The Giants are recommended to sign a 1,000-yard WR to realize Daniel Jones’ potential.
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Reaching Daniel Jones’ full potential will cost more than the $160 million the New York Giants paid the quarterback last offseason.
No.
8 needs help from someone like two-time 1,000-yard wide receiver Tee Higgins.
According to Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon, the Giants should sign the Cincinnati Bengals wideout in NFL free agency in 2024.
Gagnon believes sticking with Jones and signing Higgins is a “halfway measure” but is still a more realistic option for the Giants to solve their QB problem: “Sticking with Jones,” sign Tee Higgins in hopes that Jones will help him reach his potential.
Throw more money at solving the problem!
As Gagnon also pointed out, make Jones the starter If he keeps it, the Giants could “strengthen elsewhere with a likely top-10 draft pick.
” This argument is also supported by Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post, who notes that just as the Phillies and Eagles drafted Jalen Hurts in 2020, Big Blue is looking to find quarterback help with the 2024 draft pick.
He thinks he might wait to use one of his second-round picks in the NFL Draft.
Pausing the search for a new QB1 while signing Higgins means the Giants will finally solve a long-standing problem at receiver.
Even if Jones comes off a tough season with the Bengals in 2023, Higgins could be the perimeter target Jones needs.
Higgins’ back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns came in 2021 and 2022.
The injuries didn’t help; the 24-day-old boy went missing with rib and thigh problems.
Higgins has started just six times and caught just 23 balls this season, but he still has the traits the Giants need.
That is, the ability to expand the field.
No.
5 is averaging 12.
1 yards per catch, but what will be interesting is how that increase is accomplished.
According to Pro Football Reference, Higgins averaged 7.
7 yards per reception before the catch, but gained 119 of his 328 yards after the catch.
He showed what he can do after the catch in his best game of the season with eight catches for 110 yards in Week 9 against the Buffalo Bills.
Higgins’ performance was highlighted by All-Bengals writer Mike .
Turning short catches into long gains is fundamental to what the Giants want to accomplish through the air.
For this reason, head coach Brian Daboll has favored smaller, slot-style wide receivers like Wan’Dale Robinson, Sterling Shepard and Parris Campbell.
The Giants could get the best of both worlds by signing Higgins.
He has Robinson’s after-catch skills, but is just as much of a vertical burner as Darius Slayton or Jarrin Hiatt, but physically can’t keep up with Isaiah Hodgins.
Daboll and general manager Joe Schon could essentially replace multiple underperforming receivers with a single marquee option.
They would also provide major draft capital to fix another shaky area of Jones’ supporting cast.
The Giants can use the draft to solidify their lineup ahead of Daniel Jones.
They may be on a two-game winning streak, but the 4-8 Giants will still have a top-10 draft pick.
This puts them within reach of the best offensive linemen in the class.
A player like Penn State tackle Olumuyiwa Fashanu could replace struggling right tackle Evan Neal.
Or Notre Dame’s Joe Alt, who, according to Gagnon’s colleague Brandon Thorne, has “excellent face, balance, and body control to consistently control, hold, and finish blocks during contact.
” He also plays with perfect technique through contact.
Jones needed 30 sacks before tearing his ACL in Week 9 against the Las Vegas Raiders, so either Alt or Fashanu would be welcome.
Either way, the Giants can’t leave the next draft without strengthening their weak batting lineup with at least one top pick.
Combine this strategy with signing Higgins off the veteran market and there will be no more excuses for a healthy Jones who is still struggling to live up to his contract.
James Dacco covers the New York Giants, New England Patriots, and Baltimore Ravens on Heavy.com.
Since 2011, he has covered the NFL and world soccer and has bylined articles at FanSided, Prime Time Sports Talk, and Bleacher Report. In 2021, he moved to Heavy.
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