The Giants had their first three organized team activities this week, and starting left tackle participated in two of them. Head coach John Harbaugh said Thomas will get some maintenance days for foot and shoulder issues.
Thomas missed the first two games in 2025 as he worked his way back from a Lisfranc injury in his foot in 2024. He said he and the Giants’ medical staff are “doing our best to manage it” with the maintenance days. Thomas called his shoulder a “lingering” injury but said he thinks it’s “in a good place.”
“They have a nice ramp-up plan for me. Just a precautionary thing,” Thomas said, via video from the team. “Obviously, what we care about is September, being ready. I’ve been trusting that. It’s definitely tough sometimes, because I want to push and I want to get better. But I’m trying to trust the process to make sure I’m ready to go when it counts.”
Thomas missed the final two games of last season with a strained hamstring, but that is not an issue now.
The Giants have second-year swing tackle Marcus Mbow taking Thomas’ reps when he is out. First-round pick Francis Mauigoa is with the starters at right guard.
Malik Nabers’ second season came to a premature end when he suffered a torn ACL in Week 4 of last year.
While there is a chance Nabers is ready for Week 1 in September, right now the Giants wide receiver is in the dog days of his recovery process.
“He’s in the middle of [his rehab],” Giants head coach John Harbaugh said on Thursday, via Jordan Raanan of ESPN. “It’s a hard thing. It’s an ACL whatever else he had in the knee. Not a simple knee [injury]. So, he’s in the slog of it, the grind of it, I would say. So, he’s fighting through it. He’s here every day.
“Just impossible to predict [when he’ll be ready]. I mean, the goal is to start the season and for him to get out there sometime in training camp — that’d be the goal. And then, we’ll see what happens. If he’s out there, great. If he’s not out there, great. We’ll be ready to go either way. But, I know he’s fighting like crazy to do his best to be out there. And he’s with the guys every day.”
With this being Nabers’ first significant injury at the pro level, Harbaugh noted the Giants are doing their best to keep the young receiver engaged during the offseason program.
“[M]y experience with guys, the first time you have a serious injury, it’s tough because it’s new for him,” Harbaugh said. “It’s a tough process. Our job is to stay close to him, to stay with him, and his job is to trust, work hard. He’s doing his job and the trainers and docs are doing their job. And he’ll be back.”
The No. 6 pick of the 2024 draft, Nabers caught 109 passes for 1,204 yards with seven touchdowns as a rookie. He had 18 catches for 271 yards and two touchdowns in his limited action in 2025.
Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart’s penchant for risky runs that exposed him to injuries were a frequent topic of conversation during his rookie season and the team’s new coaching staff has been addressing the issue with him this offseason.
Dart missed two full games with a concussion and portions of others while being evaluated for them last year. He said on Thursday that he “hated that time” off of the field and that quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan and others have been working to establish that the “most important thing is to be out there” when he’s making decisions about when to take off with the ball.
“That was one of our first meetings with coach Callahan,” Dart said, via Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post. “Pulling up my tape and just going over situationally, is it worth the risk here in this situation. That’s what we talk about a ton.”
Dart’s play when healthy created some optimism about what the future holds for the Giants, but it will be a much tougher sell if Dart is going to continue to put himself at risk of missing time on a regular basis.
Most of the NFL’s Jeffrey Epstein-related conversation has focused on former Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, who has transferred his shares into a trust for his children but who continues to serve as chairman of the team’s board of directors.
There’s another connection, as explained by Adam Kilgore of The Athletic.
Brad Karp stepped down as chairman of the Paul Weiss law firm after emails showed his ties to Epstein. However, he continues to be a senior partner at the fiim. He also continues to work for the NFL.
“It’s one of those things that’s lawful, but awful,” U.S. Representative Wesley Bell (D-MO) told Kilgore. “The NFL, considering the place they hold in our society — much less with kids — I think should be very sensitive to the people they associate with. Very questionable, I think.”
In his article, Kilgore outlines the various connections between Karp and Epstein. One specific exchange discussed surveillance methods regarding a woman who was later reportedly identified as the mistress of Leon Black, co-founder of private-equity firm Apollo Global Management. At one point, Epstein suggested that Karp’s staff determine the woman’s visa status, and that they should attempt to revoke it.
“Both good ideas; will work on this,” Karp said in response.
Said Paul Weiss after the emails came to light: “Mr. Karp attended two group dinners in New York City and had a small number of social interactions by email, all of which he regrets.”
“Organizations like the NFL that hold the type of place in our society that impacts and influences all parts of our society do have a higher responsibility,” Bell told Kilgore. “There are a lot of attorneys. They got a lot of options of folks they can use that don’t have ties to one of the largest sex trafficking operations in the world potentially. The NFL needs to re-assess, re-evaluate and really be sensitive to who they’re associating themselves with, because the world is watching.”
The world is indeed watching, even if there hasn’t been much action. Especially by the NFL, as it relates to Tisch or to Karp.
Cam Skattebo insists he will be “ready to go” Week 1 as he continues his rehab from a gruesome leg injury. That is good news for the Giants as the running back had 125 carries for 617 yards and seven touchdowns as a rookie.
Skattebo has much bigger goals for his second season.
“I do not consider that successful for me,” Skattebo said of his rookie season, via Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press. “I had 400 yards on 100 carries. When I play 17-plus games this year, it’s going to be 300 carries for over 2,000 yards.”
Nine running backs have had a 2,000-yard season, the most recent coming by Saquon Barkley in 2024. Eric Dickerson owns the NFL record with his 2,105 rushing yards in 1984.
Tiki Barber holds the Giants team record with 1,860 rushing yards in 2005.
