With a new season set to begin, here are five Giants to watch when training camp starts on Thursday:

QB Eli Manning

For more than a decade, Manning was not a player to watch every summer. He was the established starting quarterback and used camp to fine-tune the offense. He remains the established starter, but he is 38 years old and 8-23 in his past 31 games, and the presence of rookie Daniel Jones means Manning’s expiration date is nearing. Coach Pat Shurmur insists it is Manning’s job but that Jones is gearing up to play Day 1. Manning’s vast experience advantage needs to show up to make him the obvious choice, or else seeds of doubt get planted on the lush grass practice fields.

QB Daniel Jones

What did you expect, an undrafted rookie safety to be listed here right behind Manning? Jones is remarkably similar to Manning in so many ways — physical build, facial features, football upbringing, laid-back demeanor — that is almost seems as if this is an Eli Manning facsimile, just 16 years younger. Jones looked excellent in the spring, but as the action accelerates and the pads add a more aggressive element to the proceedings, rookies usually take a step back. Can Jones buck this trend?

S Jabrill Peppers

What is he? A Swiss Army knife who can do a little bit of everything well but nothing spectacularly well? A budding star? A uniquely versatile New Jersey high school and college performer with a skill-set that does not transfer seamlessly to the NFL? Peppers will be forever be linked to the trade that sent Odell Beckham Jr. to Cleveland, and the former Browns first-round pick is now the young face of a Giants defensive backfield that Landon Collins used to be before, moving on to the Redskins. There is a lot there for Peppers to digest as he embarks on a new chapter.

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LB Markus Golden

He is 28 years old and should be a fixture as a pass-rushing force on any defense. That is what Golden was in 2016, with 12.5 sacks for the Cardinals playing for coordinator James Bettcher. Since then, a knee injury robbed Golden of his athletic gifts, and in 15 games since surgery he has just 2.5 sacks. A change of scenery was needed, and he is on a one-year deal with the Giants, again under Bettcher’s tutelage. Serious and hard-working, Golden needs to stay healthy and show in camp the explosion that made him a riser in Arizona. His getting to the quarterback is essential for this defense to have a chance.

CB DeAndre Baker

Look up “lithe, confident, carefree young cornerback,” and a picture of this guy shows up. Baker allowed one touchdown pass against him in 1,019 coverage snaps in his career at Georgia — no TDs in his last 870 coverage snaps the past two seasons. There will be no easing Baker into the defense — he needs to start on the outside, opposite veteran Janoris Jenkins, right away. He will get plenty of work running against Sterling Shepard and Golden Tate, and that should get Baker ready for the real thing.

Giants Depth Chart

Offense

QB: Eli Manning, Daniel Jones

RB: Saquon Barkley, Wayne Gallman

WR: Sterling Shepard, Corey Coleman

WR: Golden Tate, Darius Slayton

WR: Cody Latimer, Russell Shepard

TE: Evan Engram, Rhett Ellison

LT: Nate Solder, Brian Mihalik

LG: Will Hernandez, Nick Gates

C: Jon Halapio, Spencer Pulley

RG: Kevin Zeitler, Chad Slade

RT: Mike Remmers, Chad Wheeler

Defense

DL: B.J. Hill, Olsen Pierre

DL: Dexter Lawrence, Myles Humphrey

DL: Dalvin Tomlinson, R.J. McIntosh

ILB: Alec Ogletree, Ryan Connelly

ILB: B.J. Goodson, Tae Davis

OLB: Markus Golden, Oshane Ximines

OLB: Lorenzo Carter, Kareem Martin

CB: Janoris Jenkins, Julian Love

CB: DeAndre Baker, Sam Beal

S: Antoine Bethea, Sean Chandler

S: Jabrill Peppers, Michael Thomas

Specialists

K: Aldrick Rosas

P: Riley Dixon

LS: Zak DeOssie;