The New York Giants, after hiring Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll appear to have begun a long-overdue rebuild, but who has a chance to be part of the new core?
A long-overdue overhaul has begun for the New York Giants.
Owners John Mara and Steve Tich got their man for the vacant general manager job, in former Buffalo Bills Assistant GM Joe Schoen. Then came former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll to fill the head coaching vacancy.
There’s also a chance the Giants will look to the Buffalo Bills to fill Daboll’s offensive coordinator job, with the possibility of Ken Dorsey following suit to East Rutherford.
As the New York Giants’ rebuild begins, these players are facing make-or-break 2022 seasons:
New York Giants QB Daniel Jones
As the No. six overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Jones was to be former GM Dave Gettleman’s ‘I know more than you pick.’
Unfortunately, it has not worked out that way.
Jones has been hit or miss since becoming the Giants quarterback. He has been inconsistent in his play and has been a turnover machine. With all the bad there have been flashes, but he has not been healthy enough to keep that going.
Missing games every year he’s played, a bad offensive line, and terrible play calling have all hurt his chances of fairly being evaluated, that is all true.
This is his fourth year on his rookie deal and the Giants are on the hook for almost $22 million if they decide to pick up his fifth option in 2023. Jones got another pass on his third year, the year most young quarterbacks figure it out, he will not get another one.
New York Giants RB Saquan Barkley
Annotated with a gold jacket the night he was drafted 2nd overall in 2018, Barkley got off to a fantastic start winning Rookie of the Year honors in 2018.
It has been all downhill from there.
Injuries in his next two seasons, including an ACL tear have knocked him way off course.
Barkley was a shell of himself this year, only showing minute flashes of that great rookie year. In the final year of his contract, Barkley will be a free agent next year. New head coach Brian Daboll is already in love with him, but he could too be blinded by the talent as Gettleman was in 2018.
New York Giants WR Kenny Golladay
Brought in a free agent to be an instant sparkplug for the receiving game, Kenny Golladay woefully underperformed in 2021.
At 6-foot-4, Golladay makes contested catches and is a great teammate. Sounds good, lets pay him $72 million for four years with $40 million guaranteed.
It did not work out for the New York Giants as that contract is easily the worst on the team, not to mention he did not produce.
Last season, Golladay’s first in East Rutherford, the veteran receiver caught only 37 catches for 521 yards with ZERO touchdowns, lacked effort on many plays; especially late, and yelled at his offensive coordinator.
The problem is Golladay is a $21 million dollar cap hit for the next three years. If he does not impress are the Giants willing to eat all that money? The thing is he is talented and hopefully Daboll can get more out of him than former coach Joe Judge.