Giants Offseason Pt.11: The DT Situation

The Giants have spent quite a bit of their airtime this offseason talking about how they need to get back to stopping the run.  Well, if you want to really do that well, it has to start up front with your DT's (and LB's and S's).  

Right now, the Giants have a budding star at DT in Johnathan Hankins, as well as last year's third round pick, Jay Bromley, who flashed a bit as a rookie.   They also have Cullen Jenkins, who frankly looked like he had lost his edge this past season.  Beyond that they control some UDFA's and street FA's.

Back during Spags 1, the Giants had Freddie Robbins and Barry Coefield as their starting DT's.   Hankins actually has a chance to be better than both of them were in the Spags D.   But what else they do in DT will depend a lot on what they think of Jay Bromely's progress and promise, as well as whether they want to keep or cut Cullen Jenkins.

If the Giants decide to dump Jenkins, but think Bromley is a future starter, they may just want to hit the UFA market for a younger run stopping DT to add to their mix.  They might also want to spend a mid-round or even late round pick on the position if they go with a FA.  

If the Giants don't think Bromley is there or getting there, they might want to spend a another 3rd or 2nd rounder on DT.   That's even if they think they can get another year out of Cullen Jenkins.

I don't think they'll want to go too big on a UFA DT, because having lost Coefield and Linval because of the cap they might finally see the efficacy in hanging onto Hankins and making him their most highly compensated DT.