How excited are you about the 2016 season?

awaiting the start of camp and pre-season games..

I think this is going to be a pretty good football team.

Very good quarterback, good wide receivers, good competition at the running back position, and some very good OL (granted with some holes as well).

On defense, Hankins and Snacks are gonna eat up the run. A full season of JPP and Vernon will inevitably improve the pass rush. The back 7 is problematic, but no team is perfect.

I think we'll win double digit games.

has the makings for a very,very exciting season.

a lot more fun to watch.

However, I wouldn't say "I can't wait for the season to begin" because I am looking forward to a long, relaxing summer. Football will come in due course....

In comment 13002607 Mike in Long Beach said:

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I think this is going to be a pretty good football team. Very good quarterback, good wide receivers, good competition at the running back position, and some very good OL (granted with some holes as well). On defense, Hankins and Snacks are gonna eat up the run. A full season of JPP and Vernon will inevitably improve the pass rush. The back 7 is problematic, but no team is perfect. I think we'll win double digit games.

+1, and I think the back 7 has the key components in place with a potential top CB tandem in DRC/Jack-rabbit . The big wild card is the safeties which are more or less a test of Reese and the scouting department as they are 2 premium picks (top 3 rounds) in Collins and Thompson. If we hit on those two ,the D has a chance to be not just very good but excellent.

I like the starters, but I don't think we have the depth in our back 7 for those units to be counted on. Not to mention Jack Rabbit gets beat plenty, much more so than a healthy Amukamara would (though Jenkins will also make more big plays).

A lot rides on JPP and Vernon. If they can get to the quarterback, it'll help cover up a lot of what we lack in the back 7. If they can't, especially with (what I believ will be) a pretty solid run defense, teams are gonna throw all over us.

But as you likely deducted from my first post, I'm pretty excited as I do think we will get to the quarterback and make enough plays on defense to win football games.

Tough to get really excited yet, with the disappointments the last few years. A decent roster on paper in June has turned into patchworks or gaping holes in multiple units by the start of the season too often.

1) A new head coach, 2) what looks like a nice free agency haul for the defense, 3) a very good looking (although very early) 2016 draft class and 4) multiple key players apparently healthy after injuries in 2015 are all reasons to get excited.

Let's see who survives to the initial 53 man roster; then I'll really get excited.

However, I'm a bit worried about the depth at DE and the right side of the OL as well as the overall injury history. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the injuries do not exceed the average of the NFL. That being said, I believe the team has the potential to go all the way. Looking forward to training camp. Six weeks feels like six years.

But I'm trying to temper it. To many last couple of minute gut punches last year.

....to see who gets hurt in training camp.

This team has a lot of potential. One position people are really overlooking is TE. Giants have three guys who can catch the ball in Donnell, Tye and LaCosse (and down the road Adams)

It is very significant that McAdoo, a former TE coach, does not have a blocking TE on the roster and is going with an arsenal of pass catchers. We will see a lot of two TE looks this year, which will really help Eli keep his options open when audibilizing.

There is a nice list of players and some young and exciting ones as well.

Defense will be the key as well as depth this year.

Cautiously Optimistic here but expect some forward movement ( record, defensive play ) overall...

In comment 13002628 Mike in Long Beach said:

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I like the starters, but I don't think we have the depth in our back 7 for those units to be counted on. Not to mention Jack Rabbit gets beat plenty, much more so than a healthy Amukamara would (though Jenkins will also make more big plays). A lot rides on JPP and Vernon. If they can get to the quarterback, it'll help cover up a lot of what we lack in the back 7. If they can't, especially with (what I believ will be) a pretty solid run defense, teams are gonna throw all over us. But as you likely deducted from my first post, I'm pretty excited as I do think we will get to the quarterback and make enough plays on defense to win football games.

The 2007 and 2011 teams were certainly not stalwarts up and down the roster in the back 7. You could make the argument that either was more talented than this years version but not a great difference overall. At least not to the point of a 'reasonable' variation in projection yet to be determined by what unfolds this year. And to your point the front seven getting pressure plays a huge role on the success of our system (as also proven in our Super Bowl years).

I ended last season frustrated but only because I believed that in spite of our record, and in spite of the injuries, we were this close to the playoffs.

This year I see the improvements to the roster through FA, I hear the noise about the rookies, I hear about improved health (CYA Palmieri), and yes, I feel like we should only be better.

I fully expect to make the playoffs this year. We are good enough to compete in the NFC, and it will come down to who is healthiest come the playoffs. IMO, the Giants have as good a shot this year as they did in '07 and '11.

Remember, those years had their skeptics too.

I'm a fan for sixty years, seen a lot come and go.

The Parcell teams were great, but still never in a class with some of the very elite, insomuch as I don't think they dominated everyone from beginning to end.
And if there's crying here about not enough depth, just remember the corners and WR's on that team.
I thought the 2008 team was on their way to dominating the league from beginning to end and was something like 24 and 3 when Plax Gloucked himself.
I think this team not only has enormous strangths it has the second best Giant I've ever seen and the best Giant QB I've ever seen.
I still think there's enough money and we might see a FS and ORT before the preseason starts.
An offense that was the 8th. best last year loses the gimpy kneed Randolph, gets Shepard and Cruz back and has to get better tight end play by a margin. A defense goes from one very good player in Cromartie (as I've already posted) and goes to six pro bowl types (Snacks, JPP, Vernon, Jenkins, Hankins, Cromartie). In addition, to that infusion of talent we SHOULD get a second infusion out of Robinson, Kennard, Odi. It's reasonable to assume that Collins and Bromley make significant strides.
Is that excited enuf?
Well if not, consider that as long as Harris is healthy we should have great specials.
Now it's a long way from potential to potential fulfilled, but the excitement at just seeing that front four (and btw, I think they will make Brinkley a much better player) and the simple idea of OBJ, Cruz and Shepard split out and Vereen catching one underneath.....has me breathless.
So her4e's my bottom line: I think this group has the potential to be the best Giant team I've ever seen and can dominate the league from beginning to end. With the caveat repeated: Potential is only potential and it's not alwasys fulfilled because of injuries, coaching or a host of intangibles including old fashioned luck. But this team has great potential.

reason I want the summer to end now. Otherwise id rather it be summer all year long.

guys and chided them about "we gotta do a better job defending Beckham" and it turned out his Beckham was actually Shepard I got chills.

I mean we started the Spring drills thinking and hoping we drafted another Victor Cruz... and then our DC is watching tape and confused Shepard for Beckham.

I mean, I'm a guy that generally goes by the "planet" and "shiny hood ornament" theories in terms of how to build a championship team, but...

A "2nd OBJ" on the team would really be quite Maddenesque.

So count me in.

If we get to the opening kickoff and Cruz is still feeling good ... and we have all these new guys and draft picks in uniform, feeling good?

Pretty damn excited.

Just so much time between now and then. But the table has been set.

and figure it out come early to mid October...

I think the Giants have upgraded on both sides of the ball - significantly on defense and in exciting fashion on offense -- I really like what I'm seeing out of the new coaches too

I love summer -- but bring on the season!!!

Let them have a healthy season and we should field a very competitive team. But lose one OT, for example, and we've got to scramble the OL, with Pugh moving back to OT and some scrub filling in at LG...not good at all.

i've been for this team since our SB win. So much to look forward to.

get excited? Everybody knows we’re going to win the SB. It’s ours.

Its hard to get all that excited wehn its 3 months to go and training campt hasn't started and we haven't experienced our first major injury (you know we'll have one, too). also I thought last season was going to be a playoff year with the schedule set up the way it was. this year it'll be harder.

I do like the team on paper at least.

up their line a little more before I really got myself worked up. We'll obviously be better though.

I'm excited about having football back, but I'm not excited about the Giants' prospects.

More than anything I'm curious to see how things run under McAdoo. I'm hoping for a lot of changes, but I was disappointed not to see more turnover in the coaching staff.

camp on no matter what. I am not, however, delusional. I think it's still a building year, not contending year. But I am happy to see progress and watch the team develop..

It's more wait and see and results first for most part.

the season starts week one. For me July 28. I look forward to training camp and preseason. I have a bet going that Eli will have more yards and TD than the Holy Aaron Rogers. I would also bet that either Cruz will be comeback player of the year or Sheppard will be Rookie of the year.

I just pray this team stays relatively healthy so we can see how good we really are. not lead the league in injuries for a 4th year in a row.

and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I want September.

I'm convinced that the team has had a systemic issue regarding player injuries and recovery from injuries.

McAdoo has taken steps to address the problem, I believe. But I am in "wait and see" mode.

If the team gets through training camp with significantly fewer injuries than we have seen in the past several years, I'll be excited, definitely. The talent on the team is much better. Let's see if they stay off IR.

I'm excited about the talent influx and the coaching changes. Am I excited about the team? Not yet. If we get through training camp in good shape health-wise, I'll be excited about the team and the prospects for meaningful football in December and hopefully January. Maybe even the first week of February.

since 1942. I never pay attention to the prognosticators as anything can happen in any given year. One or two players can turn any team around.

Every year, I have anxious anticipation during the preseason. I always think positive regarding the Giants. Although, 1954 I had real pre-season concern as we were going to be playing without the one-man-wrecking-crew, Arnie Weinmeister after the Giants screwed him over by trying to go cheap with him on a new contract.

and my personal life is about a two.
So I'll go with 7.

I can't friggen wait. I think we are going to kick some ass this year. Trying to temper my enthusiasm though, because I'm superstitious that way.

injuries to pile up. I'll start getting excited in late August if the roster still appears to be healthy.

Very....

Just want some more talent on OL.

I think we'll see a record breaking year for the NYG offense and Shepard will be ROY.

Eli gets some MVP talk with 40+ TDs.

Giants defensive turnaround one of the stories of the NFL in 2016.

I expect JPP to play his ass off, make many impact plays, and be one of the best stories in sports in 2016.

Collins makes a huge jump and benefits from playing close to the LOS and in more 3 S sets.

Giants win 12 and make a playoff run.

Because of this excellent run I'm able to convince my youngest boy to drop the Steelers as his #1 team.

Yup, I'm excited about this season.

Don't confuse excited with confident - I have no idea how these guys are going to fare this year. But I'm sure as hell excited to find out.

I think they'll be much improved. I definitely feel a lot better heading into this year than the last 2 because they simply have better players. What's their ceiling? My guess is 8-10 wins and a shot at the playoffs. I think one more productive offseason will cement this group as a legit contender for bigger things other than the NFC East.

Especially with the prospect of seeing a lot of new faces on the field (as starters) - both rookies and Free Agents

The Jets proved, last year, that with the right influx of FAs, you can turn your fortunes around in one year. We can do the same.

Last year, with an under-manned roster, we took both the Pats and Carolina to the wire, and lost a bunch of other close ones. The roster is significantly improved.

Just as importantly, the sideline is improved. I don't think we'll see the 4th quarter indecision and paralysis that was the curse of 2015.

Won't be excited until I see the newbies in pads actually playing football.

Of course, injuries tend to derail everything.

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that said, I see an improved team.

And we have the most exciting player in the league on our side.

since 2011 we've had a good roster on paper.

we were a laughingstock in 2012 too by October. That's 4 in a row.

I don't want football season back anytime soon. I want a long, warm, sunny summer. With football come fall and winter. Ugh. Stay away.

As for football itself, the NFL doesn't excite me the way it used to. The Giants should be better than they have been the last few years, but I don't know if they'll be great. They'll probably look great one week, then horrible the next week. Then good a couple weeks, then horrible the next couple weeks.

Actually, that's most NFL teams these days.

But more excited for summer. September and the march to the NFCE championship will be here soon enough. No rush.