Linebacker a Giant need

After watching Carlos Emmons and LaVar Arrington get cut from either side of him two months ago, Antonio Pierce knows the Giants are likely to add a linebacker sometime in the first three rounds of the draft tomorrow. He just doesn't expect a rookie to step in right away and help.

Given the Giants' track record at drafting linebackers, it's debatable whether he'll ever help at all. It's ironic, considering so much of the franchise's history is centered around great linebackers, but since they picked Carl Banks at No.3 in 1984, the Giants have been absolutely terrible drafting players at the position. In the 22 drafts since, they've drafted only two Pro Bowl linebackers - Pepper Johnson (second round, 1986) and Jessie Armstead (eighth, 1993). Continue