Pugh is now part of the 53-man roster
The New York Giants signed offensive lineman Justin Pugh to their active roster on Wednesday. Pugh, who said in his “Sunday Night Football” intro that he got up right off the couch, was signed to the Giants’ practice squad two weeks ago after suffering a torn ACL in Week 6 of last season with the Arizona Cardinals had.
The 33-year-old offensive lineman and 2013 first-round pick of the Giants helped stabilize the Giants’ porous offensive line in Week 6 against a Bills team that led the league in sacks.
Pugh played a total of 77 snaps; 9 on the left side and 68 on the left side after sophomore offensive lineman Joshua Ezeudu left the game with an injury. Ezeudu is now on injured reserve.
Landing a starting spot at his age after recovering from a torn ACL just two weeks ago as a Giant was impressive enough, but playing left tackle for the first time since 2015 without playing five snaps in 2021 represents the accomplished Professional who is Justin Pugh.
Pugh struggled at left tackle on the first two series, but stopped the Bills’ pass rush for the rest of the game. New York is desperately trying to improve the situation on the offensive line. Joe Schoen signed former Giants’ OL Tire Phillips from the Eagles’ practice squad and Josh Miles from the Falcons’ practice squad.
The offensive line is broken, patched up and needs to get Andrew Thomas and John Michael Schmitz healthy. Having Pugh on the roster and in the building certainly helps the Giants up front. Tight end Lawrence Cager was waived to make room for Pugh.
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