New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen walked into a nearly impossible situation three years ago when he took over the reins for Big Blue.
The team had hardly any salary cap space, and the roster was overloaded with bloated contracts of overpaid, underperforming players. Since then, Schoen has turned the Giants' cap situation around, and now they are annually in the black and can operate freely.
That doesn't mean they don't still have some overpaid players. Every team does. But who are they here with the Giants?
Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report recently named the most overpaid player on each NFL team. For the Giants, it was former All-Pro left tackle Andrew Thomas.
The sixth-highest-paid offensive tackle in the game has a five-year, $117.5 million contract but has played just 16 games the last two years and only really shined in one of his five pro seasons.
Thomas, when healthy, is one of the top left tackles in the NFL -- emphasis on "when healthy." The past two seasons have been rough on the former fourth overall selection in the draft, suffering various injuries (hamstring, foot) that have stolen over a full season's worth of games from him.
Thomas missed 11 games in 2024. His average salary per game is $588k, which adds up to $6.47 million lost on the season.
He is currently the third-highest paid player on the Giants behind edge rusher Brian Burns and defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence. Thomas' base salary for 2025 is $16.4 million with a dead cap figure of $21 million.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Shocking player tabbed as the Giants' most overpaid
