Giants left deal with Andrew Thomas is opening coaching camp on the bodily unable to carry out (PUP) checklist, 9 months after surgical procedure to restore a Lisfranc harm in his proper foot.
Thomas, 26, initially was anticipated again on the follow discipline sooner from his Oct. 2024 surgical procedure. However Thomas, the Giants and his docs determined to be additional cautious along with his rehabilitation this spring and early summer time to keep away from a setback and get to Week 1 wholesome.
So the Giants’ 6-foot-5, 315-pound left deal with has been monitoring in direction of returning to the sphere someday round early August to make sure probably the most irreplaceable participant on the roster is prepared for the video games that depend.
He can come off the PUP checklist throughout camp at any time as soon as he’s prepared. It will likely be a breath of contemporary air, nevertheless, as soon as he does.
Thomas has performed in solely 16 of a attainable 34 video games the previous two seasons since signing a five-year, $117.5 million contract extension with the crew in July 2023. And the Giants have a 6-10 (.375) document with him and a 3-15 (.166) mark with out him throughout that span.
The Giants have rushed Thomas again to the sphere earlier than and discovered their lesson the onerous approach. He performed in solely 10 video games in 2023 as a result of an early-season hamstring harm that he aggravated by returning to follow too early.
That was on high of left ankle points that required two surgical procedures early in his profession earlier than docs utterly cleaned up his points on that foot.
Offseason signing James Hudson III performed left deal with with the primary crew offense in the course of the spring with Thomas sidelined. So Hudson is anticipated to be on Russell Wilson’s blind aspect when the Giants take the sphere for his or her first follow of camp Wednesday morning in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Giants’ different Tuesday enterprise included the signing of free agent security Ok’Von Wallace, who joins his fourth crew in three years. In addition they put operating again Eric Grey on the PUP checklist, put outdoors linebacker Victor Dimukeje on the non-football harm checklist and waived/injured security Anthony Johnson Jr.
Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll will open the primary day of camp follow with a 9:30 a.m. press convention. Then the gamers will begin their work at 10 a.m.
Initially Printed: July 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM EDT
