The New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles will square off for the second time in a four-week span on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium.
It’s a game where Big Blue can potentially spoil the playoff hopes of the Eagles, but would do damage to themselves in the process — further risking their draft positioning and possibly even saving the jobs of general manager Dave Gettleman and head coach Pat Shurmur.
There will be plenty of discussion about that throughout the week, but for now, we’re looking to steal.
In Week 14, we theoretically robbed the Eagles of offensive tackle Lane Johnson, which trims the list of players worthy of stealing off Philly’s roster this time around. But fear not, there is someone we have our eye on.
With the Giants likely out of the Chase Young hunt, they remain in need of quality edge rushers to go along with Markus Golden, assuming they opt to keep him in 2020. As such, that’s our area of focus when going over the Eagles’ roster.
And wouldn’t you know it, they have a quality edge rusher currently playing defensive end in their 4-3 — Brandon Graham.
In 15 games this season, the 31-year-old Graham has recorded 47 tackles, nine stuffs, one forced fumble and 7.5 sacks to go along with his Pro Football Focus grade of 84.3.
We know some will look at Graham’s career statistics and wonder if he’s truly worthy of stealing and if he’d make that much difference, but he’s consistently productive as a rotational defensive lineman and largely has been throughout his career. He’s also solid against the run, which gives him the leg up over someone like Golden, who struggles a bit in that area.
Graham may not be the flashy big-name player we usually steal in these segments, but he’s a quality all-around talent that would immediately help the Giants at an area of need.
What say you, Giants fans? Would you steal Graham this time around or someone else (someone other than Lane Johnson)?
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