The New York Giants’ offensive line has been one of many league’s worst over the previous decade and one of many foremost causes they’ve sunk to the underside of the NFL standings.
Many thought the workforce had taken care of the road through the use of main sources within the draft and in free company in recent times however to little avail.
If something, the road has gotten worse.
Final season, the Giants allowed 85 sacks, the second most in NFL historical past behind the 1986 Philadelphia Eagles (104) and 20 greater than some other workforce allowed.
Extra particularly, their inside offensive line surrendered extra sacks than your entire five-man unit of 20 NFL groups.
The Giants’ iOL gave up extra sacks than your entire OLs of 20 NFL groups, in line with PFF (excluding sacks attributed to the quarterback) https://t.co/nE3nEor4py
— Doug Analytics (@Doug_Analytics) April 6, 2024
The Giants have an All-Professional left deal with in Andrew Thomas, however he missed seven video games within the first half of the season because of a hamstring difficulty. Proper deal with Evan Neal, one other top-10 draft choose, was additionally hampered by accidents and has been largely inconsistent.
The Giants drafted a high middle final yr in John Michael Schmitz, however he injured his shoulder on a poorly executed model of the ‘tush push’ inflicting him to overlook 4 video games.
The Giants’ guards have been additionally in flux. Ben Bredeson acquired probably the most enjoying time and accidents to others led them to tug veteran Justin Pugh “off the sofa.”
The outcomes confirmed because the Giants have been clearly dominated within the offensive trenches final season. This yr, they imagine they’ve cauterized the injuries by signing veterans Jon Runyon Jr., and Jermaine Eluemunor to fill the guard roles.
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