The New York Giants have made wholesale changes and when we look at the 2025 installation of this Giants team it should look vastly different than we have watched.
The coaching staff and front office remain unchanged, but the Giants will have a new feel about this squad. The Daniel Jones era is over, and many Big Blue fans will replay with "thankfully" after that sentence. In comes Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston and Jaxson Dart.
Wilson will take the first crack at the starting gig, and he looked good in his brief preseason action. Wilson looks to have regained his moon ball, and he did lead the Steelers to a winning record last season but make no mistake if the Giants falter this will be Dart's team.
The changes behind center seem like a massive improvement, but they will be playing behind the same bad offensive line. Andrew Thomas can't stay on the field, and the interior of this line has come back with poor blocking grades for a while now. Keeping this line healthy and giving the QBs some protection will be paramount to the team's success.
Otherwise on offense there are some play makers. Nabers was banged up all summer, but we saw the flashes of excellence when he was in there. Catching passes from a better and more experienced play caller will only help.
Nabers had one of the best rookie seasons ever and he had the best season by a Giants receiver ever. He broke the Giants’ record for receptions with 109 and added 1,204 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.
There is a need for a definitive WR 2 on this team, but Nabers alone makes the offense dangerous. Behind him Tracy was a revelation and the GMen drafted Scattabo to be a 1-2 punch. If Tracy, the former receiver, can keep growing in his game his speed and Nabers big play ability will have defenses on their heels.
Speaking of defenses, this is where it gets exciting for Giants fans. The defensive front might be the best in the NFL. They made a conscious effort to dominate the line last season and get after the QB and did exactly that. Trading for Brian Burns and adding him to Keyvon and Dexter Lawrence was already a recipe for disaster for opposing QBs. They then added who most evaluators believed was the best player in the draft in pass rush specialist Abdul Carter and now they expect to be living in the backfield.
The Giants are not completely fixed and have some major holes, but there is upside with this team. Daboll and company seem to have one more chance to save their jobs and with the talent they have a wild card run isn't out of the question. The leagues toughest schedule might prove to be too big of a mountain to climb, but the future certainly has some stars on the horizon.