2022 New York Giants Schedule: Full Listing of Dates, Times and TV Info

The New York Giants enter the 2022 season under new leadership, with general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll calling the shots.

Both men did their most recent work with the Buffalo Bills. Schoen served as assistant general manager, while Daboll was the team's offensive coordinator.

It's a talented staff in New York. Schoen added Brandon Brown from the Philadelphia Eagles to be the Giants' assistant GM. Daboll picked Kansas City Chiefs assistant Mike Kafka to be his OC, while Don "Wink" Martindale came over from Baltimore to be the defensive coordinator.

However, this team is being stripped to bare bones. Left tackle Andrew Thomas will be the only holdover on the starting offensive line.

The tight end room was overhauled, with last year's starter Evan Engram now a Jacksonville Jaguar and Kyle Rudolph released.

On defense, inside linebacker Blake Martinez after suffering a season-ending torn ACL, but edge-rusher Lorenzo Carter, safety Logan Ryan and cornerback James Bradberry are gone.

It truly is make-or-break time for fourth-year quarterback Daniel Jones, who missed the last six games of the regular season with a neck injury and had an up-and-down campaign before then.

The Giants still have running back Saquon Barkley, but he's coming off a down year and is entering the final season of his contract. Once deemed the crown jewel of the franchise, it appears the No. 2 pick in the 2018 draft could be seeing his time in New York end.

As far as additions go, the Giants were prudent in free agency because of a precarious salary-cap situation. They beefed up the offensive line, picking up Mark Glowinski, Jon Feliciano, Matt Gono and Jamil Douglas. The G-Men also picked up one of the best backup quarterbacks available in Tyrod Taylor.

The draft was a big win for the Giants, though, as they added a pair of cornerstone players in Oregon edge-rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alabama offensive tackle Evan Neal with the fifth and seventh overall picks, respectively.

Still, this is a team in clear rebuilding mode, and expectations will not be high for 2022. Then again, the NFL typically has teams predicted to go nowhere make the playoffs, such as the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals last year.

We'll soon find out if the Giants have some miracles up their sleeves. For now, here's what the schedule looks like.

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Schedule

Full television schedule can be found on the team's official website.

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Analysis

There is some good news. The Giants are playing two of the weaker divisions in football next year in the AFC South and NFC North.

Neither of those divisions featured wild-card teams last year. Every team not named the Green Bay Packers had a losing record in the NFC North.

The Packers also just lost their second-best player in wideout Davante Adams via trade to the Las Vegas Raiders, so they could be on the downswing too.

Plus, that game will be on a neutral field in London on Oct. 9, so the Giants don't have to go to Wisconsin to play in a tough Lambeau Field road environment.

The Jacksonville Jaguars and Detroit Lions each had just three wins. The Houston Texans had four, and the Chicago Bears went 6-11.

Sure, all of these teams could have better seasons, but on paper, the Giants have a very manageable ledger to make big improvements.

Outside the division, the Giants schedule features games against the 5-12 Carolina Panthers, and a 7-10 Seattle Seahawks team that just lost quarterback Russell Wilson via trade to the Denver Broncos.

Their Week 6 game is against a tough team in the formidable Baltimore Ravens, but even they are coming off a down season at 8-9. Plus, that one will be at home for Big Blue, so it could be a win.

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Pivotal Matchups

The Giants were embarrassed in division play last year, going 1-5. That one win was a nail-biter against the Philadelphia Eagles, 13-7. If not for a late Jalen Reagor drop on the goal line, that could have been a loss too.

New York lost to Dallas by a combined score of 65-26 in its two games. The Giants lost to Washington on a last-second field goal in Week 2 in a 30-29 game where the defense simply wilted down the stretch. New York then put up a shameful Week 18 offensive showing in a 22-7 loss to Washington that featured the team running a quarterback sneak on 3rd-and-9.

The other Eagles game, a 34-10 road loss, saw Philadelphia score 34 unanswered points. New York had just 192 total yards that day.

Needless to say, if the Giants want to get the Schoen-Daboll era off on the right foot, they can at least be competitive in these games. Four of their six divisional losses were embarrassing defeats en route to a disappointing 4-13 season. The Giants simply have to get better in division play, and it has to start in 2022.