Last offseason, New York Giants General Manager Jerry Reese had a simple mission. Fix a broken defense.
We know now, of course, that his effort to do that turned out better than anyone could have expected. Free agent mega-contracts for Damon Harrison, Olivier Vernon and Janoris Jenkins, re-signing Jason Pierre-Paul, adding lesser free agents like Keenan Robinson, Kelvin Sheppard and Leon Hall, and using a first-round pick on cornerback Eli Apple infused the defense with talent and leadership it didn’t have in 2015.