The 2020 season for the New York Giants is going to be just if not more difficult than the 2019 campaign. With the fourth-strongest schedule in the NFL, the Giants are gearing up to face off again some of the league’s best talent on a weekly basis. Their defense is still in a rebuilding phase, and franchise quarterback Daniel Jones is only in year two. There is no guarantee that the team will even improve, but we can estimate most of the graduating year one defenders will take a gradual step forward.
However, based on the strength of the schedule and the state of the roster, the Giants could very well end up with a top-five pick in 2021. That would put them in range to land stud wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase out of LSU. Chase is an elite wideout, standing at 6 foot one and 205 pounds. He won the Biletnikoff Award, coining him as the nation’s top receiver in 2019 with 84 receptions, 1,789-yards, and 20 touchdowns.
Adding a receiver as talented as Chase to a Giants unit that could lose Golden State next season due to Costs would be a huge step forward. His speed and catch rate are awe-inspiring, and pairing him with Jones and Saquon Barkley would make the offense as intimidating as any. If the star LSU player would have committed to the draft this year, he easily would’ve been a top 10 pick, but waiting until next off-season could guarantee him a top-five selection, increasing his monetary gain over the first five years of his NFL career.
What the New York Giants’ wide receiver corps would look like:
Let’s assume that the Giants cut Tate and save $6 million in cap space; they would be left with Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepard, and Chase. This could be an elite trio, as y has shown immense potential in his young career, and Shepard is a proven commodity that can dominate from the slot position. Two speedsters like Chase and Slayton would wreak havoc in defensive backfields, and as Slayton’s route tree expands, Daniel Jones would have plenty of weapons to utilize in the passing game.