its inactives. Manning was asked Monday about the possibility of Lauletta starting.“I’ve always been a team player and do what I’m told,” Manning said, via Jordan Raanan of ESPN. “I expect and want to the starting quarterback until I’m told differently.” The New York Giants will reportedly activate wide receiver Cody Latimer from injured reserve next week, putting him on the 53-man roster for the final two games of the regular season. Signed as a free agent in the offseason, Latimer played in four games for the Giants earlier this season, catching six passes for 108 yards and averaging 22.3 yards on four kickoff returns. He was placed on IR with a hamstring injury.Latimer told me when the Giants designated him to return at the end of the November that his hamstring injury had been a “bad one” but that he had been “putting in a lot of work and time to get back right as quick as I can.”Why does this make sense?The other veteran player the Giants designated for return Youth B.J. Hill Jersey , running back Jonathan Stewart, saw his deadline to be activated come and go. He will remain on IR for the rest of the season. Why would the Giants, who appear to currently have a full and productive group of wide receivers, be planning to bring Latimer back for the final two games?After missing three months, and with players like Corey Coleman, Russell Shepard Youth Saquon Barkley Jersey , Bennie Fowler and Jawill Davis all finding ways to contribute, it’s unlikely at this point that the Giants believe Latimer can immediately be more productive than those players.This, in my view, is about the messaging.Coach Pat Shurmur and GM Dave Gettleman have talked incessantly about changing the culture around the Giants. On WFAN this week, Shurmur told Mike Francesa that after a year of incredible turnover he believes most of the players on the current roster will return next season.In my view, bringing Latimer back to the active roster is about those things.It is about telling the locker room that when you work hard and do your job the right way http://www.authenticsnewyorkgiants.com/cheap-rhett-ellison-jersey , as Latimer apparently has in getting himself healthy before the season has concluded, that you get rewarded. That is sort of the same reason for giving Sterling Shepard a game ball for his blocking. It may also be the Giants sending a message to Latimer, who signed only a one-year contract with the Giants. Whereas Stewart likely has no future with the Giants, this could be the Giants telling Latimer they want him as part of their 2019 team.