B.J. Goodson rose quickly up the ranks with the Giants, playing in 15 games, all off the bench, as a rookie linebacker after arriving as a 2016 fourth-round draft pick from Clemson. He started seven games his second season and 13 games in 2018. Other than injuries keeping him off the field, Goodson appeared to be a big part of the defense.
Not so fast.
Goodson has been supplanted on the first-team defense by Tae Davis, a converted safety who was undrafted out of Tennessee-Chattanooga and defied the odds by making the roster last season.