The New York Giants may have revamped their offensive line and possess young promising stars such as running back Saquon Barkley, wide receiver Darius Slayton and quarterback Daniel Jones, but some experts don’t think that’s enough to make them elite — yet.
Not even the addition of Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator is tilting the scales. In a recent list by Mark Scofield of Touchdown Wire, the Giants’ offense was ranked 24th out of 32 NFL teams.
Points Per Game: 21.3 (19th out of 32)
Yards Per Game: 338.5 (23rd out of 32)
Yards Per Play: 5.4 (20th out of 32)Daniel Jones took over for Eli Manning early in the 2019 campaign, and in the eyes of many – myself included – he performed much better than expected. Jones was perhaps the ugly duckling of the 2019 draft class, with many evaluators saying he was not worth the first-round selection the Giants used on him. But the young passer seemed to make a smoother transition than most believed he was capable of.
That being said, there are still issues to address for the Giants offense in 2020. Andrew Thomas might be the piece the offensive line is missing, but that remains to be seen. Can Evan Engram finally have the breakout season Giants fans are hoping for? Can Jones himself overcome some turnover issues that plagued him as a rookie? How quickly can the team pick up a new offensive system under incoming offensive coordinator Jason Garrett? The pieces might be in place, but the product is far from complete.
There’s lots of questions still to be answered as you can see, but the Giants are spending the offseason addressing them.
Jones should not be the turnover machine he was last year and the offensive line should be better. Garrett’s influence has to count for something and keep in mind that the Giants were never at full strength weapons-wise last year due to injuries to Barkley, Engram and Sterling Shepard and the four-game suspension of veteran wideout Golden Tate to start the season.
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