Giants already managing a new Andrew Thomas injury worry that’s ‘lingering’ during OTAs

See more of our coverage in your search results. 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. “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 the way. It was cute,” Harbaugh said. “It was cute.” There was loud music playing inside the fieldhouse during the 11-on-11 team periods. It was throwback rock and roll day, with Guns N’ Roses and AC/DC blaring from the speakers. “Going to be some oldies but goodies,” Harbaugh said. “My playlist is definitely in the mix. You may have noticed.” Rookie Sisi Mauigoa lined up as the starting right guard. … Arvell Reese, the No. 5 overall pick, lined up at weakside linebacker with the first-team defense and looked comfortable dropping in coverage. On one play, he ran with RB Dante Miller. … DT Darius Alexander jumped offside, which delighted the offense. … Jaxson Dart is working under center more often this spring, and he is working on his cadence and his hard count. “We got them to jump a lot today,” Dart said. “That was fun.”