Giants mid-season

​The Giants have clearly exceeded expectations. 
Certainly a few players have played beyond expectations.  Daniel Jones has showed what he can be with good offensive play calling.  A return to a healthy Barkley has helped.  Rookie tight end, Daniel Bellinger, was playing well before an injury.
Defensively, Adore Jackson was amazing before getting hurt on an ill-conceived cameo on special teams, and almost anyone put in at CB2 played surprisingly decent.  Dexter Lawrence is the biggest upside from expectations. He was good, but has become dominant this year.
 
All of this still wouldn’t add up to 7-4.  7-4 is a combo of luck (a bunch of 50/50 games that went their way, and good coaching (especially as compared to what was horrible coaching- specifically on offense- in prior years).   Between injuries, mean reversion, and a tough schedule the rest of the season is not very promising and its not hard to see them miss the playoffs.
The Giants were lucky to not reached terms with Barkley during the bye.  The last 2 weeks has not helped his value.  The move is to franchise him next year for $12m.  Realistically he shouldn’t get more than that annually anyway.  They probably offered him more.
Daniel Jones, I hope, can be locked down for a 2-3 year, 17-18m contract.  The Giants have played themselves out of a  good enough pick to draft a good QB.