The New York Giants had a clear goal in mind entering last month’s NFL Draft: fix the offensive line once and for all. Big Blue’s group of “hog mollies” has been at the forefront of the team’s offensive issues for a number of years at this point, and it’s caused fans to become wildly impatient.
Thus, New York drafted its (hopeful) bookend tackles for the future in Andrew Thomas and Matt Peart respectively in the first and third rounds. But then, the Giants focused on the interior aspect of the line with their fifth-round selection, taking Oregon guard Shane Lemieux.