{"id":138245,"date":"2025-06-18T00:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T00:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/138245\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T00:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T00:05:14","slug":"giants-lt-andrew-thomas-tied-to-lengthy-return-timetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/138245\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants LT Andrew Thomas Tied To Lengthy Return Timetable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Thomas<\/a>\u2018 injury trouble has hamstrung the Giants\u2019 offensive line over the past two seasons. Since signing a big-ticket extension in summer 2023, Thomas has missed 18 games.<\/p>\n

The latest batch of absences came as a result of a Lisfranc injury the former second-team All-Pro suffered in October<\/a>. Thomas underwent surgery to repair the issue<\/a>, ending his season, but this recovery timetable looks to have been delayed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Initial expectations for Thomas pointed to a return to full strength by OTAs, according to the New York Daily News\u2019 Pat Leonard<\/a>, but the sixth-year blocker has not participated in the Giants\u2019 offseason program. However, the team does not appear too worried about this hold-up. Adjusted expectations have led to a cautious approach, Leonard adds, one that produced a revised timetable for a buildup during the offseason program and a return in training camp.<\/p>\n

Brian Daboll did not, however, confirm Thomas would be ready by the start of camp. Considering the injury occurred in Week 6 last season, it would be a key storyline were Thomas not ready to go next month. The Giants not viewing their top O-lineman as ready would lead to a stay on the active\/PUP list to start camp. Thus far, no signs indicating Thomas would need to miss regular-season time have emerged. But the Giants have seen the former top-five pick\u2019s injury trouble intervene on a few occasions.<\/p>\n

Thomas has also endured setbacks while recovering from a previous injury. He needed to restart hamstring rehab after a setback occurred during an early-season recovery<\/a> in 2023. That hiccup led to Thomas missing seven games. This came after the Georgia alum needed two ankle surgeries earlier in his career.<\/p>\n

The Giants then allowed the second-most sacks in a season (85) since team sacks-allowed data had been charted in the early 1960s. Although the team gave Jon Runyan Jr.<\/a> a $10MM-per-year deal in free agency in 2024, its other O-line pillars have not stepped up. Evan Neal<\/a> has proven to be a bust, and has since been shifted to guard in a last-ditch effort<\/a> to salvage value, while 2023 second-round center John Michael Schmitz<\/a> has not panned out yet. This has highlighted Thomas\u2019 injury trouble, as Pro Football Focus ranked last year\u2019s Giants O-line 23rd as a group.<\/p>\n

Big Blue has used James Hudson<\/a> as the first-string tackle during the offseason program, Leonard adds. The Giants gave Hudson a two-year, $12MM deal to be their swing tackle. That certainly represents upper-crust backup money for an O-lineman, but after Thomas\u2019 past two seasons, such a move was probably necessary. The team also drafted Purdue\u2019s Marcus Mbow<\/a> in Round 5, using the former Big Ten standout \u2014 who drew guard buzz during the pre-draft process \u2014 at both tackle spots during the offseason program. While insurance measures are in place, the Giants\u2019 viability as a reliable O-line \u2014 in a season that will likely feature some Jaxson Dart<\/a> starts \u2014 hinges on Thomas\u2019 return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Thomas\u2018 injury trouble has hamstrung the Giants\u2019 offensive line over the past two seasons. Since signing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[8190,7,519,27105,284,1917,56,2321,2469,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-138245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-andrew-thomas","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-james-hudson-iii","12":"tag-marcus-mbow","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-giants","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkgiants","17":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114701449731111451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}