The New York Giants want to upgrade their interior offensive line, but the prices are too rich for their blood.
According to Jordan Ranaan of ESPN, the Giants are out on veterans Wyatt Teller, Dylan Parham and Joel Bitonio and are instead in wait-and-see mode while trying to assess their options.
Teller and Bitonio both are veterans who have been with the Cleveland Browns, and Parham has spent the past five seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders — he was a teammate of Jermaine Eluemunor’s with the Raiders before the now-Giants right tackle signed with Big Blue before the 2024 season.
The Giants Are Assessing Their Right Guard Position
After letting Evan Neal walk in free agency, and with Greg Van Roten also available on the open market, the Giants are in the market for a guard to go alongside Eluemunor, who recently re-signed to play right tackle.
Parham, who has started 63 games in five seasons including 2022 and 2023 alongside Eluemunor, would seem like the best fit. He earned a 63.6 overall grade from Pro-Football Focus in 2025 while playing 843 snaps for Las Vegas.
Plus, Bitonio and Teller both are also still on the market and could fit opposite left guard Jon Runyan. But Ranaan threw water on any of those players signing with the Giants.
“After speaking with sources Tuesday it became clear Giants pivoted and were no longer willing to pay a mid-tier guard,” Ranaan posted on X (formerly Twitter). “Unless that changes it eliminates the likelihood of signing a vet like Wyatt Teller, Joel Bitonio or Dylan Parham.”
Bitonio is a seven-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro who will turn 35 years old in October. He ranked eighth among all guards in pass-blocking grade (75.7) in 2025 and had the 23rd-best overall grade (70.7) from Pro-Football Focus among 81 guards.
Teller also is a three-time Pro Bowler, since joining the Browns after one season with the Buffalo Bills. But Teller was ranked 40th among those same 81 guards in overall grade (62.2) from Pro-Football Focus.
The Giants May End Up Re-Signing Greg Van Roten
He may not be the sexiest name on the market, but Van Roten has been solid in his two-year stint with the Giants. He posted a 65.3 overall grade from Pro-Football Focus and a 70.1 pass-block grade from PFF, which are both superior grades to Parham and Teller’s in 2025.
Though Van Roten just turned 36 last month, he is a cagey veteran with 144 games and 105 starts — 134 of which have come since 2017. He hasn’t missed a game in the past three seasons, with 34 starts for the Giants, and would keep their much-improved 2025 offensive line entirely in tact.
So the prudent move may be for the Giants to re-sign Van Roten this year and use a mid-to-late-round pick on his replacement at next month’s NFL Draft in Pittsburgh.
At the moment, the Giants have undrafted third-year guard Jake Kubas as their starting right guard. Kubas, who has just five games and three starts and did not play a game in 2025, had the chance to earn the Giants’ starting right-guard role in training camp but lost out to Van Roten.
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