Evan Engram: Three of the top four rookie pass-catchers in franchise history have come along in the past four seasons. Odell Beckham Jr. is first with 91 receptions in 2014; Sterling Shepard is second with 65 in 2016; and Evan Engram is fourth with 64 in 2017 (Jeremy Shockey is second with 74 in 2002). Engram, the team's first-round draft choice out of Ole Miss, was selected to the Pro Football Writers All-Rookie Team and emerged as one of the most productive players at the position regardless of NFL tenure.

Balanced and unpredictable are some themes emerging from what we know about Pat Shurmur's vision for the offense. No. 88 can help in both of those facets, notably in how he makes the opponent have to think long and hard about what package to put on the field. Is he a wide receiver? Is he a tight end? What do you do when he's out there with Rhett Ellison?

"I try not to talk about the first, the second or the third receivers," Shurmur said. "I think that's something that when people start stacking up rosters and really depth charts outside the building. So we're going to put the players in there and use them to the best of their ability and try to get them the ball. The fact that we have a pass-catching tight end is something that is very valuable to a team because now a defense has to decide when you have two tight ends and him being one of them, him being Evan, that are they going to stay base or play nickel? And then the chess game begins from there."

With a deep arsenal of weapons for Eli Manning to choose from, Engram said "the ball's going to find the best player" on any given play in this offense. Engram will look to take his game to the next level and be that player more often than not.