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Dalvin Tomlinson, after strong rookie year, on new Giants defense: 'Reminds me of Alabama's scheme'

EAST RUTHERFORD -- Dalvin Tomlinson played like one of the NFL's top rookies while learning a new defense, so what is he capable of now that he is returning to the familiar?

As the Giants install a 3-4 base defense under first-year coordinator James Bettcher, Tomlinson is getting flashbacks. Not only to his meeting with Bettcher -- the then-Cardinals defensive coordinator -- before the 2017 NFL Draft, but to his days at NCAA powerhouse Alabama.

Sure, the playbook terminology is different from system to system, but .