2018 NFL RANKINGS:#22:New York Giants

[Mike75]

 

 

 

 

 

#22-New York Giants

 

Head coach Pat Shurmur
General manager Dave Gettleman
Owner John Mara and Steve Tisch
Home field MetLife Stadium
Record 3-13
Division place Last NFC East
Playoff finish did not qualify

Offensive Scheme:West Coast

Offensive Coordinator:Mike Shula

Defensive Alignment:4-3

Defensive Coordinator:James Bettcher

Offense Rank-PTS 15.4 (31st);YDS 314.2 (21st);PASS YDS 217.4 (19th);RUSH YDS 96.8 (26th)
Defense Rank-PTS 24.2 (27th);YDS 373.2 (31st);PASS YDS 252.4 (31st);RUSH YDS 120.8 (27th)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018 Offseason Moves:

Giants sign OT Nate Solder,DE/OLB Kareem Martin,RB Jonathan Stewart,G Patrick Omameh,S Will Gay,S Michael Thomas,WR Cody Lattimer,WR C.J. Goodwin, QB Alex Tanney

 

Giants re-sign DE Kerry Wynn,OT/C Brett Jones, TE Ryan O'Malley,DT Robert Thomas,ILB Mark Herzlich

 

Giants let go G/OT Justin Pugh, C Weston Richburg, CB Ross Cockrell, QB Geno Smith, WR Brandon Marshall, OLB Devon Kennard, G/OT D.J. Fluker, S Nat Berhe, WR/KR Dwayne Harris

 

Giants traded for LB Alec Ogletree,P Riley Dixon

 

Giants traded DE Jason Pierre-Paul

 

 

 

 

Coaching Changes:

Hired –Offensive Coordinator,Mike Shula.  Defensive Coordinator:James Bettcher. 

Hired- Head coach Pat Shurmur.   General manager Dave Gettleman

Released- Offensive Coordinator,Mike Sullivan.  Defensive Coordinator:Steve Spagnuolo

Released- Head coach Ben McAdoo.   General manager Jerry Reese

 

 

 

Draft Picks:

1st Round: Saquon Barkley  RB   Penn State

2nd Round: Will Hernandez  OG   Texas-El Paso

3rd Round: Lorenzo Carter  LB   Georgia

3rd Round: B.J. Hill  DT   North Carolina State

4th Round: Kyle Lauletta   QB   Richmond

5th Round: RJ McIntosh   DT  Miami

 

 

 

 

2018 Starters:

 

OFFENSE

QB: Eli Manning
RB: Saquon Barkley
WR: Odell Beckham
WR: Sterling Shepard
WR: Roger Lewis
TE: Evan Engram
LT: Nate Solder
LG: Will Hernandez
C: Brett Jones
RG: Patrick Omameh
RT: Chad Wheeler

 

DEFENSE

DE: Dalvin Tomlinson
DT: Damon Harrison
DE: Robert Thomas
OLB: Olivier Vernon
ILB: B.J. Goodson
ILB: Alec Ogletree
OLB: Kareem Martin
CB: Janoris Jenkins
CB: Eli Apple
S: Landon Collins
S: Darian Thompson

 

 

 

 

2018 SCHEDULE:

Sept. 9 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Sept. 16 at Dallas Cowboys, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Sept. 23 at Houston Texans, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Sept. 30 vs. New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Oct. 7 at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Oct. 11 vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN)
Oct. 22 at Atlanta Falcons, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Oct. 28 vs. Washington Redskins, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Nov. 4 -- BYE
Nov. 12 at San Francisco 49ers, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Nov. 18 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Nov. 25 at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Dec. 2 vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Dec. 9 at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Dec. 16 vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Dec. 22 or 23 at Indianapolis Colts, TBD (TBD)
Dec. 30 vs. Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m. (FOX)

 

 

 

 

PREDICTIONS FOR N.Y. GIANTS IN 2018:

Last year the Giants had the worst record in the NFL with Cleveland and only won three games. They cleaned house getting rid of the GM,head coach and coordinators on both sides of the ball pretty much a clean sweep. The thing is this team has been bad for a while with only one playoff appearance in the past six years. Besides an outlier year where they went 11-5 in 2016 the rest of the time they were not good going 7-9, 7-9, 6-10, 6-10 and 3-13. In my opinion the GM should've drafted a QB while he had a good draft spot because Eli Manning is not that good and was never elite depending on a great defense when the team won their titles. To make matters worse the Giants have a brutal schedule playing the AFC South/NFC South in addition the always tough NFC East with things starting off against Jacksonville who have the best defense in the NFL a great test for RB Barkley. Then they face New Orleans,Dallas,Carolina,Philly,Atlanta,San Francisco,Houston,etc. Bovada/Vegas have the Giants winning 6 games unfortunately i think the Giants along with their GM think Barkley will be all they need and the offense very well may be good but there are other issues also. The coaching staff may help improve things but sooner or later a new QB needs to be drafted.