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6 NFL teams that will make the playoffs in 2021 after missing last season

By Randy Gurzi

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys looks to hand the ball off to Ezekiel Elliott #21 during the second half at SoFi Stadium on September 13, 2020 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys looks to hand the ball off to Ezekiel Elliott #21 during the second half at SoFi Stadium on September 13, 2020 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – JANUARY 03: Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants attempts a pass against the Dallas Cowboys during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium on January 03, 2021 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /

3. New York Giants

Last year, the New York Giants were nearly the winners of the NFC East, despite having a losing record. They finished 6-10 and had the Philadelphia Eagles decided to keep trying against the Washington Football Team, they could have been the team to represent their division.

In the end, it probably was a good thing for the Giants to have lost that game. There was no way they were doing any damage and instead, it allowed them to have the 11th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. That pick was then shipped to the Chicago Bears who drafted Justin Fields.

New York then added Kadarius Toney as well as another pick in the first round of the 2022 draft. Toney joins a revamped receiving corps that includes free-agent addition Kenny Golladay and John Ross.

The Giants’ solid offseason continued when Georgia EDGE rusher Azeez Ojulari was still around for them in the second round.

Add to that the growth of quarterback Daniel Jones, who is entering year four in the NFL, and the return of running back Saquon Barkley from a torn ACL suffered in 2020, and New York should be back in the mix for the NFC East title with a Wild Card spot as their fall-back option.

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