I think that this years NYG team is better than last years, but they have a really tough schedule and as seen with last season, it all depends on when a team gets 'hot' so I don't know how well this will do this season.
The Giants secondary is their only area of concern. If Terrell Thomas didn't re-aggravate his injury sidelining him for another season the team would be very scary. Hopefully Prince Amukamara will step up this season, but I'm not very hopeful. There were some other players that might step up at CB (veteran Michael Coe will be starting in place of Prince until he recovers from an injury) and Jayron Hosley looked good in the preseason, so we'll see how that goes.
Fortunately the secondary isn't as important for the Giants considering their beastly d-line won't let the opposing QB get comfortable to make long plays, and I think that their linebackers will be better this year compared to last year. I hope to see LB Jaquan Williams getting more play time.
They no longer have Brandon Jacobs but he didn't do much for them last season and I think that they will utilize FB Henry Hynoski on short yardage runs as he has shown he can get a few yards if needed. David Wilson looks good so him and Da'Rel Scott will be able to help lighten Ahmad Bradshaws load, so all in all their running game is of no more concern than it was last season.
I actually like this years WR corps better than last seasons. The Giants got Domenik Hixon back from an injury that sidelined him last year, and I think that he is a better player than Manningham, who he will be replacing. He is taller, faster, can jump higher and fight for the ball, plus Eli is very comfortable with him since they have been playing together for a while now. His hands aren't the best, but neither were Manninghams, although a lot of people forgot about his iffy hands after his [Manninghams] big catch in the superbowl. Ramses Barden is 4th of the depth charts at WR, and I hope to see him play up to his expectations. There were high hopes for him after he was drafted, but he has been injured a lot, and after his recent preseason TD those expectations have resurfaced. Reuben Randle is a rookie WR that I have been hearing good things about, but I haven't really seen him play.
I like the TE's better this year too. I mentioned a while back that I didn't mind that the Pats picked up Jake Ballard from the Giants, and I think that Martellus Bennett and Adrien Robinson will be more consistent than he was. They will still be starting Bear Pascoe who is mediocre, but with the WRs they have the TE's should find themselves open a lot, and won't have to worry about Ballard dropping a bunch of passes while wide open.
Lastly the O-Line should be about the same as last year, so no concerns there. I can't forget about Eli, but we all know what to expect from him.
The Giants secondary is their only area of concern. If Terrell Thomas didn't re-aggravate his injury sidelining him for another season the team would be very scary. Hopefully Prince Amukamara will step up this season, but I'm not very hopeful. There were some other players that might step up at CB (veteran Michael Coe will be starting in place of Prince until he recovers from an injury) and Jayron Hosley looked good in the preseason, so we'll see how that goes.
Fortunately the secondary isn't as important for the Giants considering their beastly d-line won't let the opposing QB get comfortable to make long plays, and I think that their linebackers will be better this year compared to last year. I hope to see LB Jaquan Williams getting more play time.
They no longer have Brandon Jacobs but he didn't do much for them last season and I think that they will utilize FB Henry Hynoski on short yardage runs as he has shown he can get a few yards if needed. David Wilson looks good so him and Da'Rel Scott will be able to help lighten Ahmad Bradshaws load, so all in all their running game is of no more concern than it was last season.
I actually like this years WR corps better than last seasons. The Giants got Domenik Hixon back from an injury that sidelined him last year, and I think that he is a better player than Manningham, who he will be replacing. He is taller, faster, can jump higher and fight for the ball, plus Eli is very comfortable with him since they have been playing together for a while now. His hands aren't the best, but neither were Manninghams, although a lot of people forgot about his iffy hands after his [Manninghams] big catch in the superbowl. Ramses Barden is 4th of the depth charts at WR, and I hope to see him play up to his expectations. There were high hopes for him after he was drafted, but he has been injured a lot, and after his recent preseason TD those expectations have resurfaced. Reuben Randle is a rookie WR that I have been hearing good things about, but I haven't really seen him play.
I like the TE's better this year too. I mentioned a while back that I didn't mind that the Pats picked up Jake Ballard from the Giants, and I think that Martellus Bennett and Adrien Robinson will be more consistent than he was. They will still be starting Bear Pascoe who is mediocre, but with the WRs they have the TE's should find themselves open a lot, and won't have to worry about Ballard dropping a bunch of passes while wide open.
Lastly the O-Line should be about the same as last year, so no concerns there. I can't forget about Eli, but we all know what to expect from him.
