Back to the New York Giants Newsfeed

What Giants’ O-line trade means: Intriguing cap room, definite center

If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now.

Jon Halapio will be the Giants’ opening-day center, when he will play the position for the first time in the regular season.

While that was the likely scenario for much of training camp, it became a near certainty Sunday, when his backup, Brett Jones, was dealt to the Vikings for a 2019 seventh-round draft pick and yanked off the field in the middle of practice.

“We like what Halapio has been doing,” coach Pat Shurmur said following the workout. “We just like the way he’s played.