After a rough outing in the team’s final dress rehearsal before the regular season, the New York Giants have finally chosen to address their offensive line.
First reported by ESPN’s Jordan Raanan, and since confirmed by head coach Joe Judge and the team’s official website, the Giants are acquiring interior offensive lineman Billy Price in a trade with the Cincinnati Bengals. Price was a first-round selection out of Ohio State in 2018. The 26-year-old has appeared in 42 games over his three NFL seasons, of which he’s started 19.
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Giants Say Goodbye to BJ Hill
In return for Price’s services, the Giants are sending defensive lineman B.J. Hill to Cincinnati. Part of the same draft class as Price, Hill was selected by New York in the third-round out of NC State and had served as one of the Giants’ most consistent contributors across their front-seven in recent years. In 2020, despite failing to notch a single start under his belt, the 26-year-old appeared in all 16 games and graded out behind only Leonard Williams, Dalvin Tomlinson and Dexter Lawrence as the Giants’ third-best defensive linemen with a Pro Football Focus grade of 73.4. Over his three NFL seasons, Hill has averaged an overall PFF grade of 72.8.
The North Carolina native hadn’t served as a regular starter for the Giants since his rookie campaign when he started 12 of his 16 games, including the final 10 games to close out the year. There was a belief that Hill would revert back to a starter in 2021 with Tomlinson now residing in Minnesota. However, due to Hill being more of a five-technique, former second-round pick Austin Johnson has been the player plugged in as Tomlinson’s replacement on the team’s unofficial depth chart. Having said that, a depth chart in Patrick Graham’s multi-front scheme doesn’t really hold much weight, meaning Hill would have likely played a major role in the Giants’ defensive line rotation.
In total, Hill played 48 games with the Giants (17 starts), collecting 117 total tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and 13 quarterback hits.
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