Will the Giants Open Up the Offense in 2021?

The Giants have the most athletic offensive 1-1 personnel in the NFC East based on RAS scores. All five of a potential Giants 1-1 formation scored in the elite range of 9 out of 10 or higher. The formation would consist of
RB Saquon Barkley
WR KadariusToney
WR Kenny Golladay
WR John Ross
TE Evan Engram

The WFT comes in next with 3 players of
RB Antonio Gibson
WR Terry McLaurin
TE Logan Thomas

This is followed by the Eagles with
RB Miles Sanders
TE Dallas Goedert

The Cowboys are last with
WR Simi Fehoko

The Giants have four skill positions with RAS Elite composite Speed Grades – Barkley, Toney, Ross, Engram. In addition Darius Slayton has a Great grade. In his first two seasons Barkley finished with the league’s sixth-fastest ball-carrier speed each of the two seasons. He topped out at 21.89 miles per hour as a rookie and edged up to 21.91 mph the next year, according to Next Gen Stats John Ross is tie for the fastest combine forty time at 4.22 seconds. Evan Engram had a 4.42 forty at the 2017 combine which was in the 98th percentile among tight ends historically. Kadarius Toney was seventh among wide receivers in the 2021 Pro Day forty. His 4.42 s ranks in the top 20% among wide receivers historically. Among projected starters the Giants have two elite Linebackers in composite speed score with Lorenzo Carte and Azeez Ojulari. In the secondary they have Jabrill Peppers as a great in composite speed score and CB Adoree Jackson as elite.

The Cowboys only have Elliott with a Great composite speed grade. The Cowboys have a great Linebacker in composite speed score with Leighton Vander Esch and an elite Linebacker in Micah Parsons. They have a great Cornerback in composite speed score with Anthony Brown and an elite Cornerback in rookie Kelvin Joseph.

The Eagles only have Sanders with a Great composite speed grade. The Eagles have two projected starting elite linebackers in composite speed score with Eric Wilson and Shaun Bradley. They have a great cornerback in Darius Slay and an elite one with Avonte Maddox.

The WFT has Gibson, McLaurin, Thomas with Great and only Curtis Samuel with Elite. For projected starters the WFT has one elite cornerback in composite speed score with William Jackson and two linebackers with Jamin Davis and Cole Holcomb.

The Giants appear to have the fastest offensive skills starters in the NFC East and that by a significant margin. From a defensive side the NFC East appears relatively similar in coverage speed. Throw in that Pro Football Focus had Daniel Jones with the highest passer rating on throws 20+ yards downfield in 2020. The stage is set for the Giants to open it up in 2021. In Dave Gettleman’s words they have “oh my gosh speed”.

RAS scores are available at https://relativeathleticscores.com/.