Every NFL team has players who are underrated. They also have some overrated players as well. We won’t get into who on the New York Giants is overrated, but Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar has made list of each team’s mist underrated player is.

For the Giants, that would be outside linebacker Marcus Golden.

I know, Golden isn’t on the Giants’ roster. He is a free agent, but all signs are pointing to him returning to the Giants this summer after he garnered very little interest in free agency, sending his price has plummeting. The Giants decided to place the little-used UFA tender on Golden meaning if he can’t find a team by July 22, his rights revert back to the Giants.

Golden led Big Blue in sacks in 2019 with 10.0. The Giants signed Kyler Fackrell in free agency to replace Golden, but with the pass rush being what it is, they could use all the help they can get.

This is a bit of a cheat, as Golden isn’t currently on the Giants’ roster — they placed a UFA tender on the veteran that gives him until July 22 to find another team, or he’ll be back with Big Blue. If that’s the case, Patrick Graham’s defense will certainly benefit, because Golden has been one of the NFL’s sneaky-good pass-rushers for a while now. Last season, he led the team with 64 total pressures on a defense that was otherwise bereft of true pass-rushing talent, and when he’s given starters’ snaps as he was last year and with the Cardinals in 2015 and 2016, he’s able to use everything from speed moves to a bull rush to beat blockers to the quarterback.

And the Giants certainly need a player who can do that. Of course, Golden thrived in James Bettcher’s system in both Arizona and New York, but Graham and his staff are resilient. They’ll find a niche for Golden.