After seeing their offense struggle and their defense soar to new heights last season the New York Giants’ free-agent strategy placed a premium on adding to the offense.
The Giants added five new faces to the league’s 25th-ranked (330.7 average yards per game) offense: quarterback Geno Smith, running back Shaun Draughn, tight end/fullback Rhett Ellison, offensive lineman D.J. Fluker, and receiver Brandon Marshall.
They also re-signed running back Orleans Darkwa and offensive lineman John Jerry.
Defensively, the Giants added just one new face, cornerback Valentino Blake. They instead focused their effort on re-signing key free agents, including defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and linebacker Keenan Robinson, and they have an offer on the table for the still unsigned Johnathan Hankins, one of their starting defensive tackles last year.