Andrew Thomas’ game-changing penalty isn’t even his biggest concern coming out of the Giants loss.
The star left tackle is headed for imaging on his foot after a postgame X-ray determined that a more in-depth look was needed.
He was limping simply to get back to the huddle Sunday throughout the fourth quarter and admitted afterward that he felt “not great.”
“I don’t know exactly what it’s, so we’ll see what they are saying,” Thomas said. “They said we want an MRI to see exactly what’s happening.”
Thomas allowed two sacks, including one on the ultimate drive of the Giants’ 17-7 loss to the Bengals.
“I used to be fighting,” Thomas said.
Thomas had two ankle surgeries earlier in his profession and missed seven games last season because of a hamstring injury.
Most relevantly, he didn’t play in Week 5 of the 2021 season because of a foot injury.
The Giants have had the identical five offensive linemen play every snap this season.
In the event that they lose Thomas, the choices are moving right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor to the left side and inserting either Josh Ezeudu or Evan Neal — two benched former starters — or having one in all those two start in Thomas’ place.
Either way, Thomas is some of the irreplaceable Giants.
And that’s even after his poor game Sunday that included an illegal man downfield penalty to wipe out a 56-yard completion to Darius Slayton.
“Not adequate,” Thomas said of his performance. “It was an RPO [run-pass option]. An analogous play happened last week and so they didn’t call it. Sometimes it’s just 50/50.”
