Less than 24 hours before the New York Giants’ Week 10 matchup in Germany, KPRC 2 NFL insider Aaron Wilson revealed a surprise shake up on the offensive line.
“[The] Giants expected to start Evan Neal @AlabamaFTBL at right tackle Sunday for [the] NFL international game against [the Carolina] Panthers in Munich, Germany, per a league source,” Wilson relayed on X on November 9.
With current left tackle Chris Hubbard battling an illness, this would imply that starting right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor will be switching over to quarterback Daniel Jones’ blindside for the November 10 face-off.
On November 7, New York Post reporter Ryan Dunleavy informed that there was “no sign of Giants LT Chris Hubbard at practice today. No mention of him in Brian Daboll’s pre-practice injury updates. We’ll see a report later.”
At the time, Dunleavy added that this “could mean either Josh Ezeudu at LT or Jermaine Eluemunor at LT with Evan Neal at RT.”
Despite that, after Hubbard traveled with the team to Germany, it was later reported by New York Post reporter Paul Schwartz that the veteran blocker “should be fine” ahead of Week 10. Perhaps, Hubbard’s status has changed since then, or maybe he’s still under the weather and traveled with the team just in case his condition improved.
Not long after Wilson’s initial report, NorthJersey.com beat reporter Art Stapleton confirmed that it “sounds like” Neal will indeed start at right tackle versus the Panthers with Eluemunor switching to left tackle.
Stapleton also noted: “I’m told Giants have been heading in this direction with Neal for several weeks behind the scenes, and getting him ready is unrelated to Chris Hubbard missing practice with an illness on Thursday.”
This is a developing story. We will continue to monitor any updates before November 10.
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