I'm so on the fence about this. Saquon has such big legs -it's almost ridiculous- that people like Bart Scott think he will have hammy pulls constantly. I think the O-Line still has a lot of questions. Flowers still looks awful.
I went to a few practices and OBJ looked amazing. He just is going to simply outrun everyone if he is healthy. Saquon looks like an alien sent here to be an athlete or something up close. He looks like he could race horses. But he's not a banger---Chris Canty asked him on NFL network is he would be the guy for 4th and 1 on the goal line, as in would he put his head down and plow through and he was kind of like uhhh.....i might try to cut back. What I am saying is, you are going to see him take some plays for losses BC he wants to cut and shimmy. But then you will see him with college type 50 yard gains. The short yardage back they brought in, the Vet Stewart, has been terrible. So this could be an issue.
The word around the league is that Eli just doesn't have it anymore, hates getting hit. I think he likes when he has to prove himself.
Shurmur looks the part, has learned from his time in CLE and the media loves him so far. He is much funnier and comfortable with the media than Todd Bowles is to say the least.
But all in all, I would say 7-9. They will probably lose both games to PHI and one to WASH and one to DAL. So that's 4 loses right there. I think Washington are going to be much better than people think with Smith at QB. I do not like Cousins. The first game is so big. I mean JAX thinks they can get to the SB but you could see them taking a step back. It's in East Rutherford and it will be hot. Jax gets New England the next week. I really think both teams need a win off the bat. Giants go to HOU. They go to CAR. They go to ATL. Cross country trip vs SF is never easy. NO visiting will not be easy.
I really like the new DC Bettcher, the players he had in AZ loved him. I think the secondary can be very good despite questions about Eli Apple. Apple will have a short leash. He got toasted a few times in pre season.
Davis Webb is not the QB of the future at all. They would be in deep shi* if Eli got hurt!!!
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