Every year the cry goes of for the New York Giants to draft a linebacker. Even after making a splash trade for Alec Ogletree, the Giants’ linebacking corps struggled mightily in 2018.
The Giants want to improve their defense, and they could use talent at every level.
The way the NFL has evolved, and the way the Giants’ defense is called under James Bettcher, it’s easier to break front seven players into “interior defensive line”, “EDGE”, and “off-ball linebackers”. The group of “off-ball linebackers” is made up of both inside and outside linebackers — players who do not routinely line up on the line of scrimmage, and might drop into coverage or play down-hill on any given play.