QB Eli Manning (NY Giants)

From 2009-2012, Eli Manning completed 61.5% of his passes for an average of 7.80 YPA, 113 touchdowns, and 70 interceptions. However, last year, he struggled mightily, grading out 30th out of 42 eligible, completing 57.5% of his passes for an average of 6.93 YPA, 18 touchdowns, and 27 interceptions. That could just be a down year, but he’s also going into his age 33 season, so it’s a serious concern. There’s not much to get excited about here from a fantasy perspective.

3750 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, 18 interceptions, 40 rushing yards, 0 rushing touchdowns (206 pts standard)

RB Rashad Jennings (NY Giants)

Jennings was impressive last season, taking the starting job away from the struggling Darren McFadden mid-season in Oakland. He rushed for 733 yards and 6 touchdowns on 163 carries, an average of 4.50 YPC, and also added 36 catches for 292 yards. The issue is that he’s a one year wonder. He didn’t play a snap in 2011 thanks to injuries and then rushed for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns on 101 carries in 2012, 2.80 YPC.

In his career, he’s rushed for 1677 yards and 13 touchdowns on 387 carries (4.33 YPC), catching 97 passes for 746 yards. He’s never played all 16 games in a season and has only played 53 out of a possible 80 games in 5 seasons in the league since being drafted in the 7th round in 2009. He’s also already going into his age 29 season, after being 24 years old when he was drafted. The Giants are counting on him to be a” bell cow” feature back, but there are no guarantees obviously. He’s a borderline RB2/RB3 purely on volume.

220 carries for 950 yards, 6 total touchdowns, 38 catches for 280 yards (159 pts standard)

RB Andre Williams (NY Giants) Jennings is unproven as a feature back so Williams has some late round upside. He was only a 4^th round pick because he’s purely an inside the tackles runner and I don’t expect big things from him as a rookie, but he could steal the goal line carries and he’s pretty locked into the #2 back role right now, with David Wilson retiring.

80 carries for 330 yards, 4 total touchdowns, 8 catches for 60 yards (63 pts standard)

WR Victor Cruz (NY Giants)

Victor Cruz remains as the #1 wide receiver and an every down player. He also moves to the slot in 3-wide receiver sets. The undrafted free agent from the University of Massachusetts in 2010, Cruz didn’t play a snap as a rookie. Over the past 3 seasons though, he’s caught 241 passes on 376 attempts (64.1%) for 3626 yards and 23 touchdowns on 1541 routes run, an average of 2.35 yards per route run. He had a down year last year, catching 73 passes for 998 yards and 4 touchdowns as the whole passing offense took a step back. I expect him to be closer to that than the 84 catches for 1314 yards and 10 touchdowns per season he averaged from 2011-2012 because I don’t have huge expectations for this whole passing offense, but he’s still a WR2.

84 catches for 1060 yards and 7 touchdowns (148 pts standard)

WR Reuben Randle (NY Giants)

A 2012 2^nd round pick, Randle has caught 60 of 108 targets (55.6%) for 909 yards and 9 touchdowns on 580 routes run in his career in 2 seasons, an average of 1.57 yards per route run. The Giants will be hoping for a 3rd year breakout year from him. He’s expected to be the #2 wide receiver and should get a fair amount of targets as the Giants don’t have anything at tight end. Something comparable to the 56 catches for 896 yards that Hakeem Nicks had last season, plus more touchdowns, is pretty reasonable for Randle. He’s a solid bench player in fantasy.

61 catches for 800 yards and 6 touchdowns (116 pts standard)

WR Odell Beckham (NY Giants)

I hate rookie wide receivers in fantasy. They’re always over-drafted because of their name and that’s true of Odell Beckham as well. Since 2005, 31 receivers have gone in the 1st round. They’ve averaged 41 catches for 558 yards and 3 touchdowns per season. Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson were top-3 picks and they had 58/780/8 and 48/756/4 respectively as rookies. Beckham will only be the #3 wide receiver as a rookie.

41 catches for 550 yards and 4 touchdowns (79 pts standard)

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