This isn’t a piece I planned on writing.

Well, that’s a bit of a lie. I’ve been thinking about the New York Giants run defense for a while now, but have been putting off writing about it since the 2024 season ended. But I certainly didn’t anticipate writing this piece when I woke up this morning.

But I came across some things recently that both crystalized the ideas that have been bouncing around my noggin and were a call to action to finally put pen to page (so to speak). We need to talk about the state of the Giants’ run defense, as well as possibly reconceptualize defending the run.

I’m going to start at the more immediate and practical standpoint of what run defense could look like for the Giants this year, then we’ll take a step back and look at a wider picture of league-wide run d

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