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The New York Giants wrapped up the offseason workouts with mandatory minicamp earlier this week, giving us a glimpse of the position battles taking place.
One of the major storylines we will be keeping an eye on throughout training camp and the preseason is the position battles taking place across the roster.
Some of these battles are taking place for starting roles. Others include a handful of players competing for depth spots and rotational roles on both sides of the ball.
No starting jobs or rotational roles were won during the spring workouts, but they did lay the foundation for the competitions set to take place at training camp.
The majority of work in the Giants backfield will go to Devin Singletary, who signed a three-year deal with the team during free agency. However, the backup role will include some significant playing time, and it appears a rookie is leading that battle.
We’re just going to group the entire line together since there are so many moving parts. As it currently stands, Eluemunor is the starting left guard with Runyan at right guard and Neal getting another chance to earn the starting right tackle position.
Though Eluemunor can play both guard and tackle, the Giants want him inside next to left tackle Andrew Thomas. How long that remains the case depends on Neal, who didn’t take any team or individual reps as he recovers from offseason ankle surgery.
If Neal can make strides and give the Giants even adequate play at right tackle, they won’t be forced to move Eluemunor from the guard position.
When Neal was out of the lineup, third-year player Joshua Ezeudu got the reps at right tackle. Ezeudu kicked to left tackle when Thomas got rest during the spring, leading to Yodny Cajuste working at right tackle.
With Deonte Banks on one side and rookie Andru Phillips likely to take over the nickel duties in Shane Bowen’s defense, there’s a competition for the starting boundary role opposite Banks. Throughout the offseason workouts, there has been one clear leader.
The starting boundary role opposite Banks is Flott’s job to lose. The Giants are sticking with the third-year cornerback over Nick McCloud and Tre Hawkins III, and there’s a good chance it remains this way going into the regular season.
