Why the Giants should, and shouldn't, go after these players in the draft

Why the Giants should, and shouldn’t, go after these players in the draft

By Ryan Morik | Apr 14, 2020

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Why the Giants should go after a right tackle:

Mekhi Becton and Andrew Thomas are primarily left tackles, but with Nate Solder’s poor play last year, they need to be included.

As noted previously, the Giants have had a bad offensive line for quite some time. Currently, the starting right tackle is Nick Gates, who was undrafted in 2018 and didn’t make his debut until the following year. Out of the top 10 ranked offensive lines last season, eight of them had at least a .500 record. The Giants once prided themselves on their offensive line play, and they’ve made several attempts to massively boost it. It just hasn’t worked. Will Hernandez’s regression in his sophomore season is scary, too.

Why the Giants shouldn’t go after a right tackle:

Solder improved down the stretch last year. The Giants cannot, and should not, expect him to play as poorly as he did in the first half of the season again. Also, Kevin Zeitler had a PFF grade of over 70 in both pass and run blocking.

Again, Jones is able to move around and extend plays much better than Eli Manning was able to do. The Kansas City Chiefs had the 16th-highest ranked offensive line in football, one spot ahead of the Giants. Of course, they have Patrick Mahomes, but Jones has ability to play out of poor offensive line play.

It’s not saying much, but last year’s unit was probably their best since their last Super Bowl, and they will be keeping four starters.

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