The New York Giants turned things around in 2016, led by a defense that had a $200 million overhaul last offseason. But now they face a tall order in repeating that success due to several players potentially hitting the free agent market.

The common belief is that general manager Jerry Reese will not be able to re-sign all of their starters, and will be forced to make a choice between defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins.

Reese, of course, has said he feels it’s feasible to re-sign both and not completely blow all of their cap space. And with the official start to free agency looming, it now appears that’s exactly what Reese & Co. plan to do.

Jordan Raanan of ESPN reports that Big Blue will not only make a legitimate effort to re-sign both Pierre-Paul and Hankins, but will make an equally emphatic push to re-sign linebacker Keenan Robinson as well.

“The Giants are trying very hard — they’re going to try very hard to keep that defense together. That’s what I’m hearing right now,” Raanan said in a Facebook Q&A. “The Giants want to keep that defense together. . . . Their desire, from what I hear, is to bring back JPP and Hankins and a guy like Keenan Robinson.

“They think that defense has the potential to be really special. So I think the odds are, right now, the odds are greater than 50% they are back for next season. All of them.”

Bringing back even two of the three should be considered a relatively tall order, but re-signing all three would be some sort of wizardry by Jerry Reese. But given what we’ve seen from him in recent years, there’s no reason to put it past him.

How much this will ultimately cost the Giants and how they structure these contract offers remains to be seen, but at least in the case of Pierre-Paul, he’s looking for upwards of $85 million.

Still, as expensive as it would be, consistency is essential in the NFL and the Giants have something they know works. So if they do bring back JPP, Hankins and Robinson, they’ll start 2017 off on the right foot.