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If Jon Beason is taken by the Giants with the 20th overall pick in Saturday's NFL Draft, he already anticipates one of the first calls he'll make. Time to dial up Jessie Armstead. "That's a phone call you make April 28 about 8 p.m.," Beason yesterday told The Post, "saying 'Jessie, man, I'm going to the Giants. Tell me what you think about the coaching staff, the organization, dos and don'ts, how were you so successful? That conversation is best left for after the draft."

That conversation could be more than hypothetical. The Giants are in the market for a starting linebacker and logic dictates they'll go in that direction with their first-round pick. Most likely, the Giants will be staring at Beason, Lawrence Timmons of Florida State and/or Paul Posluszny of Penn State. Beason and Timmons are probably viewed by the Giants as having greater upsides. Continue