{"id":116006,"date":"2024-05-02T01:59:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=116006"},"modified":"2024-05-02T01:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:59:45","slug":"giants-sign-super-bowl-winning-defensive-back-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/giants-sign-super-bowl-winning-defensive-back-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants Sign Super Bowl-Winning Defensive Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1441274229-e1714597086897.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"David Long Jr.\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"96\" data-img-load-time=\"659\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0The New York Giants signed a Super Bowl-winning defensive back in 2024 NFL free agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0signed some Super Bowl-winning experience for a rebuilding secondary by acquiring defensive back\u00a0David Long Jr.\u00a0in a post-2024 NFL draft free agency raid.<\/p>\n<p>Long\u2019s arrival was confirmed by\u00a0Giants.com Managing Editor Dan Salomone\u00a0on Wednesday, May 1. He reported how Long gained his exposure to the Lombardi Trophy with the\u00a0Los Angeles Rams\u00a0back in the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old \u201chas appeared in 66 regular-season games with 12 starts. His career numbers include 97 tackles, eight passes defensed, and an interception. He has also played in six postseason games with one start, which occurred in the Rams\u2019 victory over the Bengals in Super Bowl LVI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Long, who \u201cwas originally a third-round draft choice by the Rams in 2019,\u201d followed his Super Bowl win by suiting up \u201cfor three teams (Raiders, Panthers, and Packers) in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll now join a Giants\u2019 defensive backfield made over by the additions of\u00a0Jalen Mills\u00a0in\u00a0free agency, as well as two\u00a0draft picks, safety\u00a0Tyler Nubin\u00a0and cornerback\u00a0Andru Phillips.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>David Long Jr. a Versatile Addition to Thin Position Group<\/h2>\n<p>There was a room for another cornerback, and the Giants have wisely signed one who\u2019s versatile enough to play multiple spots. As\u00a0Nick Falato of SB Nation\u2019s Big Blue View\u00a0detailed, \u201cLong has 964 career snaps out wide and 275 inside at slot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Giants have contenders to play on the perimeter or to line up inside. Long could be more of a factor in the latter role, where\u00a0returning restricted\u00a0free agent\u00a0Nick McCloud\u00a0has spent time.<\/p>\n<p>So has\u00a0Cor\u2019Dale Flott, but Long could take some slot snaps from both if he proves he can still make plays like his maiden pro interception. Long\u00a0snatched the pick\u00a0as a member of the Rams against the\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Signing Long has given the Giants and new defensive coordinator Shane Bowen some scheme flexibility on the back end. There\u2019s still work to do, though, before they can complete a necessary overhaul of the secondary.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Giants Have Remade Secondary<\/h2>\n<p>Similar scheme flexibility is afforded by the presence of safety Mills, who can also play cornerback. Yet, Bowen may prefer to lean on this year\u2019s third-round draft pick Phillips at corner.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-University of Kentucky standout was compared to one of Bowen\u2019s former players by\u00a0Dane Brugler of The Athletic\u00a0(h\/t Brugler\u2019s colleague\u00a0Dan Duggan): \u201cHe\u2019s a Brugler favorite who he compared to Roger McCreary, who was a second-round pick by the Titans when Shane Bowen was the DC there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"922af06d21f10dc416e2b828fe176fdc\">\n<article>Here\u2019s the Andru Phillips scouting report from\u00a0@dpbrugler. He\u2019s a Brugler favorite who he compared to Roger McCreary, who was a second-round pick by the Titans when Shane Bowen was the DC there:<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>Phillips is a tough defensive back who isn\u2019t afraid to make tackles at every level of the field. The 22-year-old is credited by\u00a0Giants.com\u00a0with being \u201csticky on routes,\u201d as well as having \u201cthe mindset of a safety when engaged in run support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An appetite for contact in the running game was summed up by Phillips being an active tackler in 2023, per\u00a0PFF NY Giants.<\/p>\n<div id=\"c7feeede2402a754db6cf8a6d22f2ee3\">\n<article>Andru Phillips: Career best 23 defensive stops in 2023 (1st among SEC CBs) \ud83d\udcaa<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Giants still lack elite-level talent at cornerback, and the additions of Phillips and Long don\u2019t change that. Even so, a commitment to adding more bodies to the mix increases the chances of Bowen assembling a group better fitted to a\u00a0matchup scheme more subtle\u00a0than the man-heavy coverage plan favored by his predecessor Don \u2018Wink\u2019 Martindale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0The New York Giants signed a Super Bowl-winning defensive back in 2024 NFL free agency. 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