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The 2024-25 season will be the Giants’ 100th in franchise history, so owner John Mara wants it to be a successful one.
In fact, Mara actually expects the Giants to be better than their disappointing 6-11 campaign a year ago, but it won’t be easy. General manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll will be without Saquon Barkley for the first time and quarterback Daniel Jones will be returning from an ACL tear.
However, there are plenty of new faces on this Giants team from new wideout Malik Nabers to Brian Burns and a retooled offensive line.
Mara spoke about his team at the Giants’ 100th season event on Thursday and shed some light on his thoughts on Jones, Barkley’s departure and the expectations for this upcoming season.
Thoughts on offensive line
The Giants’ offensive line was in flux last season thanks to injuries and poor play. Pro Football Focus ranked them 30th (only ahead of the Titans and Jets) in their end-of-season rankings, but Schoen and Daboll made it a point to fix the line to give Jones a chance.
So far in training camp, the line has been up-and-down. Former first-round pick Evan Neal has seemingly fallen out of favor with the Giants as evidenced by the signing of Greg Van Roten. The new signing has changed the initial positions around and it’s seen mixed results.
“The offense is always behind the defense at this stage of the game,” Mara said when asked if he’s worried about the o-line. “I think the pieces that we added to the offensive line will help us eventually. I know it looks a little shaky right now. I have a lot of confidence in this coach and I think we’ll be just fine.”
As SNY’s Connor Hughes pointed out from Tuesday’s practice, Jermaine Eluemunor was playing right tackle after slotting in as left guard all offseason. Jon Runyan was playing left guard as Van Roten is almost exclusively a right guard.
New names and new line configurations have put a big question mark on the effectiveness of the line, but Mara is…
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Author : SNY
Publish date : 2024-08-02 00:45:50
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