GMFB Crew Predicts NY Giants Will Reach Playoffs

“I think this is a desperate time for the head coach, for the manager, and for the quarterback room as a whole, but I think there is something special there, and it doesn’t matter to me who is playing there.”

“It’s the spirit that you are seeing within it, and that defense for New York is also so good that I think they’ll beat up on more teams than any one of us can appreciate. If that quarterback room can hold steady…I think that the Giants are in.”

Picking the Giants to sneak into the postseason just one year removed from only winning three games and amidst what could be a tougher NFC picture is definitely a striking proposition by Erdhal. 

Especially when one considers that feat would likely require the Giants to win at least nine games on their upcoming schedule, which is slated to be the hardest in the entire league. Most analyst projections for the organization haven't reached that level of friendliness, hanging the Giants at best a decent five to seven wins for their final 2025 record. 

But who’s to say it can’t happen? The Giants' initial stretch is definitely arduous, featuring several teams that outlined the playoff picture last season and two meetings with the Super Bowl champions in the Philadelphia Eagles. Yet, some of their earliest matchups are gaining developments that could work in the Giants’ favor. 

In Week 1, the Giants will face the Washington Commanders, whose offense proved to be elite in 2024, but their offensive line is already taking some early hits from injuries. 

Then, with the Dallas Cowboys, all eyes are fixed on how their rival will respond after seeing arguably their best player, outside linebacker Micah Parsons, get traded to Green Bay right before kickoff. 

There could be a world where the Giants steal one or both of those contests, ensuring a split with two divisional opponents and potentially boosting their postseason aspirations. They could also add some, ensuring victories against teams seemingly below them in the rankings, making it more feasible, such as the Saints, Patriots, Raiders, and Bears. 

No matter how you slice it, where the wins come from, it’s going to take a lot of factors coming together for the Giants to get back to early winter football for the first time since they did it in Daboll’s first year as head coach in 2022. 

On the offensive end, Russell Wilson has the challenge of steering the huddle back into a group that can create positive production at all three levels of the field. The most exciting figures are the deep range, where the Giants haven’t been as explosive, aiming to catch opponents off guard and earn more trips into the red zone. 

The defense will have its own set of priorities. Still, none more pressing than Shane Bowen figuring out different packages that can get all four of his talented pass rushers on the turf at the same time and create utter confusion for opposing gunslingers. 

At their end, their potential may live or die mostly with what rookie Abdul Carter can bring to the table in winning his matchups and opening up more for his teammates to get their own piece of the action in the backfield. 

The Giants don’t have the perfect roster, to be honest, and there are still some concerns, but they have a good amount of talent in this year’s team, which should prevent them from repeating the disaster they left at the end of the last game in Philadelphia just nine months ago. 

Even if it comes together as a more positive product in 2025, it still might not be enough for New York to answer the call of their few supporters that are finally shouting for their success, as the difficulty of the schedule can’t be stressed enough.  

Still, it should feel good for the franchise to finally have some folks standing in their corner as the regular season approaches after a long period of wondering whether the clock was simply ticking on the current leadership and changes were on the way.

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