Lorenzo Carter #59 and Markus Golden #44 of the New York Giants take down Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium on Sept 15, 2019 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Credit: Mike Stobe
One of the reasons the Giants have been unable to produce a game-affecting pass rush throughout the last few seasons is their lack of a homegrown player who can do it. For a span that stretched over several decades they were able to form a continuous chain from Lawrence Taylor to Michael Strahan to Osi Umenyiora to Jason Pierre-Paul – plus others as well – when it came to finding edge rushers in the draft.