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Giants again seem to be trying to get by at linebacker

Can the New York Giants cobble together effective play at linebacker, a position where, aside from trading for Alec Ogletree and taking on his expensive contract, the Giants have not used premium resources in Dave Gettleman’s two offseasons as GM?

Let’s look at the position as we continue our positional previews leading up to Giants training camp. Incidentally, for our purposes here we are focused on inside or “off the ball” linebackers.

Projected Depth Chart

The starters

Position Previews

Part of the reason the Giants acquired Ogletree was to be a veteran leader, and he did emerge as the signal caller and “Alpha” of the defense.