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Thomas has played through injuries in multiple games this year. Giants RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf) and backup OT Marcus Mbow (knee) both resumed practicing in a limited capacity on Thursday and are officially questionable to play this week. The Texans’ defense has underperformed this year. Perhaps this is a get-right matchup for them.

Thomas, the team’s left tackle, RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf) and backup OT Marcus Mbow (knee) are “all on the practice field participating to some degree in position drills during the media viewing period,” per USA Today’s Art Stapleton. This is good news for the Giants’ offense as a whole.

Thomas, the team’s left tackle, plus RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf) and backup OT Marcus Mbow (knee) were all sidelined on Wednesday. Thomas played through a questionable tag last week. This unit is ailing. They face the Texans’ capable defensive line in Week 7.

Mbow (6’5"/300) started at right guard in 2022, where he acquitted himself well in his first taste of extended playing time. He earned 70th+ percentile grades in both the run and pass phases, allowing zero sacks and three hits in 415 pass reps. The Milwaukee, WI native then slid over to right tackle for his remaining two seasons with Purdue and peaked as a run blocker last year, recording a sterling 0.7% blown run block rate. Mbow allowed an elevated 25 pressures with a 96.2 percentile pass block efficiency rate that fueled his middling 68th percentile pass block grade. He developed into a three-time All-B10 performer who stood out as an undersized, but talented blocker with a lightning get off who outmaneuvers defenders rather than overpowering them. Mbow is too easily moved backwards to stay on the outside, but his quickness could be a real asset as a trapping guard for a more movement-oriented offense. His high-end comp is Jon Runyan.

Mbow (6'6/305) received his offer from the Sun Devils as May was winding down and has yet to visit the program due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the Milwaukee native managed to forge enough bonds with the coaching staff through virtual check-ins and the like this summer that he felt comfortable making the pledge sight unseen. On the 247Sports composite board, Mbow hits the fray as the No. 6 prospect in the state of Wisconsin for the 2020 class.