{"id":836760,"date":"2026-03-27T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836760\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:55:13","slug":"giants-urged-to-draft-guard-who-is-tougher-and-nastier-than-cam-skattebo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836760\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants urged to draft guard who is &#8216;tougher and nastier&#8217; than Cam Skattebo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2026, 7:03 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">How high is guard on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a>&#8216; list of needs this offseason?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants lost their leading wide receiver from last season, Wan&#8217;Dale Robinson, to the Tennessee Titans in free agency. Without their 1,000-yard receiver, the Giants have an opening to add another top talent at the position. Adding another defensive tackle next to former two-time second-team All-Pro Dexter Lawrence is also a clear area of need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/48303738\/2026-nfl-draft-team-needs-depth-chart-holes-prospect-fits#NYG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">ESPN\u2019s Matt Miller<\/a> believes the Giants have an opportunity to address their need at guard with Georgia Tech right guard Keylan Rutledge in the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Keylan Rutledge, G, Georgia Tech. Protecting\u00a0Jaxson Dart\u00a0and opening holes for\u00a0Cam Skattebo\u00a0is paramount to the Giants&#8217; draft plans. Rutledge might be the only prospect tougher and nastier than Skattebo. He&#8217;s an elite run-game blocker and has upside in pass protection, making him a fixture at right or left guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rutledge did not allow a single sack in 2025. He also allowed only five total pressures last season. Pro Football Focus highly praised Rutledge for his run blocking. He projects as a strong addition to the Giants\u2019 depth chart at the position, especially since New York has not re-signed Greg Van Roten this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rutledge currently has a draft projection of Round 3 or Round 4.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774612513_444_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 7:03 a.m. ET How high is guard on the New York Giants&#8216; list of needs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,96069,96070,97116,95882,95896,95891,95888,96683,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-836760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","13":"tag-sstsngiants","14":"tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","15":"tag-tagamerican-football","16":"tag-tagnational-sports","17":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagnfl-draft","20":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","21":"tag-tagsports-news","22":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116301012974491806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836760","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=836760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}