Giants offensive line a silver lining amid dreadful 0-2 start

The Giants offensive line is a source of optimism that all might not be lost this season. Re-read that sentence.Think about what it says.

Try to remember the last time it was true. Offensive line disasters and sunk seasons have been synonymous with the Giants for so long that it’s almost impossible to accept that the blocking is not to blame for this ninth 0-2 start in the past 12 seasons.Yet there are many bigger culprits on the field and the sideline than the group that cleared space for Devin Singletary to run for 95 yards on 16 carries in last week’s loss to the Commanders and mostly has kept quarterback Daniel Jones off of the ground. “Can’t get any better than that.That’s all you can ask for as a back,” Singletary said of his sizable running lanes.

“Big guys getting movement, having the receivers and tight ends get in on it.All I had to do was just run.

Literally, just run.” One year after allowing the second-most sacks in NFL history (85), the Giants are ranked as the No.6 pass-blocking team in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.

The line has allowed seven quarterback hits and two quarterback sacks on 85 total pass-blocking snaps. “We knew going forward [from Week 1] that we were going to have to try to play to our strengths more,” guard Jon Runyan Jr.said “We had a lot more direct runs, and because of that, we were able to build the play-action off of them.

That’s something this group is really comfortable with.We pride ourselves on being a really physical run team, but also being able to drop back and pass.

That’s just going to be our strength as an offensive line, and this offense is going to go as far as this offensive line goes.” The challenge stiffens Sunday against the Browns’ Myles Garrett, who is trying to become the first NFL player since sacks became an official statistic in 1982 to have four straight seasons with at least 14.Both of his strip-sacks in the first two games came from the quarterback’...