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Eli Manning expects to score more points this season

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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - JANUARY 03: Eli Manning #10 of the New York Giants in action against the Philadelphia Eagles during their game at MetLife Stadium on January 3, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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When Ben McAdoo arrived as the Giants’ offensive coordinator in 2014, the Giants were coming off a season that saw them rank 28th in points scored.

McAdoo has overseen a steady rise over the last two seasons, with the Giants jumping from just over 18 to 26.3 points a game by the end of the 2015 season. That work helped McAdoo bump Tom Coughlin out of the head coaching job this offseason in a move that brought some change to the team without throwing out something that’s worked well the last two years.

Quarterback Eli Manning is happy that the offense has remained in place and sees room for improvement. Manning believes that adding rookie wide receiver Sterling Shepard to the offense while also getting wideout Victor Cruz and tight end Larry Donnell back from injury will lead the team to put up even more points in 2016.
“We expect to be able score the ball,” Manning said, via Rhett Lewis of NFL Media. “We feel like we can score over 28 points a game. That’s what we want to do. We were close to hitting that last year.”

Scoring points is only half the battle, of course, and the Giants’ 420 points scored last season still left them with a -22 point differential thanks to the abysmal defense put together by coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. The Giants went with continuity by keeping him on the staff for this season, but tried to overhaul the personnel in free agency by spending big money on defensive end Olivier Vernon, defensive tackle Damon Harrison and cornerback Janoris Jenkins.

Assuming the offense continues humming, it will be that side of the ball that again determines the Giants’ fate in the standings.