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Abdul Carter is the biggest reason why the Giants defense can break through this season. Al Bello \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Athletic Football Show\u201d is previewing all 32 teams leading up to the start of the 2026 NFL season. Below are select quotes from the show\u2019s preview of the New York Giants. The quotes are edited for clarity. You can watch the whole preview on YouTube and in the embedded video below, or listen to the full NFC East preview wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n
Robert Mays on what he\u2019s watching the first month of the season: What is this offense? Coming into it, I think there\u2019s an inclination to believe Matt Nagy, we\u2019re going to be in the gun. We\u2019re going to do some RPOs. It actually fits with Jaxson Dart\u2019s skill set. Let\u2019s do some of that. They come out in the preseason, the first three plays were under center, two-back, downhill runs, which I guess makes sense. Greg Roman is there. Patrick Ricard is there. So that\u2019s my question. What is the offense? What do they want to be? What is the identity? What sort of stuff do they lean into? What sort of personnel groupings do we see with this team?<\/p>\n
Dave Helman on what\u2019s keeping him up at night: Jaxson Dart is what keeps me awake at night, because I can\u2019t decide how I feel. He was 12th in EPA per dropback when he was throwing outside of the pocket, 20th when you account for just inside-the-pocket throws. He was second among all quarterbacks in rush EPA behind Josh Allen and tied with Patrick Mahomes for the most 10-plus-yard rushes.<\/p>\n
If you tune into Dart, every other snap you\u2019re over-the-moon excited, or you\u2019re convinced he\u2019s going to play his way out of the league in a year-and-a-half. I don\u2019t know what to do with it. I think it\u2019s worth saying again, he barely got to play with Malik Nabers. And so what does it look like if you have a real WR1 stabilizing things and hopefully giving you an easy out in your offense? If I felt better about the play caller, I\u2019d probably be willing to just dive in and go whole hog. That\u2019s not to say Matt Nagy can\u2019t do a good job, but it\u2019s not inspiring by any means.<\/p>\n
Derrik Klassen on what would be a successful season for the Giants: If you feel some amount of confidence going into year three with Jaxson Dart, even if it\u2019s not perfect. And, if we still care about you by Thanksgiving. If you\u2019re a team that we still care about and you have a shot by Thanksgiving, I think that to me is probably success.<\/p>\n
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