Giants' Rookie Success Amid NFL Challenges in 2024

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00:00Joey P, walk us through something going on with the rookies this season.

00:04Yeah, look, rookie teammates typically don't have big seasons together. Usually one or the other

00:11typically succeed, and certainly not very often do they succeed in one of the worst

00:15offenses in the NFL. But yet somehow, the New York Giants rookie tandem has

00:21been able to be incredibly productive in 2024. So rookie teammates have a thousand yards from

00:26scrimmage in the same season. Tyrone Tracy and Malik Neighbors are on this list now.

00:31So congratulations to them. Tracy came on strong, supplanted Devin Singletary. Malik Neighbors,

00:39one of the top picks in the draft. Everybody knew he was going to be special. Spent most of the year

00:42with Daniel Jones and then a little Drew Locke, a little Tommy DeVito. How you doing? And the only

00:48other guys on this list, Abner Hayes and Johnny Robinson from Matt's youth in 1960. And then

00:53Reggie Bush and Marquez Colston in 2006. So really, it's not something you see very often,

00:59especially on teams that are bad. You know, those Saints teams there, that was what Drew

01:03Brees playing quarterback were. Sure, of course, Drew Brees can find a way to make more than one

01:07guy very successful, but it's a shout out to Tyrone Tracy, Malik Neighbors, and also Bears

01:12questioning, okay, how bad are the Giants next year? If they do get a quarterback, if they bring

01:18in a veteran, or if they somehow end up at the top of the draft again, or trade up to the top of

01:24the draft to get their young quarterback, what do the Giants look like next year? Do they get rid of

01:28Joe Shane? Do they get rid of Ryan Dabble? Do they just stay the course? The Giants have been known

01:32for stability. They don't like to hire people and fire people. It's not really been their MO.

01:38Sometimes they wait a little too long to make those decisions. But if you look at, you know,

01:41since the Bill Parcells era, you know, you had some, a little bit of Ray Handley in between,

01:46but then you had, you know, some really good years with Tom Coughlin, and they've cycled through,

01:50and it's been hard since Coughlin's been gone to really find what they've been looking for.

01:55And Brian Dabble, I think, is a good football coach. I think their, their situation was they

02:00got caught in a division here where the commanders got their guy, they popped off.

02:06Defensively, they have some pieces here too. They, they assembled a pretty decent roster.

02:10The problem was they spent too much on a quarterback that was not going to be able

02:14to help them. And it's unfortunate because that's basically the missing piece here.

02:18You just have to wonder, will those guys be there next year to fill in that puzzle?

02:24Joe, all season long, you've been really good at distinguishing which type of props and why,

02:28and when it comes to position players. So when we look at the wide receivers, sometimes we're

02:31going for reception, sometimes we're going for targets, sometimes we're going for overall yardage.

02:35The long catch is really showing up this season, and betters are really starting to notice it.

02:40So let's look at the most catches of 20 or more yards this season. And some of the names,

02:46you know, I would expect, but then there are some others where I go, wow.

02:51Yeah, really, it's, you're not surprised to see Justin Jefferson or Jamar Chase on this list,

02:55right? 27 for Jefferson, 20 I think now for Jamar Chase from last night. So 20 yards or more,

03:02those are those big plays, those chunk yards that really make a big difference in a lot of

03:06these games. A guy that we were very high on coming into the season as a secondary wide

03:10receiver in Atlanta was Darnell Mooney, who was actually at the number two spot overall with 21

03:15of these. So usually you're getting plus money on these where you're going over 20 yards,

03:19over 18 and a half longest catch. It's a really fun prop to bet, and it was to get to the playoffs,

03:24it's another opportunity. And today there's opportunity for this as well, because you have

03:28a good matchup here for the offense. Michael Penix throws a really good deep ball. So you are in a

03:32spot here at Darnell Mooney where, yeah, I would bet this today. And Darnell Mooney has been a guy

03:38who was undrafted in a lot of leagues, especially 10-person leagues, that was somebody that really

03:44has contributed most of the year, basically from week two on. And it's unfortunate that the Atlanta

03:50Falcons had to wait too long. I think the schedule really put them in a bad spot because, you know,

03:55you wanted to give Kirk Cousins that bye, see if he can get better. And then after that bye,

03:59you had Minnesota right after, and you weren't going to take that game away from him.

04:02And I don't think you wanted to throw Michael Penix to the Wolves in that

04:06Vikings defense that week either. So they really just got caught in a bad spot with the schedule

04:12where they couldn't make that pivot, I think, in the timing they wanted to. And unfortunately,

04:17you know, lesson learned. But now they have their quarterback of the future, and certainly they'll

04:21have some more money to spend, hopefully, on that defense next year. Because the offense has plenty

04:26of weapons, the defense needs to get shorn up, and obviously the quarterback play, you need to

04:30stop turning the ball over. Hopefully, Michael Penix can do that. But just wanted to point out,

04:33Darnell Mooney, been a big playmaker for the Falcons and for fantasy teams all year.

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