Sometimes, a coach does not appreciate one of his players seeking help from the outside.

The mindset can be this: All the expertise you need is right here, within the team.

Seeking advice from elsewhere could open the door for too many disparate voices.

Thet could lead to confusion, which often has an adverse effect on players, especially the young ones.

As the Giants’ offensive line coach, is it the responsibility of Bobby Johnson to oversee everything within a position group that consists of guards, tackles and centers.

If there are problems (aren’t there always?) it is Johnson’s job to solve them.

If there are controversies, it is Johnson’s job to quash them.

If a player needs some extra attention, it is Johnson’s job to give it to him.

After a rocky rookie season, tackle Evan Neal is attempting to smooth out his performance and seeking answers to his questions.

Some of the queries reached beyond his Giants’ circle.

There are position coaches who do not appreciate extracurricular exploration. Johnson was more than fine with it.

“There’s some guys who don’t work on anything, they just wait until they come back,’’ Johnson said recently. “Evan’s a worker.’’

Perhaps the more eyes on Neal, the better.

To describe his performance in 2022 as uneven would be kind.

He showed the potential that made him the No. 7-overall pick, a 6-foot-7, 350-pound mountain of a man — massive even by the standards of most NFL offensive linemen.

There were, however, too many down moments, before he missed four games with a sprained knee, and especially afterward.

In 738 snaps, Neal was called for seven penalties, allowed seven sacks — three in a Week 3 no-show versus Cowboys veteran Demarcus Lawrence — and gave up 39 total pressures, according to Pro Football Focus, which ranked him as the 80th most effective offensive tackle in the NFL, based on his performance metrics last season.

“Rookies, every game they see something new,’’ Johnson said. “Now all of a sudden in year two he’s got that library of things he’s seen, all of a sudden it’s not new to him. Now it’s something he can have some confidence that ‘I’ve seen this before, it’s not new to me, and I can react accordingly.’ ’’

The expectation was Neal, a three-year starter for the powerhouse Alabama program, would be more ready for the NFL grind than he proved to be.

After the rough debut season, Neal sought out Willie Anderson, a former Bengals All-Pro tackle, and the two worked together, coming up with an altered stance that Neal hopes will improve his ability as a pass blocker.

That did not blindside Johnson.

“The stuff Evan was working on was stuff we had discussed post-season, so it wasn’t like a guy was going out and changing something you had no idea about and you’re getting surprised by it,’’ Johnson said. “These are all things we had communicated, whether it be after the season or during the offseason with him keeping me informed.

“My big thing with this whole thing, you got a guy who’s a young guy and a talented player who’s working to get better at his craft. I have no problem with that. I’ll never have a problem with that. What he did this offseason, what he’s working on now I give the kid all the credit in the world, because he’s a worker.’’

Johnson said Neal’s stance last season was too “bunched-up’’ and that caused too much wasted motion for such a large man.

There was so much involved with getting a rookie ready to start every week that while altering the stance was discussed, it was not implemented.

Neal finished off his college career at left tackle and moving back to the right side made his NFL adjustment more tenuous.

With a refined stance, increased comfort on the right side and putting behind him a first season filled with lessons galore are all reasons, the Giants believe Neal will be a much better player in 2023.

“My big thing with a lot of guys is, I don’t care whether it’s Evan, AT [Andrew Thomas], Ben Bredeson, John Michael [Schmitz], I don’t care who it is, I want them to be efficient movers,’’ Johnson said. “I don’t want any wasted motion. In this league, especially in our division, the pass rushers that we have, if you waste movement, they are gone. They are on the quarterback.

“I have no reason to believe with the work ethic [Neal] put in the attention to detail and pushing to be a really good player that we’ll see better results.’’