18. New York Giants. Double whammy for the Giants: a roster that needs work and a schedule that looks unforgiving. New York plays 10 games against 2024 playoff teams this season, with six of those coming in the first eight weeks. Playing the AFC West and NFC North on top of six division games is absolutely brutal. And if that wasn’t bad enough, two of the games it drew as a “reward” for finishing fourth are against San Francisco and Las Vegas. Not exactly the cellar dwellers you’d expect.
It’s a tough break, because I really don’t think the roster is that bad.