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The long-awaited day has finally come. The New York Giants have activated start left tackle Andrew Thomas off of the PUP list.
The Giants announced Tuesday that Thomas has passed his physical and is returning to practice.
It has likewise been reported that star receiver Malik Nabers and exciting rookie running back Cam Skattebo are returning to practice as well. The Giants have been struggling with injury throughout the preseason, but seem to be getting significantly healthier as the preseason winds down and the regular season approaches.
It was reported last week that Malik Nabers had a minor back issue, which the Giants didn’t believe would impact his readiness for the season. That seems to have resolved with plenty of time to spare to resume practice. Cam Skattebo missed both preseason games and a couple weeks of practice after suffering a hamstring injury and then a setback. There was some fear that his injury could linger into the regular season, but he appears healthy enough to practice as well.
Thomas has been held out of practice throughout the off-season and preseason program as he returned from the Lisfranc injury that ended his 2024 season. Questions had been mounting as to whether he would be ready to start he season, though the Giants maintained confidence that he would be healthy in time for Week 1.
We can now say that their confidence wasn’t misplaced and Thomas was indeed on track to be healthy for the start of the season. It remains unlikely that we’ll see Thomas on the field against the New England Patriots Thursday night, but he’ll have almost three weeks to continue to improve before the Giants travel to take on the Washington Commanders to start the season.
