In today's edition of Giants news, one New York Post writer believes that Jason Pierre-Paul is the biggest piece to the New York Giants' revamped defensive puzzle -- and he doesn't think it's close.
According to Post writer Paul Schwartz, "the most important Giants player on the defensive side of the ball is Jason Pierre-Paul. And no one is a close second."
"Analyze all you want how Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie upgrades the secondary or the benefits of a full season of Jon Beason at middle linebacker. It doesn’t matter if the Giants trade up, up and away and take Jadeveon Clowney in the NFL Draft or if Michael Strahan decides to ditch all his TV gigs and slip back into a uniform. For all the focus on who is new and what is improved, the fate of the Giants defense hinges on which JPP hits the field," Schwartz wrote in an article posted on Saturday.
Schwartz lauds JPP's "relentless pursuit of the ball" from his breakout season three years ago, and believes that if Pierre-Paul can return from both injury and purported motivational issues, he could key the Giants' defensive attack once again.