The Giants called it quits on former head coach Brian Daboll midway through the season after the team got off to a dreadful 2-8 start. Banking on a rookie quarterback to save his job didn’t go as planned when the combined duo of Jaxson Dart and Malik Nabers lasted just 23 snaps in Dart’s first career start, but that was just one of several issues that plagued the Giants last season. Former Ravens head coach John Harbaugh now finds himself in charge of a roster that boasts several young playmakers, but will his presence be enough to make this a competitive group in his first season?Points per game: 22.4 (17th)Total yards per game: 333.5 (13th)Plays per game: 63.8 (8th)Dropbacks per game: 39.9 (14th)Dropback EPA per play: 0.1 (12th)Designed rush attempts per game: 27.9 (5th)Rush EPA per play: -0.04 (12th)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAs one would expect, the addition of Harbaugh has been the most talked-about move of the Giants’ offseason, but Harbaugh won’t be tasked with calling offensive plays for this young core of offensive playmakers. Those duties will fall on former Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, who spent the last three seasons in his role but didn’t have his contract renewed at the end of last season. While Nagy never officially called plays for the Chiefs during his tenure with the team, it’s hard to overlook the fact that the Patrick Mahomes-led Chiefs offense never finished better than 15th in scoring when they switched from Eric Bieniemy to Nagy in 2023. During his time as head coach of the Bears, Nagy’s offense ranked 22nd or worse in scoring in three of his four seasons, but it did finish ninth in scoring during his first season with the team in 2018. The Giants finally waved the white flag on Daniel Jones after a disastrous 2024 campaign and hope Dart can be the man to lead the team for the foreseeable future. Nagy’s tenure with the team will hinge heavily on whether or not he can extract enough out of Dart to prove his status as a franchise quarterback, but his spotty track record brings plenty of doubt entering this season.QB: Jaxson Dart, Jameis WinstonWR: Malik Nabers, Calvin Austin IIIWR: Darius Slayton, Malachi FieldsWR: Darnell Mooney, Isaiah HodginsTE: Isaiah Likely, Theo JohnsonAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhen he wasn’t being lauded for the impressive plays he made on the field, Jaxson Dart was being chastised for the reckless plays that led to five concussion evaluations in the 14 games he appeared in last season. Dart’s all-or-nothing style of play led to some exciting moments for the Giants and his fantasy managers last season. He averaged 22.4 fantasy points per game in the 12 games he started, and finished as a top-12 fantasy QB in seven of those starts.Dart proved to be a valuable fantasy asset on the ground, rushing for 487 yards and nine touchdowns on 86 carries last season, with 37.5 percent of his total fantasy points coming from the ground game. His rushing production helped Dart fini
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