If he makes it and lives up to what the Giants hope and need him to be, Oshane Ximines will be unlike any player who has come through the franchise in nearly a decade.
Finding and developing homegrown pass rushers is essential to the life-blood of any legitimate defense, and the Giants are woefully lacking in this process. The last player they drafted who turned into a high-pressure defender was Jason Pierre-Paul, a first-round pick in 2010. The demise of the Giants can be traced back to several factors, and the dearth of young (or old) pass rushers is far closer to the top of the blame list than it is the bottom.