Arvell Reese has barely gotten his Giants camp work in, and already he’s forcing the kind of conversation teams usually try to avoid this early: what happens to Tremaine Edmunds now?
That’s the ripple effect of a first week that has Reese looking every bit like the player New York hoped it was getting with the fifth overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Giants’ top selection has been turning heads in West Virginia, and he’s not just impressing inside the building. NFL Network’s Brian Baldinger put it plainly: “You cannot take your eyes off of Arvell Reese…The way he moves, and his size, it's freakish."
That kind of buzz is enough to make people start looking back at one of the Giants’ biggest offseason investments. Edmunds arrived on a three-year, $36 million contract, brought in as the replacement for Bobby Okereke and expected to be the middle linebacker and defensive anchor in Dennard Wilson’s defense. He also gives New York a veteran presence for Reese, who is expected to play middle linebacker himself.
But Reese’s rapid rise has reopened the debate over whether that money was the right use of resources.
This wasn’t exactly a brand-new question, either. ESPN’s Seth Walder already labeled the Edmunds deal an overpay when he graded each team’s offseason and gave the Giants a B+.
None of that means Edmunds is a bad player, or that the signing was a mistake. The Giants do have depth at linebacker, and adding a Pro Bowl defender at a position of need still makes sense. Edmunds helps stabilize the middle and makes New York’s defense better right now.
Still, Reese changes the math. If the rookie keeps looking like this, the way Harbaugh and Wilson divide the snaps between Reese, Edmunds and Micah McFadden will be worth watching closely. And it’s fair to wonder what else the Giants could have done with that money - about $12 million per season - if they had rolled into the season with Reese and McFadden leading the middle and used the savings elsewhere, perhaps at cornerback.
For now, the bigger picture is simple. Reese is only 20 years old, and Edmunds brings plenty to the table. But if the rookie keeps flashing like this, the Giants may end up thinking less about what Edmunds adds and more about what Reese could become.
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