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The New York Giants bolstered their defensive front, but at what cost?

On Monday afternoon, the New York Giants made an interesting and incredibly rare trade with their crosstown rivals, the New York Jets. Big Blue coughed up a 2020 third-round pick, and a 2021 fifth-round pick for interior defensive lineman Leonard Williams. Williams came to the Jets as the sixth-overall pick in 2015 after a standout career at USC, and has shown flashes of Pro Bowl caliber play, while also never missing a game due to injury.

His main issue – like many other young players in the league – has been finding consistency. Williams has yet to register a sack in his 2019 campaign and only has two sacks over the past calendar year.