EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Last year, the New York Giants had the league’s worst defense, a need they hope they addressed as they spent the offseason splashing cash on the unit. All told, they invested over $200 million just on the defensive side of the ball, a staggering amount.

Not to mention three of their first four draft picks were defensive players. The unit should be better.

In free agency the Giants re-signed defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and brought in linebacker Keenan Robinson, cornerback Janoris Jenkins, nose tackle Damon Harrison as well as defensive end Olivier Vernon. Even if the defense is merely ‘average’ this year, it will be a big step forward in the franchise’s quest to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2011. Given that the offense is a top-five unit on paper, an average defense can take this team to the NFC East title.

In the eyes of their greatest player of all-time, it was a good start but Lawrence Taylor wants to wait and see what else is out there.

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“They spent a lot of money. Now the catch is if it will result in something. You know how it goes, guys goes out there, have a couple years, they get paid and they get lackadaisical. They are not hungry anymore. That is going to be the big question: Is it going to turn into something? I think the defense is a decent defense. I think they are going to add some more guys [in the draft] and make a stronger defense. They still need some offensive line help,” Taylor told ‘Giants Wire’ in an interview held days before the NFL Draft.

“It’s a new era, it is a new coach. The Giants are one of those teams, they can do anything, they can sometimes take it. And sometimes when you think they don’t have it, they can come back and win it all.”

Taylor spoke in a one-on-one interview at Miami Mike’s Sports Zone during an autograph signing hosted and promoted by JAG Sports marketing.