Over the past few years, the New York Giants haven’t been the best, but nowhere near the worst when it comes to returning kicks. Just last year, they were 10th in the league with 23.5 yards per kick return. Big Blue was additionally seventh the year before with an average of 24.4 yards in that category.
But they’re indeed entering a season in which they don’t employ their leading kick returner from a year ago. Cody Latimer, who racked up 570 kick return yards in 2019, is now with the division-rival Washington Redskins. This team has also been without a consistent guy for the position, as the last time it employed someone who reached 600 single-season kick return yards and returned one back for a score was when former Giant Dwayne Harris did both in 2015 — 631 yards, one touchdown.