New York Giants: Top Free-Agent Fits at Linebacker

March 4, 2016   ·   Patricia Traina   ·   Jump to comments

Continuing along the vein of previewing free agency and which prospects might be a good fit for the New York Giants, today we’ll look at inside linebackers.
Ever since Antonio Pierce was forced to retire prematurely with a neck injury, the Giants have been on the lookout for a stud middle linebacker who could man the position for multiple years.
They thought they might have found the answer when they drafted Jonathan Goff in the fifth round in 2008, but a knee injury derailed his career.
Thereafter, the Giants tried Chase Blackburn, draft pick Greg Jones, undrafted free agent Mark Herzlich and veteran free agent Dan Connor. With the exception of Blackburn, who would later leave via free agency for Carolina, New York didn’t have much luck with its middle linebacker.
The Giants were so desperate for a decent middle linebacker that in 2013 they made a rare in-season trade to acquire Jon Beason from Carolina.
Once one of the top linebackers in the leagu...

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