QB
Geno Smith: He is going to surprise a lot of people by winning the starting role and looking good with some actual offensive pieces in place for him and the second year in the system.
WR
R. Randle: People will be down on him due to Giants drafting Beckham even though Randle is going to start and has a very good chance to put up some nice numbers. Coughlin is always harder on young players and it will be no different with Beckham. Beckham will be in the rotation and get targets, but he is going to be eased into the offense and will be the primary punt returner. Giants already said Randle is starting outside. Randle on one side, Cruz in the slot and outside in 2 WR sets and then Beckham will come in for 3 WR sets. After a nice preseason where Randle is getting targets and looking good his value will start to rise.
RB
R. Jennings: Once again another Giant. Jennings is going to be getting all of the early down work and will look good doing it in preseason. He also was brought in because he was very good in the screen game and I am sure he will break one or two and amp up his price before week 1. He is also going to get majority of the redzone work.
TE
Kyle Rudolph: He will be over drafted as the season draws near. He was over drafted last year as people think he is the next elite TE, but he will be yet again an average to below average fantasy starter.
I disagree on almost all of these points.
1. Geno Smith: I don't buy him as a starter in this league. I think Decker and ASJ will help a little bit, but in the end he'll be a backup in another year or two.
2.
Coughlin is always harder on young players and it will be no different with Beckham
No, he isn't. He's harder on players he feels he was forced into drafting. It's widely known he never wanted to draft David Wilson and was forced into it. I think this is actually the complete opposite. The Giants aren't liking Randle right now. He's having some work ethic and attitude problems from what I understand. That doesn't mean Randle won't also be a 'starter' the three of Cruz, Randle and Beckham will likely all be starters on the team. McAdoo runs a base 3 wide set. That was the big reason for the drafting of Beckham. They needed a good deep threat. That said, Cruz and Beckham I suspect will be the 1a and 1b on the team. With Randle sliding in and out. The Giants also made no such statement that Randle was already starting outside, I'd love to see a quote on that one. Also realize, it's not like Randle will even have an edge in knowing the system of Beckham. They're all learning it together, Randle's going to have a small jump on the playbook. But otherwise, they're all learning a brand new system from scratch.
3. Jennings: I'm not so sure about this one either. I'm actually really like Andre Williams chances of getting most of the early down work. If he can display good pass blocking and ball security he could run with the job. A lot of this hinges on whether or not Wilson is cleared to play this season or if he goes the way of Jahvid Best or not.
4. Rudolph: I think he's actually going to be under-drafted this year. But I also think he's going to finally reach elite status this season. There are a lot of new pieces to that offence since he last hit the field. Patterson is actually going to be developed into some of a threat this year. Bridgewater is a massive upgrade at quarterback vs Cassel (at least persumably). Norv Turner is the new offensive coordinator, look what his TEs have been like in his last two landing spots... do the names Jordan Cameron and Antonio Gates ring any bells? I'd be willing to bet that Rudolph is a Top 3 TE this season and I'm trying my best to aquire him in dynasty leagues and will be looking to draft him in a lot of redrafts this year as well.
