As Ben McAdoo transitions to head coach of the New York Giants, Mike Sullivan has been task with taking over as the offensive coordinator and keeping most aspects of the system intact. However, in addition to their work on improving in the redzone, the team has also turned their attention to adding some new elements to the offense.

A season ago, quarterback Eli Manning threw only 10.5 percent of his passes 20-yards or more through the air, which was the fourth-lowest percentage in the league and one of the lowest totals of his professional career. In 2016, that’s likely to change somewhat.

“We have to throw it more and give our receivers a chance to make plays and catch the ball,” Manning told Giants.com on Monday. “It’s dependent on what the defense is doing, too. We’ve got to be able to find completions if they are going to play zone and play soft. Let’s force them to come press us up and be more aggressive, and then we can get our shots down the field. When we throw them, we’ve got to hit them.”

In McAdoo’s West Coast-style offense, the Giants will remain a quick-pass team that predominantly prides itself on short, accurate passes. But as Manning alludes, sometimes you’ve just got to take what the defense gives you.

Under Kevin Gilbride, Manning had tremendous success with the deep ball, but that came at a cost — interceptions. Now in a different system run by a different coach, the two-time Super Bowl MVP will have to strike a more effective balance between the two.

With downfield threats like Odell Beckham Jr. and Dwayne Harris, the Giants do have the means to extend the field a bit, so expect that 10.5 percent number to steadily increase in 2016 without giving up on the quick strike.

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“I think we’re getting better just throwing the ball down the field more,” Harris told Giants.com last week. “We’re definitely trying to work on throwing the ball down the field, throwing more deep passes. And (we need to get) the run game going. That’s one of the key elements in our offense. We got it going later on in the season. We’ve just got to continue that momentum and keep carrying it in the beginning of this season.”

Little wrinkles — that’s all it’s really about. The more things the Giants can throw at an opposing defense the better, Of course, that all begins up front and on the ground, which are two other areas Big Blue must improve upon ahead of the 2016 regular season.