en entrusted to their new DBs coach"The new assistant clasped his hands behind his back and addressed them in measured tones.Everett Withers was patient. He took each question in for a moment before giving a response.And he stood like a professor in mid-lecture — just one who wears blue warmups instead of a sport coat — when he spoke to reporters last week at the Giants indoor practice facility.How appropriate.Withers will have to teach as much as coach in his first season as their defensive backs coach. He simply has no other choice.He inherits a secondary as young as any in the NFL. There’s rookie cornerbacks DeAndre Baker (a first-round selection) http://www.giantsfanshop.com/Oshane-Ximines-Jersey , Julian Love (fourth) and Corey Ballentine (sixth). Second-year corners Grant Haley and Sam Beal, who might as well be a rookie, after missing all of last season with a right shoulder injury. And there’s second-year safety Sean Chandler, who played in 16 games in 2018 but did not start any. In all, there are 12 defensive backs on the current roster with less than two seasons of NFL experience.Baker expects to start opposite 2016 Pro Bowler Janoris Jenkins, while Beal, Love, Chandler and Haley all could log significant playing time.So class is in session. “It is exciting when you bring in all these young men. That’s the biggest thing,” Withers said. “Talented guys that can play.”Talented guys who need reps. Talented guys who will need to learn on the job. But Withers and assistant defensive backs coach Henry Baker might be the right men for such a job.College tiesWithers has NFL coaching experience, but perhaps more importantly, he and Baker know how to mold and develop young players.Baker has been an assistant at North Carolina, Maryland, Rutgers, Delaware and East Stroudsburg.Withers has coached in 10 different college programs, from Ohio State and Texas to James Madison and Austin Peay, over 24 seasons. At most of them, he served as a defensive backs coach or a defensive coordinator. The Charlotte native was a head coach at North Carolina, James Madison and Texas State.In fact, Withers’ relationship with defensive coordinator James Bettcher began in Chapel Hill, where they both were on Butch Davis’ staff in 2008 and 2009.“We’ve been friends for a long time,” said Withers, who was a defensive back and team captain at Appalachian State and has also coached with the Saints and Titans.As head coach at Texas State, a Sun Belt Conference program, he went 7-28 the past three seasons. He coached FCS program James Madison in 2014 and 2015, compiling an 18-7 record. He set the stage for its national championship run in 2016. And he took over for Davis at North Carolina as interim head coach in 2011, leading the Tar Heels to an 8-7 season.“I always thought I would end up back at the NFL level,” Withers said. “It is good to get back and around some elite players and athletes.”Talent to work withElite, but young athletes.DeAndre Baker won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back last season at Georgia.He and Love were first-team All-American corners. But there are challenges. Love is young, having left Notre Dame with a season of eligibility remaining. And some questioned his athleticism before the draft. Beal hasn’t played since 2017 after hurting his shoulder last season in his first professional practice. As a rookie Julian Love Jersey , Chandler produced only 18 tackles, five of which came in the season finale. And Ballentine played at Division II Washburn. He is still recovering from a gunshot wound to his backside that he suffered the night the Giants drafted him. His friend and former teammate, Dwane Simmons, died in the shooting. “When you watch him on tape, you don’t see a Division II player,” Withers said. “You see a talented football player that can run, jump, cover, do a lot of different things.”There are many questions in the young secondary beyond Jenkins and former first-round pick Jabrill Peppers at safety.The Giants plan to prepare Love for the nickel in a competition with Haley, while Beal figures to play outside behind starters Jenkins and Baker.So far, Withers has had help from the veteran Jenkins.“You take a guy like Janoris Jenkins, a guy that has been in the league for [eight] years and look at him more as an assistant coach,” he said. “He has taken that role so far this off-season and has done a really good job. …“He has such a vast amount of experience in this league that he can help guys not only schematically but understanding the game, splits of receivers and those things. He has done a really good job in the meeting rooms and on the field so far.”Withers and Co. will have to continue to school up those young players.The Giants season just might depend on them. For a myriad of reasons this is probably not going to happen"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections New York Giants NewsGiants Training Camp 2016Giants vs. Eagles 2015, Week 17New York Giants NewsRussell Wilson to Giants a nice dream, but probably nothing moreNew,117commentsFor a myriad of reasons this is probably not going to happenEDTShareTweetShareShareRussell Wilson to Giants a nice dream, but probably nothing moreRussell WilsonTim Heitman-USA TODAY SportsFor New York Giants fans, the words from Tyrann Mathieu were like fresh meat thrown into a shark tank. They caused a feeding frenzy.Meaning, of course, that Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson — at least according to Mathieu — wants to play for the Giants.As Ralph Vacchiano of SNY correctly noted that scenario is “probably not ever” going to happen.As Vacchiano wrote: That won’t stop the speculation. It won’t stop fans from dreaming, however far-fetched the idea. Vacchiano referred to it as “silly.”I certainly understand the Wilson chatter. Giants fans are tired of watching the organization put a bad product on the field. They are even more exhausted by the constant discussion of when and how the Giants will move on from Eli Manning, not to mention why they haven’t done so already.In the midst of the frenzy on Sunday, Chris Trapasso of CBS Sports tossed out a Wilson to the Giants trade idea that, to me, illustrates the folly of such a thing actually happening.I like Trapasso and I have had him as a guest on the ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast. The Giants, though, would be making a huge mistake to give up that much for Wilson.The Giants would get their quarterback, but what else would they have? They would http://www.giantsfanshop.com/Darius-Slayton-Jersey , essentially, be giving away the premium portions of their next two drafts. How would they add the defensive play makers they acknowledge desperately needing? Where is the right tackle going to come from? A center? A receiver?Oh, and trade Engram to boot? The guy who could benefit more than any other Giant from Odell Beckham Jr. being a Cleveland Brown, and who could be the second-best offensive player on the team behind Saquon Barkley? How do you replace what he does if you give up nearly all of your premium draft assets for the next two years? Sure, you’re getting your quarterback if you make that deal. You are, though, probably sentencing him to the same fate that has befallen Manning in recent years. Almost certainly surrounding him with a cast of characters that won’t be good enough to win with. Making a mega-move like that for a Wilson would be a sexy, splashy move. It would at least temporarily generate some excitement. Without the ability to add top-shelf talent around him, and stripping away some of what you already have to make it happen, would it really make the Giants better, though?Probably not.Wilson, 30, is in the last year of his deal with the Seahawks. The whole situation could come to a head on Monday as Wilson’s reps have given Seattle a deadline of today to reach a new deal. Read the entirety of King’s Wilson discussion in his ‘Football Morning in America’ column. The part that is directly applicable to the Giants is this:Seattle could, after this season, use the franchise tag on Wilson for 2020 and 2021. So, as Wilson indicted above, the Seahawks do have control over him if they choose to exercise it.Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated also breaks down the Wilson situation and says “We know Wilson will be the Seahawks’ quarterback in 2019.”What about the money?Wilson carries a $17 million base salary this season. Part of any deal to the Giants would have to include a new long-term deal that would cost the Giants far more than that per year.What about Manning? Really, what about the money already committed to Manning for 2019? The Giants have already paid him a $5 million roster bonus. Cutting him would add another $11.2 million in dead money to the bloated $33.879 million the Giants are already carrying.Doesn’t it make more sense long term to try and follow the path the Philadelphia Eagles took with Carson Wentz, the Kansas Chiefs with Patrick Mahomes, the Los Angeles Rams with Jared Goff? The Chicago Bears with Mitchell Trubisky?That path, of course, is to continue to build the roster. To find a quality young quarterback and take advantage of the team-friendly rookie contract he will be on to add as much talent as you can around him.That, at least, is what makes sense to me. Of course, I acknowledge the success of that hinges on finding the right young quarterback.Wilson in a Giants uniform? A nice dream, and I absolutely understand why the idea is exciting to some. It doesn’t, however, seem practical. Or likely.