3.) James Bradberry
While reports indicated the Giants would be heavily invested in Cowboys corner Byron Jones, they sneakily landed James Bradberry as an alternative. The former Carolina Panther has experience with general manager Dave Gettleman, and he certainly did not expect him to make an offer.
Bradberry is going into his fifth season in the NFL and posted encouraging numbers in 2019. At 26 years old, he played in 15 games last year, posting 65 combined tackles, 12 passes defended, three interceptions, a 59.8 completion rate, one touchdown allowed, and a 12.2% missed tackle rate.
A few statistical things we can derive from his production last year was that he missed significantly more tackles compared to 2018. He missed just 5.4% in 2018 and 12.2% last year, showing a deficiency in the category. His completion rate against increased by more than 15%. However, he allowed just one touchdown compared to six, two years ago.
Overall, it seems Bradberry focused more on containing receivers then stopping them aggressively. This improved his touchdowns allowed, but hurt his completion percentage against.
Nonetheless, he will find the NFC East far more simple in the NFC South. He faced off against Julio Jones, Michael Thomas, Mike Evans, and Chris Godwin twice per year with the Panthers. While the Cowboys feature Amari Cooper and CeeDee Lamb, the receivers he will face against Washington and Philadelphia are far less superior.
On a three-year contract, he will be relied on to lock down opposing number one wide receivers, which requires him to play at a high-level for the Giants.