Eli Manning and Tom Brady were such an integral part of my high school sports watching life…filled with personality, so entertaining, loved their dynamics with OBJ and Edelman/Gronk…nowadays you could tell me that Mac Jones and Daniel Jones are brothers/secretly the same person and I’d be like “sounds legit”. I couldn’t pick them out of a line up. Idk the first thing about them. Idk if it’s just me not being as interested or these new Northeast QBs being blander than white toast :/
Apologies for taking almost two days to answer you. 😔 I saw this as soon as you sent it, if that helps!! (:
Anyway, I'm here now and let me just say that I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!!!
People can talk shit all they want about Eli and Tom, but at the end of the day, they are both men who clearly know and love the game of football. They also clearly know and love their teammates!!! 🥺🤧💞
You're so right about theses new Northeastern QBs missing that...✨certain something✨.
I honestly think that a lot of it has to do with marketing and also who these men choose hang out with during their free time.
I say "marketing" because that's how I first really became obsessed with Tom and Rob; through the "Tommy and Gronky" video series that they did for the Buccaneers. 🥰
And even prior to that, during their Patriot days when they would talk about each other in general along with sometimes being in little side projects together!! ⬅️ This point goes back to who they chose to spend their free time with!!
Anyway...yeah!!!! Both Eli and Tom commonly and frequently showed off how much they loved their main men while also allowing us to see what their true personalities were really like.
I admit that I haven't looked a lot into Mac Jones or Daniel Jones so maybe they have put out content with their teammates like what Tom and Eli used to.
But in general when I see Mac and Daniel during games or in interviews, I'm not immediately hooked in or wanting to hear more. 🫤 (If they're playing, of course I'll watch, but I know that they likely won't be having any fun on the sidelines like what Tom and Eli used to!! [Even if "fun" in Tom's case meant throwing tablets around 🤭🥴😝])
Another factor in all of this is that Eli and Tom never took themselves too seriously. They were more than willing to have a few laughs, even-and often!!-at the expense of themselves. They took games/game days seriously of course, but off of the field, they loved to have fun and be silly.
Of course you can't force people to show their personality if they really don't want to, but I definitely think that it would help to better establish Mac and Daniel outside of their main fanbases. (Main fanbases being Boston, New York and the general United States Northeastern area.)
It would clearly even help inside their main fanbases because I'm assuming that you are from this area and also can't possibly be the only one who feels this way!!
Last but not least: Maybe it is true you aren't as interested as you once were. Critics would say that you should love, learn about and stand by "your" team(s) no matter what, but I say that if your overall feelings/enthusiasm aren't with those teams anymore, then they're just not there anymore!!! 🤷🏻♀️
And that's nothing to feel bad about. Interests change as people change. 💗
All in all, I see what you're saying here, anon. I understand all of the different aspects of what you're getting at. (:
Obviously everybody is unique their own ways, but I also think that Mac and Daniel could learn a few things from their predecessors about having a strong social presence.
I think that both are good football players who seem to know what the game is all about. I'm not knocking their playing abilities at all; only their apparent lack of relatableness!!
Thanks for sending this in, anon. (:
