{"id":863654,"date":"2026-04-11T03:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863654\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:51:38","slug":"what-the-giants-could-do-at-edge-rusher-in-the-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863654\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Giants could do at edge rusher in the 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, this roster feels set at the edge rusher spot \u2014 with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/01\/sports\/brian-burns-finding-reasons-for-brighter-side-in-more-giants-disappointment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Burns coming off his finest NFL season<\/a>, Kayvon Thibodeaux returning from a shoulder injury and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/20\/sports\/abdul-carters-new-giants-jersey-number-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abdul Carter coming off an interesting rookie year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What was it that former general manager Ernie Accorsi used to say about edge rushers? They are like starting pitchers \u2014 you can never have enough or too many. <\/p>\n<p>This does not mean the Giants will take one at No. 5, and they are likely to pass up this position on Day 2 of the draft.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39053652\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dani-dennis-sutton-penn-state-123288768.jpg\" alt=\"Dani Dennis-Sutton of the Penn State Nittany Lions participates in a drill during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 26, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. \" class=\"wp-image-39053652\"  \/>Dani Dennis-Sutton of the Penn State Nittany Lions participates in a drill during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 26, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But you never know. And if Rueben Bain Jr. is sitting there at No. 5? Maybe a trade down with a team that covets Bain to add more picks. <\/p>\n<p>If GM Joe Schoen and the scouting department on Day 3 are high on someone such as Malachi Lawrence (UCF), Trey Moore (Texas), Dani Dennis-Sutton (Penn State) or George Gumbs Jr. (Florida), perhaps a match will be made.<\/p>\n<p>Still, new defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson will find it a challenge to get Burns, Carter and Thibodeaux on the field at the same time \u2014 not a bad problem to deal with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sure, this roster feels set at the edge rusher spot \u2014 with Brian Burns coming off his finest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,15,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-863654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkgiants","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-draft","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116384047678154448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863654","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=863654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}