The Giants plan to meet with free agent defensive end Josh Mauro, who was waived by the Cardinals last week, according to Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
Mauro would offer scheme familiarity for new Giants defensive coordinator James Bettcher, who held the same title in Arizona from 2015-17. That level of comfort would be extremely important in New York, where the club is switching from a 4-3 front to Bettcher’s preferred 3-4 look. Mauro would be the second former Cardinal to sign with the Giants since the market opened last week, joining outside linebacker Kareem Martin, who inked a three-year, $21MM deal with Big Blue.
Mauro, 27, spent the better parts of four seasons in the desert, and started 13 games as recently as 2016. Last year, however, Mauro played on just 31.5% of the Cardinals’ defensive snaps, fourth-most among Arizona’s defensive linemen. Pro Football Focus wasn’t impressed with his effort, grading Mauro as a bottom-10 interior defender among 122 qualifiers.
Are the Giants tanking? Seriously.
Giants are becoming a combo of Arizona east, and Carolina north.
Gettleman’s philosophy of “hog mollies” and Bettcher’s blitz happy defense
3-4??? Huh
I know, makes no sense with the players they have. While signing all these Arizona and Carolina players they forgot the best one in Honey Badger. Texans got him in a steal for one year. Could have had him play safety and slot corner. The dude is a stud and would have helped in the 3-4
4-3…. we have no pass rush. 3-4. We fucked
They are spending a lot of money on surplus. They should address needs!
Exactly. They need O line and corners. Bringing in scrap heap for the defense from Carolina and Arizona isn’t going to help. They need more quality LBers to play a 3-4.