INDIANAPOLIS – The team that not long ago lived by the mantra that one can never have enough pass-rushers may be pushing the boundary in the other direction.
If the Giants part ways with Olivier Vernon this offseason — and all indications are they will, via trade or cutting him as a salary cap casualty — it will leave them without a single player on the roster who has a proven ability to get to and bring down NFL quarterbacks. In a league where that job is quickly evolving into one of the most important on the defensive side — and perhaps one of the most important on the entire squad — the Giants could find themselves staring into a huge empty hole.