NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ Dave Gettleman's fate has been sealed.
For better or for worse, the Giants general manager's legacy inextricably will be linked to Daniel Jones, the mild-mannered Duke quarterback whose selection at No. 6 overall is as polarizing and controversial a choice since boos erupted in a Marriott Marquis ballroom in New York when Pete Rozelle read Phil Simms' name as the Giants' first pick in 1979.
George Young was the embattled general manager for that widely panned decision four decades ago, but things worked out for the burly, bespectacled executive who had only months before taken over the organization's lead football decision-making role. Gettleman can only hope there will be a similar outcome for Jones, whose football pedigree is just as debatable as Simms' was after his career at little-known Morehead State in Kentucky.
