The New York Giants finished the 2020 season with 40 total sacks, ranking 12th in the NFL in the category. With Carter Coughlin, a seventh-round draft pick from last season, and Jabaal Sheard, a practice squad player from Jacksonville, playing significant snaps in the absence of Oshane Ximines and Lorenzo Carter, it was a miracle the Giants were so productive.
Thanks to a stout interior defense led by Leonard Williams, Dexter Lawrence, and Dalvin Tomlinson, the Giants’ defense managed to hold themselves above water until this off-season, where management felt it was necessary to add several pass rush pieces.