Nobody is certain what to make of the 2024 New York Giants. They will simply return to type and play as they did in 2022 once they certified for the NFC Playoffs.
Or they’ll proceed to wallow in dysfunction, get hamstrung by accidents once more, and end 6-11 like they did final season.
One former NFL normal supervisor — Jeff Diamond, who ran the Minnesota Vikings within the Nineteen Nineties — believes a gradual begin in 2024 may result in one other “practice wreck” of a season for Huge Blue.
“There are plenty of transferring elements which might be occurring with the Giants proper now and particularly going into the season and plenty of strain on [Daniel] Jones, on Brian Daboll, on Joe Schoen and I feel it’s a possible practice 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 reasonably robust NFC East,” Diamond advised Huge Blue View’s Ed Valentine.
The Giants’ schedule within the first half is a bit daunting. They open in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings at house after which journey to play a much-improved Washington crew in Week 2. That’s adopted by a visit to Cleveland and a house recreation in opposition to Dallas.
They then journey to Seattle earlier than internet hosting Cincinnati and Philadelphia in consecutive weeks. Presently, 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 almost as unhealthy as others are making it out to be.
“That NFC East is a very attention-grabbing division, however I feel that the Giants if Jones is enjoying nicely, if [Malik] Nabors comes on, if the protection gels, and most vital if that offensive line can play higher then I feel they’ve obtained an opportunity,” he mentioned.
That’s fairly a couple of “ifs” to hit on, however in Daboll’s third season, the crew expects to click on higher below him. The important thing, after all, can be well being. They will’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.
