The New York Giants drafted Evan Neal No. 7 overall in 2022 to be their right tackle, to be a bookend anchor of their offensive line with left tackle Andrew Thomas.

That has not worked. So, after three years of poor performance and injury the Giants are moving to Plan B with Neal. They are moving him to guard to see if they can salvage some value from Neal, who turns 25 this season and is in the final year of his four-year rookie contract.

Assistant general manager Brandon Brown explained on Thursday why the Giants are optimistic about Neal’s chance to help them at guard.

“I think when you look at the job description in our system for the guard, can he create movement at the line of scrimmage? Can he keep the interior firm in pass protection? We’ve seen Evan do it before,” Brown said.

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