Super Bowl champ Carl Banks previews Giants' 2023 season, names players who will be expected to step up

Super Bowl champion Carl Banks talks about the New York Giants' 2023 season.

The New York Giants are about to enter the 2023 regular season with high expectations after making the playoffs and advancing to the divisional round and acquiring Darren Waller to bolster the offense.

It’s not going to be an easy task.

New York will have to play the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles, the always-tough Dallas Cowboys and a new-look Washington Commanders team with quarterback Sam Howell and offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy leading the charge.

Giants great Carl Banks believes New York is a better team from 2022 but still has some things to prove.

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Darren Waller of the New York Giants during the preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 18, 2023, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

"That’s going to be an interesting one to read or to witness because they are a better football team. They are a faster football team," Banks told Fox News Digital when asked what the Giants’ story will be in 2023. "Does that translate into more wins? The same amount of wins? We’ll see.

"But I think they are appreciably better across the board and the talent you can look at and be like, ‘Wow, how did they get to where they were last year with the talent just based on what you’re seeing today?’ It’s like night and day."

The two-time Super Bowl champion linebacker pointed to their divisional opponents as the Giants’ biggest challenge facing them this season.

"Their biggest challenge now is to build on what they started," he explained. "But they’re chasing the standard-bearer right now, which is the Philadelphia Eagles. They do have