#Giants not handing Andrew Thomas anything after Nate Solder opt-out
“#Giants not handing Andrew Thomas anything after Nate Solder opt-out”
August 1, 2020 | 2:12am
The first-round draft pick, selected No. 4 overall, was expected to compete and win a starting job. When veteran left tackle Nate Solder on Wednesday opted out for the 2020 season, citing COVID-19 concerns for his family, Thomas moved up on the depth chart and the Giants now need him to mature and develop quickly and settle into the starting spot at left tackle.
Thomas will not have any preseason games to work out the kinks. This should be enough to make queasy the stomach of any head coach, but Joe Judge is not sounding overly concerned about entrusting the blind-side protection of Daniel Jones to a youngster.
“The age of a player doesn’t really ever bother me,’’ Judge said Friday. “We bring guys in to play. This isn’t college, where you bring guys in and they give you a redshirt year.’’
Judge is not handing Thomas, or anyone else, anything.
“We still have to get on the field and practice and evaluate,’’ Judge said.
Judge said he wanted Solder to play this season but “At the end of the day, I’m not going to try to talk any player into doing anything when it comes to the situation we’re in right now.’’
At this point, Judge said no other player has indicated he is considering opting out for the season.
Solder’s departure gives the Giants between $13 million and $16 million — the calculations vary — in extra salary space, but it does not appear they will use that money on a big signing or two.
“We don’t feel right now like we have money burning a hole in our pocket,’’ Judge said.
DeAndre Baker, the second-year cornerback (and 2019 first-round draft pick) currently on the Commissioner’s Exempt List as he deals with legal issues, was not a talking point for Judge.
“He’s not on our 90-man roster … I’ll let the league deal with that issue,’’ he said.
Judge said LB Markus Golden, back with the Giants on an unrestricted free-agent tender of $4.1 million, has not yet cleared the five-day COVID-19 testing protocols.
“Once these players clear that process, I’ll be happy to talk about all of them,’’ Judge said.
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