D. J. Reader
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Oct 29, 2026
Ed ValentineGUEST
if you're going to zero in on one thing that just has to get better is that is the rotation on the defensive line.
Ed ValentineGUEST
DJ reader has been phenomenal.
Ed ValentineGUEST
Shelby Harris has been okay.
Ed ValentineGUEST
Up and down a couple of good games, couple so-so games, um, behind those guys, they've been, you know, they're using three young players in the rotation, Darius Alexander, CJ Okoye, um, And Bobby Jamison Travis.
14 MINS LATER
Ed ValentineGUEST
On defense, I got to give you Arvel Reese.
Ed ValentineGUEST
I got to give you Reese just because he's clearly the best player on that defense.
Ed ValentineGUEST
You could make an argument for DJ Reader just because of how important it was for the giants to find a steady quality run, defending, you know, double team eating horse after losing Dexter Lawrence, but I'm going with Arville Reese.
Ed ValentineGUEST
Um, just, just because of, uh, of how dominant the kid absolutely is in, in everything that he does and, and, and on special teams on special teams, uh, Jordan Stout's underpaid.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I know some of you are going to say, no, no, no, we don't want to give up any more draft assets.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But if you want to stop the run and this backup depth behind Shelby Harris and DJ Reader is they're just not getting it done consistently, you might need to pour in more resources.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And they poured in a lot of resources.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And let's face it, come next year in the draft, I would not be surprised if day one or day two pick is a defensive lineman.
Stephie SmallsHOST
I would expect Gibbs to, out of all those, I expect us to maybe struggle against Gibbs a little bit.
Ryan KramerGUEST
DJ Reader revenge game?
Stephie SmallsHOST
Oh, shit.
Stephie SmallsHOST
Come on.
Jerry FoleyHOST
I'm not saying he's going to be Dexter Lawrence, but he should be able to hold something down.
Jerry FoleyHOST
And without DJ reader, this defensive line is nothing right now.
Dave SyvertsenHOST
Yeah.
Dave SyvertsenHOST
I mean, it's bad.
Dave SyvertsenHOST
I know we're going to get to the MVPs.
Dave SyvertsenHOST
I mean, he's not my MVP, but he's up there.
Dave SyvertsenHOST
DJ Reader is probably, if you want to say most valuable, like you can't lose him.
Dave SyvertsenHOST
I actually think this team would be in much more trouble if DJ Reader went down instead of Brian Burns.
Stephie SmallsHOST
I would expect Gibbs to, out of all those, I expect us to maybe struggle against Gibbs a little bit.
Ryan KramerGUEST
DJ Reader, Revenge Game?
Stephie SmallsHOST
Oh, shit.
Stephie SmallsHOST
Come on.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I know some of you are going to say, no, no, no, we don't want to give up any more draft assets.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But if you want to stop the run and this backup depth behind Shelby Harris and DJ Reader is they're just not getting it done consistently, you might need to pour in more resources.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And they've poured in a lot of resources.
Patricia TrainaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And let's face it, come next year in the draft, I would not be surprised if day one or day two pick is a defensive lineman.
Shaun MorashHOST
Nobody wanted to be a traitor.
Shaun MorashHOST
DJ Reader, nobody wanted to be a traitor.
Shaun MorashHOST
And Abdul Carter just being unleashed, which I think has been wonders.
Shaun MorashHOST
And in the end, again, we're at a point where, I don't know, I thought I would leave this season thinking Giants' first-round pick probably should be the best corner on the board.
18 MINS LATER
Justin PenikHOST
You know what I mean? Yeah.
Justin PenikHOST
So all of these guys are kind of hitting their stride.
Justin PenikHOST
DJ Reader.
Justin PenikHOST
DJ Reader is playing football that's closer to what he was doing in Cincinnati.
ChrisGUEST
They sent five to six, which is then going to throw CJ Stroud into those positions where he's dropping back and he's going to have to get the ball out quicker than he probably anticipated.
ChrisGUEST
And I'll touch on DJ Reader in a minute.
ChrisGUEST
I just think he's just a quality player.
ChrisGUEST
We will need to find someone, if he ever goes down, to back up.
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AaronHOST
And is one of the reasons why the entire offense had a big breakout game.
AaronHOST
Chris, who's your player of the game?
ChrisGUEST
My player of the game was DJ Reader.
ChrisGUEST
I know, like, just the tackles that he's managed to get solos and assists.
Pete SmithGUEST
And obviously the biggest key was the Bronx did a really good job dealing with their giant nose tackle.
Pete SmithGUEST
They have one of the best defensive tackles in football, and we've seen this before, particularly with the Cincinnati Bengals When they had DJ Reader, there were games where he just absolutely destroyed the game.
Pete SmithGUEST
It was over because DJ Reader ended it.
Pete SmithGUEST
Just could not do anything.
Pete SmithGUEST
The Browns did a really, really good job up front.
ChrisHOST
A guy, not that I'm comparing him to these players, of course not, but A guy that we haven't really mentioned who deserves some shine.
ChrisHOST
DJ Reader's done a really good job for this team.
ChrisHOST
You want to talk about a good signing by Shane that's kind of under the radar? He's done a really good job for the Giants on a cost-effective salary this year.
AdrianaPANELIST
Before this week, he was top five interior defensive lineman in the NFL.
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