Team Spotlight: New York Giants (1 Viewer)

[Maurile Tremblay]

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I'll start off by posting my projections to get us going. The idea is for others to post their own projections as well, or to comment on the projections posted by others.

Overall

528 pass attempts for 317 receptions, 3713 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions; 447 rushes for 1904 yards and 16 touchdowns.

QB

Eli Manning: 296 of 495 passing for 3483 yards, 22 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions; 25 rushes for 52 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Jim Sorgi: 21 of 33 passing for 230 yards, 1 touchdowns, and 1 interceptions; 2 rushes for 2 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Rhett Bomar: 0 of 0 passing for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

RB

Brandon Jacobs: 176 rushes for 747 yards and 8 touchdowns; 17 receptions for 143 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Ahmad Bradshaw: 192 rushes for 887 yards and 5 touchdowns; 21 receptions for 166 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Danny Ware: 21 rushes for 87 yards and 1 touchdowns; 4 receptions for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Andre Brown: 17 rushes for 68 yards and 0 touchdowns; 2 receptions for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Gartrell Johnson: 13 rushes for 50 yards and 0 touchdowns; 1 receptions for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Madison Hedgecock: 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns; 6 receptions for 42 yards and 0 touchdowns.

WR

Hakeem Nicks: 70 receptions for 1029 yards and 7 touchdowns; 1 rushes for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Steve Smith: 85 receptions for 897 yards and 5 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Mario Manningham: 45 receptions for 598 yards and 4 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 2 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Domenik Hixon: 16 receptions for 213 yards and 1 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 2 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Derek Hagan: 0 receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Sinorice Moss: 0 receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Ramses Barden: 0 receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

TE

Kevin Boss: 40 receptions for 481 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Travis Beckum: 6 receptions for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Bear Pascoe: 4 receptions for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Scott Chandler: 1 receptions for 10 yards and 0 touchdowns.

 

[Rovers]

Bradshaw with more carries than Jacobs? Jacobs played all of last year hurt, I'd project about the same split but in Jacob's favor. I also can't agree with Nicks getting the ball more than Smith. Manning trusts Smith, and he is the possession WR, not Nicks, but we shall see.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

You may be right, but Jacobs just looked so bad last year. Not that Bradshaw was all that much better (in the running game), but I think Bradshaw adds more of a threat to the offense (in large part because of his receiving skills) and should get more playing time in place of Jacobs. But Jacobs could certainly bounce back.

I do have Smith with more receptions than Nicks (but Nicks with more yards).

 

[az_prof]

Bradshaw was MUCH better than Jacobs. And if Jacobs was hurt so was Bradshaw. If the OL was bad for Jacobs, it was bad for Bradshaw.

Bradshaw: 4.8 yards per carry

Jacobs: 3.7 yards per carry

I watched enough games to see that Bradshaw was simply a far superior back last season. He is younger and more versatile.

It seems to me that if Bradshaw stays healthy he will get a share of the carries that is closer to what Tiki got when he was RB1 and Jacobs was RB2.

See Bradshaw getting closer to 225 carries and Jacobs getting closer to 175.

At five yards a carry Bradshaw will get 1125 yards. Jacobs at 4.2 yards per carry will get 735. TDS will be about split as they will use them both in Red Zone: say 8 TDs each.

 

[Michael Fox Fan]

Bradshaw with more carries than Jacobs? Jacobs played all of last year hurt, I'd project about the same split but in Jacob's favor. I also can't agree with Nicks getting the ball more than Smith. Manning trusts Smith, and he is the possession WR, not Nicks, but we shall see.

Bradshaw played hurt basically the whole year too - but unlike Jacobs, he actually produced while hurt.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

Steve Smith getting little respect again.

22 less catches

323 less yards

2 less td's

1 full yard less catch average (from 11.4 to 10.4)