Nobody is bound what to make of the 2024 New York Giants. They’ll simply return to type and play as they did in 2022 after 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 sluggish begin in 2024 may result in one other “prepare wreck” of a season for Huge Blue.
“There are a number of transferring components which might be happening with the Giants proper now and particularly going into the season and a number of stress on [Daniel] Jones, on Brian Daboll, on Joe Schoen and I believe it’s a possible prepare 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 powerful NFC East,” Diamond instructed 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 dwelling after which journey to play a much-improved Washington workforce 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. At present, 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 situation taking part in out and that the Giants’ roster isn’t almost as dangerous as others are making it out to be.
“That NFC East is a extremely fascinating division, however I believe that the Giants if Jones is taking part in effectively, if [Malik] Nabors comes on, if the protection gels, and most essential if that offensive line can play higher then I believe they’ve obtained an opportunity,” he stated.
That’s fairly a couple of “ifs” to hit on, however in Daboll’s third season, the workforce expects to click on higher beneath him. The important thing, after all, might be well being. They’ll’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.