The New York Giants look like a much-improved team this preseason, thanks to the pass rush, the emergence of quarterback Jaxon Dart, and the offense scoring no less than 30 points in each of the three games.<\/p>\n
Still, all of that wasn\u2019t enough to influence Conor Orr of SI.com\u2019s MMQB to rank the Big Blue any higher than No. 27 in the final preseason power ranking poll<\/strong><\/a>; the Giants ranked just ahead of the Dolphins, Panthers, Saints, Titans, and Browns.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ingredients for this team to be interesting while also not making the playoffs are there. And, ultimately, I think that\u2019s the goal,\u201d Orr said in his breakdown. \u201cThe offensive line is not there, nor has it been for years, despite several iterations of GMs trying to beef it up.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, Jaxson Dart is fun. The Dart offense is fun. Russell Wilson is healthy for the first time in a few years. This defensive line is talented.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMy prescription for Giants fans: Enjoy a year where the Chiefs game is actually close at halftime and you don\u2019t get swept in the division by all the good teams. Get another tackle in next year\u2019s draft and roll in 2026 feeling better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Orr\u2019s concern about the offensive line is certainly valid, especially if the unit has to be without left tackle Andrew Thomas. But overall, his perspective on the Giants and their upcoming season is certainly reasonable.\u00a0<\/p>\n No one is expecting the Giants to come flying out of nowhere for a Super Bowl berth this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s certainly realistic to expect the team to be far more competitive this season than it was in last year\u2019s historic 3-14 debacle in which they were swept in the division for the first time this century.<\/p>\n The question boils down to what people consider acceptable improvement from the Giants. An eight-win season would undoubtedly be a big step up, as would a top-10 defense, a more vertical offense, and an overall more disciplined team.\u00a0<\/p>\n But with general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll both in Year 4 of their respective contracts, if the Giants do end up missing the postseason this year, will that be the final straw for team co-owner John Mara, who made it clear at the end of last year that his patience was running out with this never-ending rebuild?<\/p>\n What happens next with the NY Giants? Find out! Follow and like\u00a0us on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>. Visit our\u00a0YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the latest videos. Want to send a question in for our mailbag?\u00a0You can do so here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants look like a much-improved team this preseason, thanks to the pass rush, the emergence…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-195275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115137187995364056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}