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Keith Bulluck joined the Giants after spending a decade with the Titans.
Unit: Linebackers
Depth Chart: (MLB) Keith Bulluck, Jonathan Goff, Phillip Dillard, Gerris Wilkinson. (OLB) Michael Boley, Clint Sintim, Chase Blackburn, Bryan Kehl, Adrian Tracy, Kenny Ingram, Zak DeOssie.
On the Bubble: Ingram.
Player to Watch: Bulluck. The Giants recently signed Bulluck to replace Antonio Pierce. Will Bulluck be fully recovered from ACL surgery last December?
Wild Card: Sintim. It’s sink or swim time for the former second-round pick at strongside linebacker.
Analysis: Last year it was wide receiver. This year, the Giants’ biggest question mark is at linebacker. At least, it was the biggest question mark until the Giants signed Bulluck last Saturday to a one-year, $2.5 million incentive-based deal.
Bulluck, 33, is a 10-year vet who is a former Pro Bowler. He brings experience and much-needed leadership to the position. The only question mark now is how his knee will hold up after he had ACL surgery on his left knee seven months ago. Bulluck says the transition from outside linebacker, where he played at for a decade for Tennessee, to middle linebacker will not be difficult since he played some middle linebacker on third downs for the Titans and was a middle linebacker at times while at Syracuse. He also explains that he largely played behind the defensive line as an outside linebacker.
Bulluck says his knee is at 90-percent and that he will compete for the job against Goff, the rookie Dillard and Wilkinson, who had an outside shot to win the job before Bulluck joined the team. Blackburn also has experience and the smarts but now it appears he will spell the starters. Bulluck will likely be the starter barring a setback.
Boley was banged up last season and the healthy weakside linebacker will need to step up and flourish in Fewell’s system.
TEAM LEADERS
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Eli Manning
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| RUSHING | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | ||||||||
| A. Bradshaw | 171 | 659 | 3.9 | 9 | ||||||||
| B. Jacobs | 152 | 571 | 3.8 | 7 | ||||||||
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | ||||||||
| V. Cruz | 82 | 1536 | 18.7 | 9 | ||||||||
| H. Nicks | 76 | 1192 | 15.7 | 7 | ||||||||





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