Bleeding Green Nation
Keeping an eye on the Eagles’ NFC East rivals.
The New York Giants entered the 2025 offense in flux. After a disappointing season, ownership seemingly gave one last chance to general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll. The decision made sense. After all, the Giants made the playoffs in Daboll’s first year as head coach, an impressive feat given the ineptitude of previous leadership. But the cupboard was bare and Daboll overperformed, setting expectations high for the following seasons despite the major flaws on the roster. This offseason is a clean-slate opportunity for the coaching staff and front office.
They worked quickly to get their fingerprints on the roster through free agency, adding Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston to stabilize a shaky quarterback room. They handed out a huge contract to Jevon Holland to keep juicing up a promising defense.
Then they turned their attention to the draft.
A more reckless front office would have spent the third overall pick in this draft on a quarterback. Here, the Giants played it safe and smart by drafting one of the three truly blue chip prospects in the 2025 class (the other two being Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty).
Abdul Carter is an absolute force off the edge and the crazy part is he is still scratching the surface of his ability, as 2024 was his first season as a full time defensive end. He has the size, athleticism, physicality, and instincts to instantly be a game changing presence on a defensive line.
The Giants already have a ton of talent on their defensive front in Brian Burns, Dexter Lawrence, and Kayvon Thibodeaux. Adding Abdul Carter to the mix makes the group downright scary. The defense should be a real strength for New York this season.
At some point early in this draft, the Giants were going to take a quarterback. The Daboll/Schoen tandem had yet to handpick a quarterback, which should be the marker of any true rebuilding process for a franchise. Here, they make their mark.
Jaxson Dart had a meteoric rise during the draft process. During the season, his name did not come up very often when discussing potential first round picks. It was really the weakness of the quarterback class that led a lot of teams and analysts alike to go back to the tape and look for traits to pinpoint as reasoning for Dart to be such a high selection. That being said, the appeal is obvious.
Dart is not the biggest quarterback by any means at 6’2” and just over 220 pounds, but he’s got a durable, stocky build for the NFL. Athletically, he brings a lot to the table. A former star third-baseman in high school, the ball zips out of Dart’s hands with a quick, snappy release. He moves well in and out of the pocket. He can extend plays with his feet and is a legit running threat....
