Giants already managing a new Andrew Thomas injury worry thats lingering during OTAs

Andrew Thomas said he participated in the first two organized team activities this week, but he was held out of team periods during Thursday’s session inside the Giants field house.Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.

“He has a shoulder [problem] he’s coming back from,” head coach John Harbaugh said.“He’s got a foot [problem] he’s working through.

So those things are things we’ll manage.”The foot issue is not news with Thomas, who underwent Lisfranc surgery in 2024 and missed the first two games of the 2025 season coming back from that injury.The “shoulder he’s coming back from” is something new.

He did work in drills but watched from the side during 11-on-11 periods.“It’s lingering,” Thomas said of the shoulder problem.“Something that I’ve been dealing with.

I think I’m in a good place.”Thomas said he did not need surgery on his shoulder this offseason.Having Thomas healthy and on the field is a priority for the Giants.He started all 16 games as a rookie in 2020, but he has missed 27 games in his six-year career with an assortment of injuries.

When healthy, he is one of the NFL’s best left tackles.“They have a nice ramp-up planned for me,” Thomas said.“Just precautionary things.

Obviously, what we care about is September, being ready, so I’ve been trusting that.It’s definitely tough sometimes because I want to push it and I want to get better, but I’m trying to trust the process to make sure I’m ready to go when it counts.”Harbaugh at the Giants Town Hall event Monday night responded to a “Cowboys suck!” chant by saying he wants his team to improve every day in practice, which will “be one more step in the direction of being a good enough football team to kick the Cowboys’ ass.”Cowboys star WR CeeDee Lamb posted on Instagram “lol, that’s cute” in response to Harbaugh’s remarks.“I love CeeDee’s comeback, by t...