Nobody is bound what to make of the 2024 New York Giants. They’ll simply return to kind and play as they did in 2022 after they certified for the NFC Playoffs.
Or they will proceed to wallow in dysfunction, get hamstrung by accidents once more, and end 6-11 like they did final season.
One former NFL common supervisor — Jeff Diamond, who ran the Minnesota Vikings within the Nineties — believes a gradual begin in 2024 may result in one other “prepare wreck” of a season for Massive Blue.
“There are a number of transferring elements which can be occurring with the Giants proper now and particularly going into the season and a number of stress on [Daniel] Jones, on Brian Daboll, on Joe Schoen and I believe it’s a possible prepare wreck coming in the event that they don’t get off to a superb begin this yr and in the event that they’re not aggressive in a fairly robust NFC East,” Diamond instructed Massive Blue View’s Ed Valentine.
The Giants’ schedule within the first half is a bit daunting. They open towards the Minnesota Vikings at residence after which journey to play a much-improved Washington workforce in Week 2. That’s adopted by a visit to Cleveland and a house sport towards Dallas.
They then journey to Seattle earlier than internet hosting Cincinnati and Philadelphia in consecutive weeks. At present, they’re underdogs in all of these video games besides the opener, the place they’re favored by one level.
Diamond’s evaluation wasn’t all gloom and doom, although. He admitted that he doesn’t actually see that train-wreck state of affairs enjoying out and that the Giants’ roster isn’t practically as dangerous as others are making it out to be.
“That NFC East is a very fascinating division, however I believe that the Giants if Jones is enjoying effectively, if [Malik] Nabors comes on, if the protection gels, and most vital if that offensive line can play higher then I believe they’ve received an opportunity,” he stated.
That’s fairly a number of “ifs” to hit on, however in Daboll’s third season, the workforce expects to click on higher below him. The important thing, in fact, might be well being. They’ll’t have one other spate of accidents like those that ravaged their offensive line final season and led to 3 quarterbacks beginning a 3rd of the season every.
