Theo Johnson admits ‘powerful’ Giants season took a toll: ‘Not simple’

The 2024 common season was a tricky one for the New York Giants, who completed with a 3-14 document and the No. 3 total choose within the 2024 NFL draft.

For a lot of the rookie class, dropping to such a level was just like experiencing tradition shock. Most had been extremely profitable in faculty and conditioned to win, so the shortage of success took a toll.

“It’s powerful coming in each week and attempting to place your finest foot ahead, and falling quick shouldn’t be simple, nevertheless it’s onerous to win video games on this league. I feel the struggles that we went by means of this yr gave me a number of studying alternatives,” tight finish Theo Johnson advised the CBC. “I’m going to take that into consideration this yr, and this low season, as a result of I don’t need to ever undergo that once more.”

Johnson, chosen within the fourth spherical, was simply starting to return on for the Giants when he suffered a season-ending foot harm that required surgical procedure.

On the time of his harm, Johnson had 4 straight video games with five-plus targets and 5 straight video games with 35-plus receiving yards.

“I broke my fifth metatarsal within the Thanksgiving recreation in opposition to Dallas, so I needed to have season-ending surgical procedure on it. I’m doing nice with restoration. I’m nearly cleared and some weeks out from being totally cleared,” he stated. “My rookie yr got here to an finish, however I’m again in the best course now.”

From all of the dropping to the harm, issues didn’t go the best way Johnson had deliberate or hoped. However with all of that quickly to be behind him, the 23-year-old is wanting ahead to higher issues in 2025.

“I feel I’m going to play an enormous function, and having the ability to assist flip this group round and switch this offense round,” he stated. “We all know what we do is only a matter about going on the market and doing it week in and week out.”