G-Men in the Background

The Giants have been the class of the Big Apple for generations but this season they find themselves avoiding the spotlight in their own city. The New York Jets acquired the flashy new QB. The Jets are on Hard Knocks this year, and it seems all eyes are on gang green to own this city. In fact the Giants at 40 to 1 to win the Super Bowl, have more than double the odds of the cross town Jets who sit at just 16 to 1 to lift the Lombardi trophy this winter.

The G-Men had a memorable 2022 season, which is seemingly being forgotten by the New York media and NFL fans. The Giants had their best start since 2008 and beat their 2021 win total by week 6 en lieu to a 9 win season and a playoff berth. Their new head coach and new GM looked like geniuses with the hopes of even more to come in 2023.

Daniel Jones made massive strides under Daboll's leadership and is starting to look like a franchise QB. The Giants might have the best young tackle in the league and Barkley is back behind Jones. On defense this team suddenly has playmakers all over the field led by one of the best young interior lineman in the game in Dexter Lawrence, who just ranked as the 28th best player in NFL Network's Top 100 list. So, yes things were looking up for Big Blue.

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But, the hype machine has pushed them aside, and you have to believe that is just fine with them. Brian Daboll and company are embracing the underdog role. It was a rallying cry last season and now with the bright lights of New York being focused squarely on the Jets, that rallying cry can be given even more credence. The Giants had the better season last year and despite the media salivating over the team who shares their stadium, don't rule out the Giants being kings of the city yet again.