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NY Giants: Stealing an offensive player from each NFC East rival

By Connor McJunkin

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 10: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Zack Martin #70 of the Dallas Cowboys in action against the New York Giants on December 10, 2017 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Cowboys defeated the Giants 30-10. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 10: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Zack Martin #70 of the Dallas Cowboys in action against the New York Giants on December 10, 2017 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Cowboys defeated the Giants 30-10. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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Jason Kelce playing against the NY Giants (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images)
Jason Kelce playing against the NY Giants (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images) /

Philadelphia Eagles – Jason Kelce, C

This was a tougher decision to make, as the Eagles boast the best center in Jason Kelce and arguably the best right tackle in Lane Johnson in the NFL. And although the G-Men already have Evan Engram and his explosive potential, it is hard to overlook Zach Ertz and the production he brings to the table.

Ultimately, it came down to positional need and value. Taking Ertz would be a luxury steal, especially considering McLaurin was just brought over from Washington.

While Lane Johnson is one of the best overall right tackles in the NFL and combined with Andrew Thomas would make Daniel Jones one happy guy, the center position has more value and is a bigger area of need for this offense.

There are a few different names that could take over in the middle going into 2020, mainly Nick Gates, Spencer Pulley, or rookie Shame Lemieux.

I don’t know about you, but in this fun, yet unrealistic scenario, I would take the center that’s played a full 16-game season in seven of his nine years in the league that was the highest-graded center in the NFL in 2019 according to Pro Football Focus.

The New York Giants have not had a long-term, franchise center since Shaun O’Hara. Since O’Hara, Weston Richburg of 2014-2017 showed the most promise until he left for San Francisco as a free agent after four seasons donning a Giants uniform.

Bringing in Kelce in this scenario would bring with it a handful of positives.

It would answer one of the biggest question marks about this NY Giants offense going into 2020, dramatically improve the overall OL unit, add depth in having Pulley, Gates, and Lemieux able to fill in anywhere on the interior, help tremendously with Will Hernandez’s development, AND take him away from Philadelphia.

The only possible downside of this move would be delaying finding the possible center of the future as Kelce is entering his 10th NFL season, but that risk is well worth the reward should Kelce play another 3-5 seasons.

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