There are several different ways to build a contender in the NFL, but for teams like the New York Giants, it usually starts with the draft. The more a team hits on its young core, the more freedom it offers the front office to build around them – whether that be through free agency or on the trade market.
Good front offices find and nurture talent wherever they can, but it takes vision, patience, and the right coaching staff to tap into that development.
For the better part of a decade, the G-Men were stuck in a cycle of overpaid veterans, busted draft picks, and false hope.