{"id":815324,"date":"2026-03-16T12:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/815324\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:41:06","slug":"new-york-giants-add-dynamic-defender-in-latest-pff-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/815324\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants add dynamic defender in latest PFF mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 16, 2026, 8:03 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/Giantswire.usatoday.com\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> select Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles with the No. 5 overall pick in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/draft-2026-nfl-mock-draft-titans-trade-jeremiyah-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Pro Football Focus&#8217; latest 2026 NFL mock draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Styles has increasingly been projected as a top-five pick following his standout performance at the 2026 NFL Combine, after earlier forecasts had him outside that range. The 21-year-old impressed with his athleticism, running the 40-yard dash in 4.46 seconds and recording a 43.5-inch vertical jump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF&#8217;s Gordon McGuinness has the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Giants<\/a> selecting Styles at No. 5 when they make their first pick in the draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants&#8217; free-agency signing of linebacker\u00a0Tremaine Edmunds\u00a0doesn\u2019t dampen their chances of targeting Styles, in my opinion. He missed just 2.2% of his tackle attempts and earned 85.0-plus PFF grades in coverage and run defense this past season, ranking second among nearly 200 qualifying draft-eligible linebackers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants\u2019 linebacker room has undergone significant changes this offseason. New York released inside linebacker Bobby Okereke before free agency began. Out went Okereke; in came Edmunds. Styles would complete the Giants\u2019 inside linebacker unit for the 2026 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773664860_510_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 16, 2026, 8:03 a.m. ET The New York Giants select Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[95878,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,96069,96070,97116,95882,95896,95891,95888,96683,95906,96071,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-815324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","17":"tag-sstsngiants","18":"tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","19":"tag-tagamerican-football","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-draft","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsmg-timely","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116238910382742027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}