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Tracy and Eric Gray rotated snaps/touches behind locked-in starter Devin Singletary, who handled 14 touches in the non-competitive loss. Tracy is not a particularly high-upside contingency back for the time being.

One of Johnson’s missed connections was a drop, but he out-targeted Daniel Bellinger 4-1. Fourth-round rookie Johnson indeed appears to be the place desperate fantasy managers will look to stream tight ends from this moribund offense but hopefully the need is rare.

Malik Nabers predictably led the Giants in receiving, but Wan’Dale Robinson cornered the market on scammy check-down targets. Between those two, there is little room for Slayton to thrive at the moment. He remains miles from 12-team re-draft relevance.

Robinson’s pointless checkdowns led the Giants in targets as Daniel Jones looked like a rookie playing against Brian Flores’ elite defense, though Malik Nabers still out-gained him 66-44. We suppose Robinson could subsist off these looks as a last-gasp WR5, but fantasy managers need to be thinking bigger ahead of the Giants’ Week 2 matchup with the Commanders.

Singletary wasn’t pushed by backups Tyrone Tracy and Eric Gray, but both volume and production were impossible to come by with the Giants’ passing attack essentially DOA with Daniel Jones at the helm. Trailing by multiple scores early, the Giants could never establish anything resembling the run. If nothing else, the Giants should not get buried quite so quickly and convincingly by the Commanders in Week 2, keeping Singletary in the FLEX mix.

Nabers actually got out-targeted and out-caught by check-down merchant Wan’Dale Robinson, but he led the G-Men in receiving. The Giants had trouble getting Nabers involved in the first quarter due to Daniel Jones’ predictable struggles, but seemed to make it a point of emphasis thereafter. It was still difficult for Nabers to shine amongst Jones’ struggles, which was the fear all along. The Commanders do represent a softer matchup for Week 2 than Brian Flores’ Vikes.

Jones “added” six rushes for 15 yards. Jones was hurt by drops and penalties, but it was a thoroughly non-competitive start from a lame-duck starter who is already on Drew Lock watch. Jones’ first interception was a pick-six on a screen where Andrew Van Ginkel was in the end zone before anyone in the stadium even knew what happened. INT No. 2 came with Harrison Smith jumping a route in the end zone. The game was already long decided before either miscue because of Jones and the Giants’ complete failure to move the ball. Jones has a bottom-three supporting cast, but it’s beyond clear he is not going to do anything to elevate it. The only good news is the Commanders should be a somewhat easier matchup for Week 2.

Meme man extraordinaire DeVito will need a Daniel Jones or Drew Lock injury to become 2024 relevant.

Lock suffered the abdomen injury in the preseason but is good to go for Week 1. He will back up Daniel Jones to start the year and could see some run late in the season if Jones struggles.

It sounds like salary cap shenanigans with the core special teamer, whose salary would no longer be guaranteed if he’s re-signed in Week 2. Sadly, these kinds of moves are common with players like Coughlin. Stay tuned.