Pat Shurmur says the New York Giants team he coaches is “historically young.”
Let’s just get this out of the way. That is not true. The Giants began the season with an average player age of 26.0 years of age, which placed them 18th in the league in terms of average age. They have played more and more young players throughout the season, but Mike Garafolo of NFL Network said Monday that the Giants have the league’s ninth-youngest roster.
Sure, the number is skewed with 38-year-old backup quarterback Eli Manning and 35-year-old safety Antoine Bethea, but that’s not “historically young.