Giants’ offseason grade: Did they do enough to help Brian Daboll in must-win year?

Ralph Vacchiano

NFC East Reporter

It has become increasingly difficult to tell where, exactly, the New York Giants are in the Joe Schoen-Brian Daboll plan to fix the franchise. There are days when they act like they’re in the early stages of rebuilding. There are others where it looks like they expect to win now.

And their offseason didn’t provide many clues. They dove headfirst into the pool of top quarterbacks in the draft — a sign of a team ready to rebuild around a new, young leader. When they couldn’t land one, they rallied around veteran Daniel Jones, who probably needs to win now to keep his job another year. 

They made a huge trade for edge rusher Brian Burns. But they made no last-ditch effort to keep their best player, Saquon Barkley, from bolting to Philadelphia. They added veterans in the interior of their offensive line, but stuck with the struggling, young Evan Neal at right tackle. And after hiring a new defensive coordinator to replace the volatile Wink Martindale, they saddled him with a secondary that is very, very young.

All of which puts the Giants in a fascinating position: Still building towards a better future in some ways, even though they’re entering a season where coach Brian Daboll (15-18-1) might need to win to stick around.

Here’s a look at how they did and didn’t help his cause over the last five months:

What they did

The biggest thing was they bolstered their pass rush big-time with the trade for Burns. New defensive coordinator Shane Bowen plans to use mostly a four-man rush, and he might have the horses to do it with Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux on the edge and big Dexter Lawrence in the middle.

They also bolstered their offensive line with guards Jon Runyan and Jermaine Eluemunor — at least they think they did. Their efforts to add serviceable veterans here have obviously vailed spectacularly before. And they also replaced Barkley with veteran Devin Singletary, who knows the…

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Publish date : 2024-07-09 16:11:19

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