Finding an explosive playmaker for the New York Giants was one of general manager Joe Schoen’s priorities heading into the 2023 offseason. Acquiring an alpha-type of receiver is no easy task; they’re not growing on trees, aren’t ubiquitous, and teams aren’t just giving them away for pennies on the dollar (looks over at Dallas).
Still, Daniel Jones has yet to benefit from a consistently dynamic, explosive receiving threat that wasn’t coming out of the backfield. The 2022 Giants were successful. They had 5,676 total offensive yards and 38 total touchdowns. Running back Saquon Barkley personally accounted for 1,650 of those yards and 10 of the touchdowns — roughly 30 percent of the Giants’ yardage and 25 percent of their touchdowns.