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How much worse was Giants’ Evan Neal than other top-10 tackles?
BBV's Rivka Boord goes inside the numbers to ask one of the key questions for the Giants: how much can last year's first round pick Evan Neal improve?
Statistically, Neal is not the first top-10 tackle in history to struggle mightily. Obviously, Giants fans will turn to Andrew Thomas as a classic example, but Thomas improved far more in the second half of his rookie season than Neal did. Furthermore, expecting Neal to be a second-team All-Pro by his third year is a bit much.