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Let’s see how the Giants fare in our unscientific ranking
We continue our assiduous, irrefutable breakdown of how the New York Giants stack up in the NFC East. The rigorously laborious subjective point-grading system was applied to the NFC East offenses, and here are the results:
23 points: Eagles
13 points: Giants
12 points: Cowboys
12 points: Commanders
The Giants finished second behind the Philadelphia Eagles, who almost swept each position group. This, obviously, by no means suggests that the Giants offense will be more successful than the Commanders or the Cowboys. It’s a fun exercise we’ll now apply to the NFC East defenses.
4 points: Commanders
3 points: Eagles
2 points: Giants
1 point: Cowboys
I would propound that Dexter Lawrence is the best defensive lineman in the division; he’s arguably the best in the league. However, Jalen Carter isn’t too far behind. Carter has 125 pressures through two seasons and is still on his rookie contract, whereas Lawrence is earning $21.8 million per year. Jordan Davis is also on a rookie contract. He hasn’t dominated at the NFL level, but he’s a solid player in his own right. 23-year-old Moro Ojomo had 39 pressures in his second NFL season last year. He’ll look to assume a more significant role.
Howie Roseman also drafted Ty Robinson to replace Milton Williams, who signed with the New England Patriots. The Eagles are a bit thin up front behind Carter and Davis. They’ll be relying on young players such as Ojomo, Thomas Booker IV, Gabe Hall, and Byron Young to step up. I placed the Eagles slightly over the Giants, mostly due to the contracts of their top two guys and Carter's overall skill set, but the lack of depth is concerning.
The Giants, however, have a lot of options to rely on. Lawrence is one of the best in the NFL, rookie Darius Alexander is a quality asset who can eventually start, and Rakeem Nunez-Roches is a solid veteran option against the run. I appreciate that Joe Schoen added veteran options to compete with DJ Davidson and Jordon Riley; Roy Robertson-Harris and Jeremiah Ledbetter aren’t household names, but they have plenty of competent reps under their belt. The Giants need options to complement and rotate around Lawrence — they lacked that last season and defensive coordinator Shane Bowen was unable to run his system toward the end of the season.
Still, the Giants came in third because of Philadelphia and the Commanders, who I surprisingly ranked first (four points). I respect Daron Payne, but he’s no Dexter Lawrence or even Jalen Carter, yet he’s complemented by Johnny Newton, Deatrich Wise, and Sheldon Day. Eddie Goldman is also on the roster, but he’s struggled his last two seasons. Wise came over from New England and brings a level of physicality to the line as a 280-pounder who aligns as a 5-technique at times. Johnny Newton was injured through training camp and got a late start to...
