There are important NFL players and then there are the players who shoulder the fate of their teams based on day-in, day-out performance during the season. These are the latter. Here are the 3 Players Who Will Make Or Break The NY Giants' 2015 Season.
WR Odell Beckham Jr.
Beckham captured the imagination of the football world in 2014, and that was just year one. The kid’s catch radius is perhaps the biggest in the game, and his ability to break off a home-run touchdown reception from nearly any point on the field makes him the ultimate offensive weapon for an offense that's looking to build off a top-ten finish in 2014. If Beckham continues down the merry track he began in 2014, the Giants' offense will be that much better both based on his production and the eventual double teams he will command.
QB Eli Manning
Here's the thing everyone seems to forget about Manning -- interceptions or not, he's still one of the best volume passers in the game. Manning attempted a career-high 601 passes in 2014, helping to paper over a running game that was troubling in its inconsistency at points. The biggest factor for his success in 2015 is keeping his picks down in the low- to middle-teens, rather than going through a nightmarish pick spree like his 27-interception season in 2013.
CB Prince Amukamara
This is less about Amukamara's production and more about his health. The Giants are returning to a proven, aggressive defensive system under returning D.C. Steve Spagnoulo, and a huge part of his schemes' success or failure will hinge on how solid the team is on the back end. Amukamara's torn biceps injury last November shouldn't be a problem in 2015, but he'll have to sidestep other strains of the injury bug in order to give Spagnoulo the lockdown corner he needs.
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