Diante Lee

We do have Brian Burns fresh off of a very productive season.

Maybe still we just want to have another guy for, you know, the post Brian Burns when he wants to get paid again.

So that way we're not in the position that the Bengals were with Trey Hendrickson, right?

We've got a franchise tag, this guy, or we've got a one year at a time with this guy, you know, as he approaches his 30s.

But for me, I think Sonny Stiles, even though the team does have Tremaine Edmonds to potentially be their Mike linebacker, again, I think that this is a guy that can give you, at his best, all pro-level impacts.

I do think that you get a guy who plays great in zone coverage.

At times, I think you have a guy who's great downhill.

More often than not, he's a great tackler.

Didn't really miss any tackles this past season.

And you're bringing in a safety skill set, which is really where the league seems to be looking for when you talk about second-level guys.

There's guys with linebacker-type bodies with safety skill sets, and that is literally Sonny Stiles' career trajectory.

A guy who played safety for a little bit, added some weight, and did not lose a single bit of his athleticism.

And you see his instincts.

You see his tackling ability.

You see his versatility, both as a blitzer and as a dropper, really showing up often in Ohio State film.

Again, it's not perfect.

This is going to be one of those where if the Giants take it, you know that all the nerds on social media are going to post the charts of this is what the hit rate is when you take a guy outside of the premium positions in the top five of the NFL draft.

And I'm not saying that that's not the right way to think about it over the long arc of football history when you're approaching the draft.

But again, I think I'd much rather be, I think I'd be much more comfortable with Styles than even taking a Jeremiah Love or a Carnell Tate, who can be genuine offensive playmakers for the Giants.

But to me, I think you just want to go load up on what I think, you want to make an overloaded strength, I think, in the draft if you're in the top 10, if you're in the Giants' position, where I think for them, bringing in John Harbaugh and what they've added in free agency, they want guys that can go play right now, that can go help them win right now.