Andrew Thomas Provides Update on Status | New York Giants

What uh how much were you able to do these last two of the this week, Wednesday and today? Yeah, so Wednesday got a little bit more than I did the last week doing some more stuff, one-on- ones. Um I actually did some individual stuff with extra guys like extra work on the side. Um and then Thursday scheduled day off and then today actually got some team reps. Um and that was my first time doing that. I thought it was pretty good. Obviously some technique I I got to work on to get back into the flow of things, but I thought it was a good day. Do you feel like you’re ready to go someday? I think we’ll see. Um I’ve been talking to the trainers. We’ll see. We’ll make that decision. Then you say you got some reps today. So you didn’t practice as as fully as you normally would? No. Okay. Do you want to be all or nothing? Is there like a situation where you could play like on a pitch count or something? Does that make sense for a left tackle or for the sake of an offensive line, do you have to be all or nothing? Yeah, we haven’t really discussed that, but I would say personally I would like if I’m on the field to play and I’m sure all the guys feel the same way. I think you need the continuity. Um it’s tough to be on the sideline and coming. I think rotation is a little harder than you know the same guy, same five guys playing. Are you trying to take this all the way to Sunday? Are you going to make a decision tomorrow? We’ll go through warm ups on Sunday. We’ll see how it feels tomorrow. That’s usually what the process has been like. I’ll have a whatever day we have scheduled from you on the field increase the volume and then if I respond well then we make a decision from there. So it’s kind of fluid thing we’ll talk about it after today tomorrow early in the morning. Andrew what goes into the decision for you right like how much of do you take into account you know we got to be careful how much is it just strictly how you feel like or you know like obviously if you it’s the Super Bowl you might be able to have like different standards than you have now. So how do you weigh that all together? Yeah, I would say my my biggest concern is um the risk of reinjury. Um so that’s something that I’ve been talking to the trainers and doctors about just to make sure that when I’m out there I’m ready to go and that’s why we’ve been increasing the volume but slowly just to make sure I respond well to it. Um and that’s you know just working on the pain management fig out what you can push through what you can’t. That’s what we’ve been you know discussing. Aside from injury do you have you played enough football that does matter that you didn’t practice that much? Like did you know what I mean? Like forgetting how like putting aside how you feel like does it matter that you only practiced twice or have you played enough that you ready? It’s like riding a bike. No, I think it matters. Um this training camp is not ideal. Uh but I’ve been in the system for a few years. Um this will be my sixth year. So I think once I get into the game, I’ll understand what to do. I my body will kind of translate. But for sure, I think missing those reps do hurt. Andrew, are you managing pain and soreness right now when you do ramp up? I am. And that’s the thing that I guess is pretty different from a few weeks back or a few months back. Like when I would have a nice day, um I would be sore for a few days after. And this this past few weeks after a nice day, I’m responding a little bit better.

Offensive Tackle Andrew Thomas speaks to the media Friday after practice at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. 

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25 comments

  21. I don’t understand what the Giants did with the deferred money. They should’ve did it somewhere else because if his injury happens again and he’s out for this year and misses a lot of games next year, you guys could look at the numbers it’s not good.

  23. This guy is basically useless at this point. I certainly HOPE Schoen drafts a tackle in the first next year. This team STILL needs an upgrade at EVERY position on the line. I can't believe they haven't gotten a single offensive lineman to play well in over a decade. Unbelievable.

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