What does the national media think of the New York Giants? Not much, as we’ve been seeing this offseason. Many experts have shown little to no confidence in the Giants’ ability to get back to the playoffs in 2024.
One such analyst is Jarrett Bailey of Touchdown Wire, who recently broke the NFL down into seven tiers based on how he sees them performing this coming season.
The Giants were the last team listed in the final tier, which was labeled “Good Luck in 2025.” Bailey apparently sees them as the worst team in the NFL with little upside to hang their hats on.
The Giants are a tire fire. They are somehow still doing the Daniel Jones thing, and their offense as a whole lacks any sort of star power outside of Malik Nabers. I’d label the Giants as the team who will have the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Giants fans will disagree and only a turnaround on the field after a 6-11 finish in 2023 will change the hearts and minds of the critics.
The keys to a successful 2024 for Big Blue: staying healthy, which will lead to more consistency, and the cream rising. By that, we mean all of the high draft picks made the past few seasons have to start playing up their draft pedigree.
General manager Joe Schoen has a lot riding on this season, perhaps everything.
Outside of left tackle Andrew Thomas, very few of the team’s Day 1 and 2 draft picks have yet to fully blossom.
That group includes Azeez Ojulari, Aaron Robinson, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Evan Neal, Wan’Dale Robinson, Joshua Ezeudu, CorDale Flott, Deonte Banks, John Michael Schmitz, and Jalin Hyatt.
The Giants need some — or all — of these players to come out this season and prove they were worth the high picks used on them.
Going back to 2020, when Thomas was taken fourth overall, the Giants used their second- and third-round picks in that draft on safety Xavier McKinney and tackle Matt Peart.
McKinney was allowed to walk via free agency this past spring and Peart recently inked a one-year deal with the Denver Broncos.
In addition, the team’s 2021 first-rounder, wide receiver Kadarius Toney, was traded away to Kansas City in exchange for third- and sixth-round draft picks. The Giants used that third-rounder to acquire Las Vegas Raiders’ tight end Darren Waller, who played one injury-riddled season in Blue and then retired.
