New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh needs an elite off-ball linebacker the way a bagel needs cream cheese. Over his 18 seasons as a head coach, he’s had some of the best anchoring his defense: Ray Lewis, C.J. Mosley, and Roquan Smith.
That’s why it wasn’t all that surprising that on Day 1 of the legal tampering period, Harby shored up the middle by signing Tremaine Edmunds to a three-year, $36 million contract. He didn’t stop there, either, double-dipping into the linebacker pool the next day by bringing Micah McFadden back on a one-year prove-it deal.