The New York Giants will open training camp on July 28 facing a plethora of questions. Chief among them will be the state of their offensive line, which left a bit to be desired a season ago.

Despite sniffing around various veteran right guards and right tackles, the Giants will, for now, move forward with the very same unit they featured in 2015.

Ereck Flowers will enter his second season at left tackle, Justin Pugh will assume a familiar role at left guard, Weston Richburg will anchor the line at center, while John Jerry and Marshall Newhouse will round things out at right guard and right tackle, respectively.

This could potentially be an issue for the Giants, says retired defensive back and two-time Super Bowl champion Mark Collins.

“I think right now the soft spot is the offensive line,” Collins told NUC Sports this week.

The stance Collins takes regarding the offensive line is nothing new for the Giants. From fans to former players and journalists to analysts, many seem to be feeling the same sense of concern as it relates to the men up front. In particular, the aforementioned Jerry and Newhouse.

Through it all, that right side duo remain focused and committed to improving. And even with the whispers of doubt constantly ringing in their ears, they continue to push forward toward a Week 1 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys.

“Who cares what other people think?” Jerry told NJ.com in early June. “The only thing that matters is what the coaches think and what the rest of my teammates think. I couldn’t care less about what anyone else has to say about me. I’m pretty sure Marshall feels the same way. The only thing we care about is proving our teammates and coaches right.”

In an effort to prove his coaches right, Jerry has spent the vast majority of his offseason working at the LeCharles Bentley O-Line Performance Center in Scotssdale, AZ.

Thus far, the results look promising.

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Meanwhile, Newhouse looks at the criticism more like a bad comedy. He’s entering his seventh year in the league and scoffs at the notion he’s not good enough.

“I’m going into my seventh year,” Newhouse also told NJ.com. “I mean, I feel like I’ve been fooling someone pretty well if I’ve been here for seven years, in the league for seven years, if I still can’t play.”

Both Jerry and Newhouse will have their first opportunity to prove critics wrong when the team hits the field for practice No. 1 on July 29.