It's a hotly contested division in the NFC East

ESPN Chat - Mark Schlereth

TIDBIT: Chris (Syracuse, NY): Mark, I have a hard time with you guys ranking the Giants passing 16th look at the stats 3700+ yards passing and 24 tds for manning in his first full season starting i imagine thats has to improve this year. But the question is are the skins and boys that much better than the g-men? They are the div. champs,improved and eli is a year older. Thanks for the insight.

Mark Schlereth: I would say first off, it's a hotly contested division in the East. Manning did not complete a high percentage of his passes last year. There are some keys for them and their passing game, getting the protection that they need. But is he going to get his completion percentage over 60%? The conference and division that the Giant are going to be playing is is tough. The Redskins are going to have an improved defense. Defensively the Cowboys are a top 10 team. That's going to make that tough. Then you look at the Giants on the road, they have a tough schedule. They have to go to Philly, who is going to be tougher this year. I start looking they go to Seattle, to Atlanta, to Jacksonville on a Monday night, to Washington. I think it's going to be tough for Manning. Do they have the ability to win the division? Certainly. all the teams in that division do.