When the Giants take the field for their first practice of training camp on Friday, there is a good chance that the offensive line will look very similar to the way it did at the end of last season. That will come as a surprise (or a disappointment) to many. But for the players who are returning to their positions after a mostly underwhelming 2016, they see it as encouraging.
“I think we can take it as a vote of confidence,” center Weston Richburg said on Thursday as the players reported to camp. “That says to us that [the organization] believes in us and we can be the unit that takes this team where we want to go.