{"id":81228,"date":"2025-12-26T01:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/81228\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T01:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:32:08","slug":"giants-offensive-line-will-likely-be-down-two-starters-against-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/81228\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants offensive line will likely be down two starters against Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Giants did not practice Christmas Day, but their projected injury report does not bode well for their offensive line continuity for Sunday\u2019s game against the Raiders in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The projection states that left tackle Andrew Thomas (hamstring) and center John Michael Schmitz Jr. (hand) would not have practiced for a second straight day. <\/p>\n<p>It is likely both will miss this next game, meaning two-fifths of the offensive line will be made up of backups to face a defensive front that includes relentless Maxx Crosby and his 10 sacks this season.<\/p>\n<p>The replacement for Thomas would be rookie Marcus Mbow, who would make his second NFL start. <\/p>\n<p>The fifth-round pick from Purdue started Week 9 against the 49ers at right tackle in place of Jermaine Eluemunor. Mbow played 51 snaps in Week 2 in Dallas at left tackle after James Hudson III was benched.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38022561\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78-new-york-giants-reacts-116556182_798358.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Thomas #78 of the New York Giants reacts on the sideline during the second half at Gillette Stadium, Monday, Dec.. 1, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-38022561\"  \/>Andrew Thomas of the New York Giants reacts on the sideline during the second half at Gillette Stadium, Monday, Dec.. 1, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>At center, Austin Schlottmann would get the call. A seven-year veteran, he has two starts this season filling in for Schmitz \u2014 Week 7 in Denver and Week 10 at Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38022706\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251221_GiantsVikings_CS002.jpg\" alt=\"Center John Michael Schmitz Jr. #61 of the New York Giants is all smiles on the field during warm-ups before the first half at MetLife Stadium, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.\" class=\"wp-image-38022706\"  \/>Center John Michael Schmitz Jr. of the New York Giants is all smiles on the field during warm-ups before the first half at MetLife Stadium, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Starting safety Tyler Nubin (neck) also would not have practiced. Nubin last week scooped up a loose ball from a Brian Burns strip-sack and ran for a 27-yard touchdown in a 16-13 loss to the Vikings. <\/p>\n<p>Dane Belton has started games when Nubin has been out.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Also projected to miss practice: DL D.J. Davidson (neck\/concussion), OL Evan Neal (neck) and DL Rakeem Nu\u00f1ez-Roches (ankle\/toe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giants did not practice Christmas Day, but their projected injury report does not bode well for their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11651,9,2683,11,10,22,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-81228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-andrew-thomas","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-giants","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}