Jasper Brinkley ended the 2015 season as the Giants’ starting middle linebacker. Now he is back to try to keep that job for the beginning of 2016. Brinkley, a free agent, signed a one-year deal on Tuesday to return to the team.
Brinkley will compete with recently signed linebacker Keenan Robinson for the job.
“There’s always competition,” Brinkley told Giants.com. “Nothing has ever been given to me. I have to earn it. Keenan is going to give great competition.”
Brinkley, 30, signed with the Giants just four days before last year’s opener after he was released by the Cowboys.