The New York Giants focused heavily on retooling their offensive line over the first week of free agency, signing Jermaine Eluemunor, Jon Runyan Jr., Austin Schlottmann, and Aaron Stinnie.
Of the group, only Eluemunor has significant experience at tackle.
After their introductory press conferences, it seems like Runyan and Eluemunor are slated to play guard with Schlottmann and Stinnie serving as backups. It would also mean Evan Neal reassumes his role as the team’s starting right tackle.
“Evan Neal is a really good player in my opinion. I think he has a lot of potential,” Eluemunor told reporters.
But those roles aren’t quite set in stone. At least not yet.
ESPN’s Jordan Raanan reports that the Giants have reached out to Neal’s team to discuss the possibility of him moving to guard. More specifically, to left guard alongside Andrew Thomas.
“I’ve also heard that the Giants had talked with Evan Neal’s team a little bit about playing left guard,” Raanan said on the Breaking Big Blue podcast.
For now, Neal remains penciled in at right tackle but Raanan doesn’t believe that will remain the case long-term — unless, of course, Neal drastically improves.
“Evan Neal, from what I understand, is the right tackle only until he’s not the right tackle,” Raanan said.
General manager Joe Schoen has refused to publicly entertain the idea of Neal moving inside to guard but it’s slowly becoming the most likely outcome.
Expect Neal and Eluemunor to see time at right tackle throughout the summer with a final decision being made closer to Week 1.
