The Giants have been one of the most talked about teams across the NFL, but not for good reason. After lots of shakeup and their fair share of critics, New York is looking to put all of the negativity behind them in 2024.
Let's start with the elephant in the room to the Giants offseason, Saquon Barkley. Barkley departed this offseason for their division rival, Philadelphia Eagles, after expressing mixed feelings about wanting to stay with the G-Men for the foreseeable future.
Barkley going to the Eagles surprised many Giants fans and they feel like he stabbed their team in the back with his decision. I believe it is safe to say there will not be many cheers when Saquon comes back to MetLife Stadium in October.
Regardless of the love or hate for Saquon Barkley, the Giants have a major hole to fill at the running back position. Saquon was responsible for 40 percent of the touchdowns scored for New York last season.
During his tenure in New York, he missed 25 games and the Giants lost 16 of those 25 games he was absent from as well. Signing Devin Singletary to take over Barkley's position is not going to quite fill the gap. The Giants will have to look elsewhere for offense in 2024.
The other massive talking point about the Giants is the state of their quarterback position. There was lots of talk this offseason whether they would use the 6th pick to draft a QB and move on from Daniel Jones, but they stuck with their guy, at least for 2024. Although the quarterback class of 2025 is nowhere near as good as this year's, this will most certainly be Daniel Jones' make or break year in New York.
They instead used the sixth pick to draft stud wide receiver, Malik Nabers out of LSU. The duo of Jayden Daniels and Malik Nabers at LSU was really hard to stop, so Daniel Jones will have some big shoes to fill in order to make Nabers a top player this season. Nabers will most likely come in as the WR1, proving the fact that the Giants desperately needed receiver help for some time.
The Giants did make some noise on the defensive side of the football this offseason after they traded for star defensive end Brian Burns. They gave up a second and fifth round pick for Burns to be able to come to New York and immediately signed the star to a five-year contract as well. Burns had his name in trade rumors for the past couple of seasons in Carolina and he finally was dealt this offseason.
New York's defense ranked towards the bottom of the NFL last season, so they are hoping Burns can have a positive say in boosting this number. Burns will now join a defense already featuring Dexter Lawrence and Kayvon Thibodeaux. This trio will certainly cause opposing offenses some major havoc.
The Giants have some serious ground to make up this upcoming season. Daniel Jones will need to come out ready to play his best football or else there will be some major changes up and coming in the nearby future for the G-Men.
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