As the 2022 NFL draft nears, everyone has an opinion about what the New York Giants’ needs are and how GM Joe Schoen should approach meeting them. There’s a lot of talk about seeking the best player available rather than reaching to meet a need, but really the goal is to try to have value meet need. That’s why teams create horizontal draft big boards that make it easier to compare value at different positions.
But this year, at least on defense, things are different. A Don ‘Wink’ Martindale defense operates on different principles than those we are used to.