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Here’s what an ideal realistic 2020 NY Giants season should look like

By Charles Vitolo

DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 27: Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants warms up before the start of a game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on October 27, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 27: Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants warms up before the start of a game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on October 27, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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Daniel Jones of the NY Giants (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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Realistic expectations for the 2020 NY Giants offense

As a whole, the 2019 NY Giants offense actually fared pretty well in some aspects.

The unit placed 18th in the league in points, which is pretty solid considering the state of the offensive line and having a rookie quarterback commanding the squad.

Now that it seems our offensive line should be much improved, we can expect that points ranking to jump, hopefully into the top 10 range behind Jason Garrett’s guidance.

Where the offense, namely Daniel Jones, HAS to improve in 2020 is in the turnover department. We all know the struggles Jones had with fumbles so I won’t beat a dead horse, but as a whole, the NY Giants offense ranked a putrid 30th in turnovers. I’d say getting into the top 15 would be a reasonable goal for the 2020 season.

Saquon Barkley has proven to almost never fumble, so he doesn’t factor too much into that equation.

As far as passing yards and touchdowns, the 2019 offense fared well ranking 18th in yards and an elite level 5th in passing touchdowns, showing just how impressive Daniel Jones’ rookie season really was. If we could just maintain those numbers, that would be a positive for the 2020 season.

Now, onto rushing, where I feel the team has https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/ThomAn02.htma lot of room to improve based on having one of the best runningbacks in the league, who should be running behind a much-improved offensive line.

In 2019, the NY Giants ranked 18th in rushing – not what you want with a #2 overall selected ‘back – but we all know that, again, that had more to do with Saquon’s injury and his offensive line.

I’d love to see them get into the 10th-12th league ranking range in 2020.

Where the rushing offense flourished was in the yards-per-carry department, AKA Saquon’s bread and butter. The offense ranked 7th in the NFL at 4.7 per clip, so there isn’t much room for improvement there but getting into the top five would be fantastic – and possible.

Lastly, seeing that offensive line mesh and finally prove to be an above-average unit would be such a massive success for the 2020 NY Giants, and seeing Andrew Thomas play at even an average level in his rookie year would be enough to qualify for enough in the progress/development department.

Now, onto the defense (gulp).

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