The New York Giants will square off with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday for the first time this season and the first of two meetings over the next four weeks.
That provides us at Giants Wire a unique opportunity to theoretically steal two players from Philly over the course of a month, and their roster is littered with talent that would immediately boost Big Blue’s play on the field.
We could dance around the obvious and list off a series of names worthy of consideration, but in their first meeting of 2019, one name immediately leaps off the page and is the only right choice for New York.
Enter tackle Lane Johnson.
Johnson is playing at an elite level this season, earning a Pro Football Focus grade of 87.0 through 13 weeks, while being tied for the league lead in sacks surrendered at his position (1). Johnson also has just five penalties on the year, which is tied for the 34th-least out of qualifying offensive tackles.
There’s a reason the Eagles just handed Johnson the largest tackle contract in the history of football, and a reason why he’d be an ideal fit in New York.
And that is not a reflection on Mike Remmers, who has played about as well as anyone could have expected. But adding Johnson to the fold would immediately boost the Giants’ offensive line, although they’d still need a replacement at left tackle.
What say you, Giants fans? Would you steal Lane Johnson for the Giants or go in a different direction?
