Chase Blackburn is the Giants starting MLB going into camp

Reuters/Jeff Haynes Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell confirmed the news on Friday all the while indicating Blackburn will have to work hard to guarantee the position will stay his. Says Fewell , “Chase goes back to that role. (Mark) Herzlich will have an opportunity to compete for that role. Greg Jones will have an opportunity to compete for that role. And we’re not opposed to putting Keith Rivers (the veteran outside linebacker the G-Men traded for during draft negotiations), giving him an opportunity to compete for that role. So there’s going to be competition.” The Giants currently have a “dilemma” most teams only dream of – an overwhelming amount of talent in the linebacking corps and the multitude of potential defensive strategies that talent brings along with it. Where everyone will eventually settle in the rotation will most likely not be decided for a while now but as of today it does appear that Chase Blackburn is the “two-down Mike” in the middle with Michael Bole...