Giants’ units ranked
These rankings are based on fantasy football stuff.
The linebackers are ranked 7th in the NFL, best in the NFC East. I think this is a fair ranking though I hope we end up better (which we will if Arrington plays the way we hope he will).
The defensive line is ranked 9th with Strahan and Osi obviously leading the charge. Some nice things said about William Joseph as well. I agree with this ranking. It’s tru that we don’t know who will play nose tackle, but we have several possibilities.
Tight ends are ranked 11th behind Washington and Dallas. In fantasy terms this makes sense because Dallas will be using two tight end sets (with Owens and Glenn that’s a potent offense) and Cooley is a go-to-guy for the Redskins.
The Giants’ receivers being ranked 19th is lunacy. The Chargers, Dolphins, and Titams are all ranked higher. Oh and even the Vikings?
Ranking the Giants running backs at number 16 is even crazier.
The Giants QBs at number 15? I don’t understand. Seriously if you were a fantasy owner would you be looking at the Redskins before the Giants?
June 9th, 2006 at 12:00 am
It may be that they’re considering how balanced a teams offense is in those rankings. I wouldn’t expect a high ranking for Pitt’s receivers, even though they’re the Superbowl champs, they’re a running team first and foremost. If these are fantasy rankings they’re probably being determined by past performance and likely performance this year. With the Giants, yes Tiki’s been stellar the last 2 years, but with Manning coming around and another year older, the addition of Moss, I can see how the Giants run game might go a little lower than expected in a fantasy forcast. At the same time for receivers, you have Shockey, Burress, Toomer, Moss, and Tiki taking catches, and a mediocre finish at best from Manning last year (yes Manning should mature a lot but they might be doing a worse case expectations on the rankings) that’s a lot of people to split the ball around to if you’re looking to draft for your fantasy team. I’m not saying I agree with all the numbers, but I can understand why someone else might see it that way.