Depending on who you ask, New York Giants star left tackle Andrew Thomas either has the pleasure -- or the massive challenge -- of being the blindside blocker for franchise quarterback hopeful Jaxson Dart. For those of us not 6-foot-5 and 315 pounds, it's likely the latter.
For Thomas, it's just another day at the office.
Although he missed four games to start last season, his 13 games played were the best he's ever played in his six-year career. Thomas was arguably the Pro Bowl's -- and All-Pro's -- biggest snub, but what better way to make the blatant disrespect look silly than with an even better 2026 season?
Well, the way-too-early offseason prediction circuit is already trying to make sure that doesn't happen. In Jarrett Bailey's list of 61 predictions for the upcoming season, a terrifying hypothetical scenario was laid out for Big Blue's offense in Week 2. According to their crystal ball, a newly traded Myles Garrett is going to treat the Giants' offensive line like a turnstile on Monday Night Football:
"On the Week 2 edition of Monday NightFootball, the Rams host the Giants in what ends up being the second consecutive colossal Myles Garrett performance to begin his tenure as a Ram. The two-time Defensive Player of the Year sacks Jaxson Dart three times and earns a half sack on another takedown."
Not if Thomas has anything to say about it.
Andrew Thomas is the Giants’ best (and maybe only) answer to Myles Garrett
Garrett is arguably the best pass-rusher the league has seen since the Lawrence Taylor days. He broke Michael Strahan's single-season sack record last year with 23.0 sacks. He goes from a still-trying-to-get-out-of-the-gutter Cleveland Browns team to a Los Angeles Rams team absolutely loaded with talent, especially along the defensive front.
Even so, Garrett makes his living attacking left tackles.
And while I'm sure Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula will move Garrett around the formation, you're going to sit there and tell me Thomas is going to let Garrett devour Dart for breakfast to the tune of 3.5 sacks? That'd mean he's getting burnt relentlessly.
I will not stand for the Andrew Thomas injustice.
If he were still injured, a performance like that might make sense. But Thomas should be more than ready to go for Week 1, even with him having to manage lingering foot and shoulder issues through training camp.
The last time Giants fans saw him on the field, he was posting an otherworldly 90.3 overall grade from Pro Football Focus (ranking fourth out of 89 players), with an 87.2 (ranking an even more impressive third). Not only does the former Georgia standout have that momentum going for him, but in two prior matchups against Garrett, he's limited him to just 0.5 sacks. That's not a challenge -- that's just a fact.
I'm not saying Big Blue's left tackle is going to block the NFL's most dominant pass-rusher into irrelevance. However, Thomas is more than good enough not to get rag-dolled for 60 straight minutes. After all, deleting elite pass-rushers is just another day at the office.
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