NY Giants: Five Questions Going into Camp

Currently Domenik Hixon and Steve Smith are the starters. Sinorice Moss is the third receiver with Mario Manningham getting some serious consideration.

It's early and the Giants do not want to pencil in or anoint an unsigned player (Hakeem Nicks) as a starter to prolong or complicate his signing. It is believed that Nicks will be a starter at some point early on and his rookie teammate, Ramses Barden, will get lots of playing time as well.

Hixon is more valuable on special teams and if Moss gets hurt one more time, he's going to plummet down the depth chart. That leaves Smith, Manningham, Nicks, Barden and David Tyree in the main offense. Of course, Hixon will be used often early in the season to smooth over the transition.

Don't forget Travis Beckum's role may end up being more in the WR group than in the TE group.

The starters will end up being Smith and Nicks.

5. What are the expectations for the Giants this season?

The Super Bowl is not an unrealistic goal. They could have made it last season. We've covered that ad nauseum, so lets move on.

The defense has been bolstered up front and the secondary is young and hungry. Only the linebackers pose questions—as is illustrated above not many.

The offense is finally devoid of ballhogs and characters. A new receiving corp to go with a solid line, good TEs and a maturing QB spells big things for NYG.

The prediction is 11-5 which gets them a wild card. The Eagles will be the favorites and finally live up to it with a 13-3 record. The Giants will have to deal with Philly in the playoffs. Keep in mind the Eagles do not fare well as favorites.

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