As the news broke that running Saquon Barkley would not be re-signing with the New York Giants, general manager Joe Scheon made his first free-agent acquisition of the 2024 offseason by grabbing former Green Bay Packers swing guard Jon Runyan Jr.
The upgrade at guard became necessary partly due to continued injuries and the lack of effectiveness from 2022 free agent signee Mark Glowinski, released last week.
Runyan is only 26 years old and can hopefully fill a legitimate need for the team, but he does not come without question marks. After spending 2021 as the starting left guard, he was moved to the right to start in 2022.
In 2023, he began the season as the starter, but his snaps slowly decreased. He split equal snaps at right guard over the last four games of the season, but he still garnered less than 70 percent of the snaps in the playoffs.
