From ESPN discussion of who is in line for Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Reese is a very scary player. He has been on the field for over 99% of the defensive snaps for the Giants, opening the year in what has primarily been an off-ball linebacker role while leading the league in solo tackles (27). With
Brian Burns suffering a
season-ending torn ACL, though, the Giants moved Reese onto the line of scrimmage more often against the Cardinals in Week 4, with their first-round pick playing more than 46% of his defensive snaps as an edge defender, up from 34% over the first three weeks.
The operative phrase with Reese is going to be "stuffing the stat sheet," and we're already getting there. Against the Cardinals, Reese recorded his third tackle for loss of the season, batted down a pass and caught an interception off a deflection at the line of scrimmage. Another Reese pressure on a blitz from the second level hit
Jacoby Brissett as he threw and produced a pick by
Greg Newsome II on an underthrown ball. Reese isn't the
Micah Parsons-esque pass rusher Giants fans might have hoped they were landing when he fell to the fifth pick of this year's draft, but New York probably doesn't beat Arizona on Sunday without him being the best player on the field.