{"id":147949,"date":"2021-01-06T01:09:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T22:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/giants-andrew-thomas-trending-up-after-rough-rookie-start\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T01:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T22:09:40","slug":"giants-andrew-thomas-trending-up-after-rough-rookie-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giants-andrew-thomas-trending-up-after-rough-rookie-start\/","title":{"rendered":"#Giants’ Andrew Thomas trending up after rough rookie start"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Giants’ Andrew Thomas trending up after rough rookie start<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Sure, Andrew Thomas built a bond with the three other players who were no-doubt-about-it first-round talents at offensive tackle in the 2020 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

Thomas caught up with Tristan Wirfs when the Giants lost to the Buccaneers. He exchanged pleasantries with Jedrick Wills after the Giants lost to the Browns. Thomas plays in close proximity to Mekhi Becton, an immedia<\/a>te starter with the Jets.<\/p>\n

The Giants had their choice of any of the four of these prospects, selecting No. 4 in the draft, and they went with Thomas, believing he was the most NFL-ready left tackle, someone they could count on as a fixture on their offensive line for a decade.<\/p>\n

As all four rookies traversed through their seasons, Thomas got off to the rockiest start. He rebounded and showed the sort of improvement the Giants expected and need from him, but he will have to take a leap forward to surpass Wirfs and Becton, who both graded out higher than Thomas in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I look at it as running my own race,\u2019\u2019 Thomas said Tuesday. \u201cI want all those guys to be successful, but for me I want to be the best player I can be, the best player I can be for the Giants, for my teammates and that\u2019s what I\u2019m working to be. If I\u2019m focused on what\u2019s going on outside of me, that takes away from being the best player I can be, so I\u2019m just focusing on myself.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Running his own race?<\/p>\n

\u201cNot paying attention to what\u2019s going on in the other lanes, just focusing on what Andrew has to do, what he has to do to get better and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been doing,\u2019\u2019 Thomas said.<\/p>\n

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If this is a race, Wirfs has the early lead. He started every game<\/a> for the Buccaneers, at right tackle, and graded out at 82.2 as the 11th best tackle in the league, according to Pro Football Focus. Becton was No. 32 (grade of 74.3), Thomas was No. 60 (62.4) and Wills was No. 67 (61.5).<\/p>\n

Thomas performed much more effectively in the second half of the season. He started 15 games \u2014 he played, but did not start in Week 6 against Washington because he was late to a team meeting \u2014 and in 13 games played 100 percent of the offensive snaps. He allowed an NFL-high 10 sacks, according to PFF, but assigning blame for sacks is subjective, as assignments vary from team to team.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it didn\u2019t start out the way I wanted it to but being a rookie player, left tackle in the NFL, it\u2019s a tough deal,\u2019\u2019 Thomas said. \u201cSo it just took time. Continued to work, just keep my head down, try not to pay too much attention to the media, obviously there\u2019s social media and things like that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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