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Giants Joe Judge Offers Assessment of Revamped Offensive Line

All in all, not a bad start for the newly configure offensive line that still has some more jelling to do.

Patricia Traina

Giants Joe Judge Offers Assessment of Revamped Offensive Line
Giants Joe Judge Offers Assessment of Revamped Offensive Line /

According to head coach Joe Judge, the New York Giants revamped offensive line featuring center Billy Price at center and Nick Gates and then Ben Bredeson (taking over for Gates after he suffered a season-ending broken leg) at left guard held up well.

"I was actually really pleased with the way they came through the other night,” Judge said Monday before the team took to the practice field.

“There are some things we have to clean up and keep building forward at all positions – the offensive line is no exception. However, I’d say the way Billy and Ben have jumped in here in a short period of time and really made a lot of gains for us, jumping in and learning the vocabulary with one week of practice and then you have another week of a couple walk-throughs going in there.”

According to Pro Football Focus, the Giants' offensive line allowed 16 pressures and finished with a 76.9 pass-blocking efficiency rating, which put them 29th in the league.

Price, according to the popular analytics site, was the lowest graded blocker on the offense. However, it's unclear if the grades reflect some of the miscommunication that seemed to pop up between Price and the guards, such as this play with right guard Will Hernandez in which it looked as though Price was expecting to have help on the block only to not get it, the result of the play being a pressure.

With Gates done for the year after suffering a broken leg in the game, the job is Price’s to lose. Price is still learning the Giants protection calls and is building a rapport with quarterback Daniel Jones with whom he had one botched center-quarterback exchange.

Judge said he expects that Price and quarterback Daniel Jones will get things ironed out.

"Practice--that’s what it’s for," Judge said. "Coming out every day, and that’s exactly what we’re trying to build is chemistry in practice and the experience of being on the field together and getting together as far as all the little nuances that happen.

“Billy is a vet, a guy that puts the work in. Daniel is a guy that stays here and makes sure that he gets with every receiver, center, whoever it may be that he has to have a relationship with, so I have faith those guys will continue improving.”

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PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for over 30 seasons for multiple media outlets, including Inside Football, Fan Sided, SB Nation, The Athletic, Forbes, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated).  In addition to being a credentialed member of the New York Giants press corps, Patricia has covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. Patricia’s late father was a long-time New York Giants season ticket holder who helped instill her love and appreciation of the game and the franchise at a very early age.  She was able to parlay that knowledge of Giants franchise history into her first published work, The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants (Triumph Books, September 2020). She has enhanced her knowledge of the game by completing two semesters with the Scouting Academy and taking a course in NFL salary cap management. In addition to her work with Giants Country, Patricia is the host of the very successful LockedOn Giants podcast (also available on YouTube), featuring analysis, interviews, and Giants fan interaction. Patricia is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America and has participated in the mentoring of aspiring journalists. Patricia holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature (with a minor in creative writing) and a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication. She is a certified resume development specialist (corporate, military transition, and federal) and interview coach who enjoys music and creating fan art featuring her favorite bands. 

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