And on the third day, the Giants spoke to the offensive line.
The 154th pick (round 5) of the 2025 NFL Draft took to General Manager Joe Shane to put in the card from Marcus Mbow, who has experienced guarding and right tackling in four years at Purdue.
He probably projects as a guard for the Giants, adding much needed doses of youth and athletic ability inside the line.
There were no major additions to the free agency line this offseason. The signatures of James Hudson III and Stone Forsyth were made to increase the depth chart with tackles.
Currently, the starting guards are two returning veterans, Jon Runyan Jr. and Greg Van Roten.
In the spares are Aaron Stinney and Evan Neal, who is probably bust with a right tackle and may head for a position change in 2022’s first round pick (No. 7 overall).
Mbow was expected to go early.
On Friday night he hosted a draft party with family and friends at his home, but “things didn’t go well.”
A day later it was a much smaller group, poised for a call that came from the Giants in the end.
“It was a waiting game, but at the end of the day it really doesn’t matter,” said Mbow, who sounds modestly.
Mbow, a college teammate for Purdue of Giants, ran through Tyrone Tracy Jr., filmed in the fifth round last year, but in 2023 he only had six games restricted by a leg injury, but in 2024 he started all 12 games (the right tackle).
This is Shane’s first offensive lineman since John Michael Schmitz Center in the second round of 2023. This is a pick that needs to be hit because the offensive lineman doesn’t have a strong track record.
In addition to picking Neal in 2022, the Giants also drafted Josh Ezedo (3rd round) and Marcus McKettan (5th round), both of which didn’t do much.
Mbow said: “I feel I can succeed in all five positions.”
In the Senior Bowl, he met with the Giants and saw him act on his tapes together.
“Look it out, see what I remember, knock people, see movements, see athleticism,” he said.
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He liked the “knocking people” part.
“No doubt,” he said. It’s always fun. That’s definitely part of why I love the game. ”
