How has Joseph gone from a good defensive tackle for the Giants to one of the best in the league after joining the Vikings?
It has been the New York Giants M.O. to replace one drafted defensive tackle with another.
Barry Cofield and Jay Alford were drafted to supplant Fred Robbins, After Alford's career with the Giants was ended by a torn Achilles tendon, Linval Joseph was drafted to replace the soon-to-be free agent Cofield. Three years later, Johnathan Hankins was drafted, in part, because of Joseph's own impending free agency.