The Giants have a need for pass rushers on defense, especially with Markus Golden set to hit free agency.

ESPN’s Bill Barnwell came up with at least one possible solution to that problem.

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In an exercise centered around where Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ends up as a free agent and projecting the dominos that fall after that, Barnwell came up with a trade for the Giants.

In the scenario, Brady signs with the Chicago Bears, and in order to clear up some cap space ... they make a deal with the Giants.

The trade: Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd for a Giants sixth-round pick.

Here’s the explanation: To free up cap room, the Bears need to move on from their former first-round pick, who has $13.2 million in unguaranteed salary left on the final year of his rookie deal. A Giants team desperate for pass-rushing help sends a late-round pick to the Bears for Floyd, whose sack total has dropped each season since a seven-sack campaign in 2016.

Floyd isn’t quite the pass-rusher he once was, but the Giants are set to have significant cap space and can afford to take a flier on a proven player like the Bears linebacker, especially at a position of need.

The 27-year-old had seven sacks as a rookie in 2016 but has only managed 4.5, four and three sacks, respectively, in the three seasons since then. He did have 39 total pressures in 2019, per Pro Football Focus, which second only to Khalil Mack for Chicago.

At the very least, he’d be an upgrade over the Giants’ current collection of linebackers.

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