This is the kind of ribbing — even if there are no ribs — that is common in the offensive line room.
And at the risk of putting too fine a point on it, it’s part of the reason no one is freaking out, even after putting a Pro Bowler in Robert Hunt on IR the same day as Corbett, and turning over 40 percent of offensive line in the first month of the season.
These guys not only know each other’s games, they know each other.
Aside from busting Zavala’s chops (lamb, or otherwise), they also know that Mays can step in and start a game in a pinch, as he did last year. He returned from a short stint on the Giants practice squad to start eight of the final nine games last year in relief of Corbett, including the time when quarterback Bryce Young and the offense were playing their best ball.
“I feel like if you know Cade, you know that he’s an expert hunter,” Ekwonu noted. “But I thought the general public might not know that about him. I’ve seen the videos and pictures, he definitely likes to hunt, and become one with nature.”
This is true. Mays is an avid turkey hunter, with a goal to bag a bird in every state that has turkeys (49 total, since they don’t have them in Alaska, for reasons he can describe in very specific detail). He’s up to 18 states now, having added 11 in the past year, with trips west to Wyoming and Idaho and north to Maine and Vermont, among others.