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Finally. The Giants finally made the investment they needed to make and just like that, the football lives of Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley are greatly enhanced and, just maybe, a whole lot more pleasant and productive. In an unprecedented all-remote NFL Draft 2020, the Giants got back to the basics Thursday night, using the …
Finally.
The Giants finally made the investment they needed to make and just like that, the football lives of Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley are greatly enhanced and, just maybe, a whole lot more pleasant and productive.
In an unprecedented all-remote NFL Draft 2020, the Giants got back to the basics Thursday night, using the No. 4 overall pick to select Andrew Thomas, a left tackle from Georgia.
Isaiah Simmons, the do-everything Clemson linebacker, was on the board but the Giants opted to address their defensive needs later in this draft, unwilling to pass on their top-rated offensive lineman. By taking Thomas, 22, GM Dave Gettleman passes on the other top tackles, Jedrick Wills, Tristan Wirfs and Mekhi Becson.
There was oh-so-much talk about the depressing state of the Giants’ offensive line, a unit that was front-and-center in the failures of a franchise that lost an NFL-high 36 games the past three years. When Gettleman took over two years ago as general manager, he vowed to “fix’’ the offensive line. Two years later, he finally made good on that promise.
In his first two drafts running the show for the Giants, Gettleman took Barkley, a running back, and Jones, a quarterback, with his first-round picks and watched as the Giants won a total of nine games the past two seasons. With the addition of Thomas, perhaps the holes will open more widely for Barkley and the pocket will stay clean longer for Jones.
