
If you’re going to have a good defense in the NFL these days, you better have a stud safety. That’s what the New York Giants have in second-year player Xavier McKinney, so their defense is starting on solid footing under new coordinator Wink Martindale.
The Alabama standout who fell the Giants in Round 2 of the 2021 NFL draft missed the first half of his rookie season with a fractured bone in his foot. He didn’t play his first NFL down until November.