After playing through the abomination that was the Giants 2023 season, I’d want to retire too (or at least strongly consider it, as Waller reportedly is) if I looked up and realized that Daniel Jones was slated to be my starting quarterback the following year. Perhaps that’s a harsh assessment from a staff writer who is a Cowboys fan, but Waller has struggled through injuries over the past few years while being part of mediocre at best teams.
With Danny Dimes going down for the year and Waller himself missing the better part of six games this season, his first season in New York didn’t pan out according to plan. His 53 catches for 552 yards ranked him as a low-TE2 on the season, with his lone touchdown coming in Week 7 with Tyrod Taylor under center. Waller hasn’t come close to replicating the success he saw in 2019 and 2020 over the past three seasons thanks to injuries and the aforementioned shoddy QB play, and with the Giants clearly embroiled in a rebuild, the immediate future looks bleak for the soon-to-be 32-year old tight end. He’s not getting any younger, and he will be squarely outside the top-12 fantasy TE discussion heading into 2024 assuming he does lace ‘em up for at least one more season.