How many starts should NY Giants rookie OT Matt Peart get?

Now that the NY Giants have drafted offensive tackle Matt Peart in the third round, how many starts can reasonably be expected out of him in 2020?

NY Giants GM Dave Gettleman surprised many when he took offensive tackle Matt Peart out of UCONN win the third-round of the draft. However, the move was actually a shrewd one; double-tipping at the draft’s strongest position group that also happens to be your weakest position group is good business.

Before this 2020 NFL Draft, the NY Giants had just about zero long-term answers at offensive tackle – and that’s no disrespect to our guy Nick Gates who seems to be trying out other endeavors. Now, the team has its bonafide left tackle of the future and a 6’7 monster prospect to potentially man the right side for years to come.

Just which years Matt Peart will take over is the question. Many are of the belief that Nate Solder should start at right tackle; to say I’m not of that belief would be putting it mildly.

Joe Judge has said the best players will play, and if that’s the case Cameron Flemming should start over Nate Solder. 2020 is about rebuilding, figuring out who will be here in the long haul while getting important young players meaningful snaps – Solder doesn’t fit into that, he won’t be here past 2020.

For what it’s worth, I ran a poll on @GMENHQ and our followers didn’t seem to think starting Peart on day one was the best idea, Most voted to see Peart get his feet wet with 6-8 starts, which I can understand.

With there likely to be no training camp this offseason, Peart is surely at a disadvantage to attempt to win the job right out of the gates. Still, he can impress his coaches during virtual workouts and meetings, and could show initiative connecting with coaches Marc Colombo and Jason Garrett to show he’s serious,

He’s got all the physical tools to be a starter from day one and had four years of experience at UCONN, so it’s really going to be about picking up the speed of the game and the playbook for the rookie.

I like his chances, and if the competition is even close he should win due to the team wanting to get his potential bumps out of the road in now in 2020.

As long as camp and preseason go smoothly, and Matt Peart shows he’s not going to get Daniel Jones killed, he deserves to be the starter to begin this rebuilding year.