As the page turned on the those championship squads, leadership became a bit more elusive, especially along the o-line. The New York Giants had to adjust to life without David Diehl, Chris Snee, Kareem MacKenzie and Shawn O’Hara. Over the past decade, that process has not been easy.
A widely accepted mischaracterizations of general manager Jerry Reese was that he ignored the offensive line. That’s simply not true. The G-Men invested plenty of assets into replacing and upgrading the unit. The effort was there, the results were not.
For one reason or another, at the end of the day, the “replacements” were not the right fit or mix for the team.