Andrew Thomas on the oline

as often as possible.

In comment 16596639 HopePhil and Optimistic said:

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as often as possible.

yeah, that's probably not something he'll need to worry about

What scapegoat means. While he personally hasn’t been a problem, the Giants offensive line has been one of the worst OL groups in the history of the NFL.

They haven’t been scapegoats. They’re the #1 reason why this team has sucked for years. The QB is #2.

In comment 16596643 Danny Kanell said:

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What scapegoat means. While he personally hasn’t been a problem, the Giants offensive line has been one of the worst OL groups in the history of the NFL. They haven’t been scapegoats. They’re the #1 reason why this team has sucked for years. The QB is #2.

But I’d imagine what he’s referring to is that everyone, including the owner, has thrown the oline under the bus publicly. They haven’t done the same with the QB, who is 1B to the oline being 1A on the problem list.

In comment 16596643 Danny Kanell said:

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What scapegoat means. While he personally hasn’t been a problem, the Giants offensive line has been one of the worst OL groups in the history of the NFL. They haven’t been scapegoats. They’re the #1 reason why this team has sucked for years. The QB is #2.

They absolutely have not been scapegoats. I doubt Thomas thinks differently; he's just not a linguist in a post-practice interview.

I think Thomas knows exactly what he's saying. The line has deserved plenty of blame, but they've been blamed for the Sun being too warm.

this seems like the best Daniel Jones has had by far. Goes without saying that if there's not an uptick in his performance, than obviously his job won't be safe next year, but I'm optimistic he'll have a very good year.

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time I read it I kind of took it as, "We're not going to be the excuse as to why Jones and the rest of the team is playing poorly anymore." Don't think that's exactly how he meant it though, he's just saying he doesn't think the o-line is be the biggest weakness anymore.

1- He is really good and his unit sucks
2- He is really good and the owner regularly shits all over his unit in public while drooling over a mediocrity who is much worse than him

The team has had 2 exceptionally good players recently, one of whom is Thomas. The owner has a public love affair with 2 other players for non football reasons. Maybe Thomas doesn't care about any of that. But you could see it if he does.

can read...btw I love the quote from AT, all of it

After AT hurt in game 1 until return in week 9 the OL was: what a shit show

WK2 - McKethan, Ezeudu, JMS, Glowinski, Neal
WK3 - McKethan, Ezeudu, JMS, Lemieux, Neal
WK4 - McKethan, Ezeudu, Bredeson, Lemieux, Neal
WK5 - McKethan and Ezeudu get hurt Mayfield, Peart get 1/2 game. Bredeson, Glowinski, Neal
WK6 - Pugh, McKethan, Bredeson, Glowinski, Neal
WK7 - McKethan, Pugh, Bredeson, Glowinski, Phillips
WK8 - Pugh, Bredeson, JMS, Glowinski, Phillips.
WK9 - AT, Pugh, JMS, Bredeson, Neal.

LT - McKethan (5). Pugh (2)
LG - Ezeudu (5) Pugh (2) Bredeson (1)
C - JMS (4) Bredeson (4)
RG - Glowinski (5) Lemieux (2) Bredeson (1)
RT - Neal (6) Phillips (2)

In comment 16597108 stretch234 said:

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After AT hurt in game 1 until return in week 9 the OL was: what a shit show WK2 - McKethan, Ezeudu, JMS, Glowinski, Neal WK3 - McKethan, Ezeudu, JMS, Lemieux, Neal WK4 - McKethan, Ezeudu, Bredeson, Lemieux, Neal WK5 - McKethan and Ezeudu get hurt Mayfield, Peart get 1/2 game. Bredeson, Glowinski, Neal WK6 - Pugh, McKethan, Bredeson, Glowinski, Neal WK7 - McKethan, Pugh, Bredeson, Glowinski, Phillips WK8 - Pugh, Bredeson, JMS, Glowinski, Phillips. WK9 - AT, Pugh, JMS, Bredeson, Neal. LT - McKethan (5). Pugh (2) LG - Ezeudu (5) Pugh (2) Bredeson (1) C - JMS (4) Bredeson (4) RG - Glowinski (5) Lemieux (2) Bredeson (1) RT - Neal (6) Phillips (2)

Ezeudu played LT for a while. The Miami game at least.

In comment 16596647 ajr2456 said:

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In comment 16596643 Danny Kanell said: Quote: What scapegoat means. While he personally hasn’t been a problem, the Giants offensive line has been one of the worst OL groups in the history of the NFL. They haven’t been scapegoats. They’re the #1 reason why this team has sucked for years. The QB is #2. But I’d imagine what he’s referring to is that everyone, including the owner, has thrown the oline under the bus publicly. They haven’t done the same with the QB, who is 1B to the oline being 1A on the problem list.

Yup. And I don’t think that goes unnoticed too.

He's right. The OL has been awful, but some players seem to get to refer to the OL as a reason for their poor play.

In comment 16596647 ajr2456 said:

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In comment 16596643 Danny Kanell said: Quote: What scapegoat means. While he personally hasn’t been a problem, the Giants offensive line has been one of the worst OL groups in the history of the NFL. They haven’t been scapegoats. They’re the #1 reason why this team has sucked for years. The QB is #2. But I’d imagine what he’s referring to is that everyone, including the owner, has thrown the oline under the bus publicly. They haven’t done the same with the QB, who is 1B to the oline being 1A on the problem list.

For some reason, some athletes are treated more kindly than others.

I found that out when my OL coach tried his hand at OC the next year. It did not work out.