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Offensive Tackle
The left tackle experiment with Ereck Flowers has been a near disaster as he lacks the ability to contain even the most remotely skilled pass rusher. That puts pressure on the team to find a more capable player with tools and experience to protect Manning's blind side. It would be easy to search the free agent market, but the team is better suited taking one in the upcoming draft. Flowers on the other hand is beter suited as the right tackle spot, the position he played regularly at Miami
Middle
Linebacker
For the most part, the linebackers played pretty well this season. However, that doesn't mean that the Giants can get complacent with the current group. It's been a long time since the team had a true stud at middle linebacker so it's time to end this drought and a upper tier talent. There are plenty of good linebackers coming out of the collegiate ranks this year, it would be a shame to see the Giants let this golden opportunity to upgrade slip away.
Fullback
One thing the Giants running game was sorely missing this season was a true fullback. After Nikita Whitlock and Will Johnson went down with injuries (plus a subsequent suspension for Whitlock) the team never bothered to replace them. Unfortunately for them, they wound up regretting it as the team finished dead last in yards per game on the ground. If the rushing attack is to have any effectiveness next season, the team must fill this hole ASAP.
Offensive
Coordinator
Although Mike
Sullivan is the official offensive coordinator, Ben McAdoo assumed most of the offensive play
calling in 2016. Unfortunately for him, the offense struggled to run
effectively all season, thus making the case for Sullivan to take a more permanent
role with the offense. McAdoo may have had success coordinating for two
seasons, but it’s clear that the added duties of being a head coach diverted
his attention from the vaunted system that helped him win the gig in the first
place.
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