Giants scounting report.
QB - Daniel Jones - Not much needs to be said here, a rookie who has shown some good and bad. I don't expect him to be able to do well against our D.
RB - Barkley, Gallman, Joe Hillman - If Barkley can't go you don't need to be too concerned about any other RB. Gallman is okay and everyone else is probably just bad. Gallman playing the Pats is highly questionable. Right now Barkley has maybe a 50/50 shot of playing but who knows? If he does play he won't be 100%.
WR/TE- Engram has become a bit more of a complete TE but is still a pass catcher first and good target and match up issue. Clearly their #1 option, but his status is in doubt. Shepard is a good but not amazing option and he will be out in any case. Bennie Fowler has seen a lot of snaps but not much in the way of results and was recently cut. Mostly because Golden Tate got his first action of the season, but didn't look ready yet. I don't suspect that to change in the next 4 days. Slayton and Latimer are pretty much JAGs.
OL - Solder, Will Hernandez, Jon Halapio, Kevin Zeitler and Mike Remmers are the starters and they've all been healthy. Without Scar Solder has regressed a tad IMO. Hernandez is a 2nd year player and has been only servicable. Halapio is another former Pats cast off and plays like it. Zieter is probably their best player on the line but he isn't elite. Remmers was pretty good not long ago but his play has dropped off recently.
DL - The Giants run a 3-4 with the very large rookie Dexter Lawrence as the anchor and from what i've read and seen he's done his job very well. Davlin Tomlinson is a very good player and BJ Hill is a 2nd year who is also playing at a solid level. They hold down the DE spots. None of their backups are any good which weakens what could be a very strong unit.
OLB/EDGE - This unit tends to utilize a 3 man rotation of Markus Golden, Lorenzo Carter and Oshane Ximines. Right now Carter is hurt and it has this unit a tad thin, but not as thin as others. IDK if Carter plays or not but he won't be as effective. Golden is subpar at best. Ximines is a rookie and plays like one. Carter is a 2nd year player whose only okay.
ILB - Ryan Connelly was a huge part of their D, but is now on the IR. Alex Ogletree is another starter who is also hurt. Tae Davis who was suppose to take over some duties is hurt too. Mayo is probably the main guy in this unit right now but I know little about him. PFF isn't a fan. This is a very banged up group with former practice squad guys seeing a lot of time. It should be easy to exploit any way we want to do it. Even if Olgetree plays (which IDK if he will) he should be gimpy.
CB - The Giants tend to exclusively use only 3 CBs. Janoris Jenkins, Deandre Baker and Grant Haley. Jenkins is pretty decent. Baker is a rookie and REALLY struggling. Haley is a 2nd year player that is only okay.
S - Antoine Bethea and Jabrill Peppers are the starters with Michael Thomas getting a few snaps as the back up. Bethea is up there in age and it shows. He's had a few good years but those are behind him. Peppers seems to be having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new team but is doing okay. Thomas is a pretty good player but if he was as good as some people thought he'd no doubt be on the field more.
