The New York Giants have a proud history, complete with four Super Bowl titles that span the last four decades. One NFL analyst thinks the G-Men are on the fast track to not only another NFC East title, but also a Super Bowl win in the near future – and former Ole Miss TE Evan Engram is the X-factor.

Many mock draft services saw Engram as a fringe first round guy who would likely fall to the second, but the Giants took a gamble on the 6-foot-3, 234-pound TE at No. 23 overall.

Bucky Brooks, a former NFL player and scout who now writes for NFL.com, said that this gamble will pay off, as Engram could be the missing piece to a Giants Super Bowl run.

For Brooks, the key will be taking the pressure off of NYG’s two star receivers, former LSU Tiger Odell Beckham and newly acquired stud Brandon Marshall. He thinks that Engram could be good enough, even in year one, to make defenses pay for focusing on the Giants’ outside weaponry.

Brooks included this quote from an anonymous former NFL defensive coordinator to further illustrate the point.

“You want to make the quarterback play ‘left-handed’. Ideally, you want to make him lean on his second and third options instead of his primary weapons in the passing game. If he can win with the ‘others’ making enough plays to beat you, you tip your cap and move on.”

To his credit, Engram was nothing but a game changer with the Rebels. In only 11 games, Engram’s 926 receiving yards were still over 100 yards clear of his next closest competitor at TE. Though Ole Miss’ struggles may have overshadowed Engram’s success, he showed at the combine that he wasn’t just a system player – registering a 4.42 40-yard dash and a 36-inch vertical jump.

Could the Ole Miss connection — Eli Manning to Engram — help land the Giants another Super Bowl? The G-Men’s offense could be dangerous.