Offseason Giants negotiations with Jermaine Eluemunor will produce a deal. The two-year Big Blue right tackle starter is sticking around under John Harbaugh‘s staff.
New York is retaining Eluemunor on a three-year, $39MM deal that includes $26MM guaranteed, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweets. Although Eluemunor will turn 32 before year’s end, this represents by far a career-best payday for the veteran tackle.
The upcoming staff change did not affect Eluemunor much, as he was a former Ravens draftee who played two seasons under Harbaugh (2017-18). Later moving to the Patriots and Raiders, Eluemunor collected vet-minimum money or not much above it until signing a two-year, $14MM Giants pact in 2024. HBO’s Hard Knocks: Offseason debut revealed Eluemunor only wanted a two-year deal from the Giants; that turned out to be a smart play.
A three- or four-year pact at the time could have aged Eluemunor out of a deal in this range. Because he is hitting free agency after two healthy years at 31, he will cash in. After spending time filling in for Andrew Thomas at left tackle last year, Eluemunor stayed at RT in 2025. New York was planning to use Eluemunor at left guard during the 2024 offseason, but Evan Neal issues prompted the team to kick the UFA addition to his most familiar O-line post.
Neal was supposed to be the Giants’ answer at right tackle opposite Thomas, but the former No. 7 overall pick is on track to become one of this decade’s biggest busts. Neal is no longer under contract with the Giants, who will go with Eluemunor opposite their cornerstone (but injury-prone) left tackle. Eluemunor worked as the Raiders’ primary RT from 2022-23, starting at guard in 2021. The former fifth-round pick has now started 76 career games; he represents one of GM Joe Schoen‘s success stories — there have not been many — during his rocky tenure.
While the Giants prioritized an Eluemunor deal, they were also interested in retaining Wan’Dale Robinson and Cor’Dale Flott. Both 2022 draftees defected to the Titans, rejoining former Giants HC Brian Daboll.