Just as the odds of the Giants protecting Daniel Jones from the pass rush went down, the odds of sacking a quarterback went up.
Left tackle Andrew Thomas suffered a hamstring recovery issue during Thursday’s practice and will miss Monday’s game against the Seahawks, but outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari will miss Monday’s game against the Seahawks, head coach Brian Daboll said. He is expected to return from missing the game.
Daboll revealed before Saturday’s practice that Thomas was “not feeling well” during individual practice earlier this week.
Without Thomas, Josh Ezeudu is expected to start at left tackle for the third year in a row, with the Giants starting from left to right with Ezeudu, Mark Glowinski, John-Michael Schmitz, Marcus McKethan, This will be the third different starting offensive line configuration in Evan Neal. 4 games.
“We want all our best players to be there,” Daboll said. “But that’s why we have the players behind him. We trust them. Obviously, no one is Andrew Thomas. We want Josh to be Josh. Masu.”
Coach Daboll referred to Thomas’ status as “week to week,” but ruled him out on injured reserve (missing at least three games).
“We want to make sure the players are ready for the game and can do the necessary rehabilitation,” Daboll said. “I don’t know if he’ll be ready next week.”
Ojulari could provide a boost to a defense that has just two sacks, 16 pressures and the worst quarterback rush rate in the NFL (2.1 percent on dropbacks) in three games.
He has 13.5 sacks in 25 games during an injury-plagued career.
“He had a good week, felt good, practiced well…so we expect him to be there,” Daboll said. “He’s a good player for us and we have to get him into situations where he can utilize that skill set. He does a good job of rushing the passer, but we have to have good team defense to get into those situations.” must be done.”
