A late-round pick in the 2022 draft has turned out to be a rare bright spot for the Giants in what has been a difficult season all over the field.
Ahead of the Giants’ Week 11 game against the Commanders, linebacker Micah McFadden was reminded of his standout Week 7 performance against Washington when he recorded five total tackles, two quarterback hits, a half-sack and earned an elite 89.8 overall grade from Pro Football Focus.
Since then, he has continued to make strides in his second season and he may be stepping into a bigger role at FedEx Field if fellow linebacker Bobby Okereke’s hip injury doesn’t improve.
“Yeah, I believe it would be Micah. We’d sit down and talk about it,” Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale said regarding who would replace Okereke communicating the plays on defense. “[Darrian] Beavs [Beavers] is really starting to come back from a knee injury and looking well, doing nice things in practice, so I think we would have to wait and see what we could do roster-wise and everything else with Joe [Schoen] and Dabes [Brian Daboll] and go from there, but you know Micah has been playing well. Got a little beat up in the Dallas game, but I think that’s what we would have to do.
