The Boxcar team spent an unreasonable amount of time today figuring out how to save the
@Giants season, and I think we got there:
The Champions Season.
For the rest of the year, the Giants bring in a Super Bowl-winning QB every week.
-$300,000 to play.
-$700,000 bonus if you win.
Win and stay for another game. Lose and we call the next champion.
Russell Wilson. Eli, Peyton, Big Ben. Nick Foles. Drew Brees. Call Brady too, thoug I think his Raiders ownership means the NFL would make it impossible.
Run a simplified 30 play offense, mixing in with Jameis. a week of practice, and let them go.
Think about Eli coming back to play the Eagles. Brees v New Orleans. Russell Wilson going back to Seattle. Peyton playing in Indianapolis.
Would some of these guys get killed? Possibly. Would every person in America watch? Absolutely. And they are probably itching to do it because like how every governor thinks they can become president every QB watches every game for the rest of their life saying yeah I could probably still do this.
Economics would be insane too, the Giants would instantly become the most watched team in football. Ticket prices would go crazy. limited edition merch would sell insanely well. Every Monday becomes "Who's starting for the Giants this week?"
Sunday Ticket subscriptions would explode as everyone in pittsburgh buys it for the roethlisberger return, Saints Colts Seahawks fans and anyone else who wants to see their old quarterback take one more shot would tune in guaranteed.
Even if you spent $10-$15 million on the quarterbacks over the rest of the season, that's basically a rounding error against the media and attention this would generate.
And the big opportunity is, obviously, that we have absolutely nothing to lose at the moment. As it stands our season looks like it's over.