Giants Offensive Line Given Brutally Harsh Grade by PFF

Since winning Super Bowl XLVI, the New York Giants have struggled to field a consistent and competent offensive line.

It's a big reason the organization hasn't come close to that championship run since. New York has had chances to solve its offensive line issues, but none have worked out.

That's why it should come as no surprise that Pro Football Focus ranked the unit among the worst in the league.

In PFF's annual preseason offensive line rankings, the Giants are a brutally harsh 28th in the 32-team league ahead of the New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals, and Houston Texans.

"The only thing keeping the Giants' offensive line from sinking further down this list is left tackle Andrew Thomas, who ranked third among offensive tackles in 2022 with a 90.3 PFF overall grade and has posted 75.0-plus marks in each of the past four years," PFF wrote. "However, the former Georgia player logged fewer than 1,000 snaps over the past two seasons. If he cannot stay on the field in 2025, New York might end up with the worst offensive line in the league."

The good news for New York is that Thomas is an outstanding player and should be able to anchor the group when fully healthy.

The bad news is that they have the second-worst line in the NFC, and there's no guarantee the Pro Bowl tackle will be healthy enough for a full season. In the last couple of years, Thomas and the Giants' offensive line have started the year off relatively solid, but struggled the minute he suffered an injury.

Draft picks like John Michael Schmitz and Evan Neal haven't worked out, either.

None of this should be surprising. New York will have to prove a lot more on the field to receive credit moving forward.

But it is an ugly reminder of how bad it has gotten for the Giants over the last decade.