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Since the New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots back in 2012, the franchise has amassed a grand total of two winning seasons and one playoff appearance. With the team regressing in 2019 going from five wins to four, it remains to be seen whether Pat Shurmur and his staff will be around next season with the franchise taking steps backwards under his watch. With that, Dave Gettleman has a number of choices to make this offseason in hopes of bettering the franchise as a whole before he’s personally shown the door by the ownership group.

Season Recap

After winning five games to bring up the rear of the NFC East standings in 2018, New York regressed by only winning four games to come four games short of surpassing its 6-game season win total odds and finish third in the division ahead of the wretched Washington Redskins. The G-Men failed to make money for NFL bettors as well in going 7-9 ATS though it did hook total bettors up by cashing over tickets 10 times. The latter had everything to do with a young up and coming electric offense backed by a laughable defense that ranked No. 25 overall and conceded better than 28 points per game.

It only took two games for Shurmur to hand the starting reins over to rookie QB Daniel Jones. While the youngster showed flashes of greatness at time in replacing Eli Manning, he more or less looked the part of a rookie feeling his way at the NFL level. When the book was closed on 2019, the No. 6 pick in the prior year’s NFL Draft ended up throwing for over 3,000 yards and 24 touchdowns but also threw 12 interceptions in leading the Giants to just three wins through 12 starts. Regardless of only playing to an 87.7 QB rating, the output was better than both Kyler Murray and Dwayne Haskins who were also selected in the first round of last year’s draft.

Another player to catch the eye of player prop and fantasy players was WR Darius Slayton who did nothing but excel in his rookie campaign. The former Auburn Tiger hauled in 48 receptions and turned them into 740 yards and 8 TD en route to forcing opposing defenses to account for him on every play. Unfortunately, it was a season to forget for Saquon Barkley who killed his fantasy supporters early on after suffering a high ankle sprain versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers way back in Week 3. It wasn’t until the end of the season that he was once again dancing like the runaway bull that took the league by storm in his rookie campaign. It just went to show just how great of a runner he is after still managing to surpass the 1,000 yard rushing plateau in only 13 games.

2020 Season Preview

If Evan Engram and Sterling Shepard can finally avoid the injury bug and it steers clear from Barkley, Slayton and Golden Tate, the New York Football Giants could possess one of the more explosive offenses in the league next season. With key players in and out of the starting lineup and Tate serving a four-game suspension at the beginning of the season, the G-Men still went on to rack up nearly 340 yards (No. 23) and average just over 21 points per game (No. 18). With Jones having a year’s worth of experience under his belt to go along with a plethora of lethal weapons at his disposal, things look to be on the up and up heading into the 2020-21 season. For it to all come together and the franchise to once against start competing for division titles, upper management must go out and shore up an offensive line via the draft or free agency after the front wall allowed opposing defenses to rack up better than 2.5 sacks per game.

Most importantly, the defense must be improved in every phase. The Giants’ stop unit was targeted by season-long fantasy and DFS players all season long with it ranking out in the bottom third of the league against both the run (No. 20) and pass (No. 28). The Giants would do themselves a huge solid by drafting a stud offensive linemen or defensive difference maker with the No. 4 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.

2019 New York Giants Betting Schedule

Past New York Giants Seasons

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