NY Giants' Backs Are Against the Wall

The New York Giants are a great team that drafted fairly well this year. They have even made significant additions via free agent traffic. Still, whom the Giants drafted and free agent addition has pretty much explained to them, as well their fan base, where they could have done better.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning has looked very good,  and his two rookie wide receivers—Ramses Barden and Hakeem Nicks—both look good. These two should, by season's end, have marked their territory on the Giants' receiving corps. Look for the biggest display of talent though to come from Nicks (no later than midseason).

Nicks has had less time with his team due to lengthy contract negotiations. Yet, his play is almost as sufficient as any Giant receiver has displayed so far, including Steve Smith.

The injuries to drafted players have had people talking about the rigidness of training. Oh those poor boys, the NFL’s New York Giants have been too hard on them.

Well, it’s the NFL—it’s not high school or college. They have been lavishly compensated to play at the next level, a level that very few football players attain. If training is not rigid, there will not be another Super Bowl.

In order for the Giants to reach their goals it would appear they need another running back very badly. That is, if they are hoping to at least come close to last season’s averages, as well the playoffs. Their receivers will eventually gel and the end result should be awesome, though there are a couple of these that need to be trade bait.

The Giants' most evident need is the secondary: They just have not performed well, and the new additions do not appear to be better than the previous year's personnel. Of course, one cannot put a lot of stock in preseason games, but lesser teams have thrown easily on the secondary regardless of who was on the field.

The bottom line is the Giants are still a championship team and have the ability to come together at any time this season—and in the immediate future—but defense wins games. At end and backer the Giants look pretty good, but that’s it. Don't expect the Giants to win more than 10 games, which might be good enough to keep them ahead of Philadelphia in the conference race.

Although even that remains to be seen. Philly should be feeling pretty cocky if they have been paying any attention to their conference enemy. What can the Giants do regarding this quandary? A trade is in order, and the Giants should do this ASAP.

But that’s a whole nother story!