The Giants went into free agency determined to find and sign a starting guard, and the one they came up with on Monday is Jon Runyan Jr., who never missed a game in four years with the Packers.
The three-year deal is worth $30 million, with $17 million in guaranteed money, The Post confirmed.
Runyan, 26, will step in as an immediate starter with the Giants. He played 925 snaps at right guard for the Packers in 2023, allowing only two sacks and six quarterback hits in 568 pass block snaps, according to Pro Football Focus.
To say this addition addresses a need is to say water is wet, the desert is hot and Giants quarterbacks are often in peril.
The Giants last season allowed a franchise-high 85 sacks, the second-highest total in NFL history.
Runyan in 2022 played 680 snaps at right guard and 370 at left guard.
The 6-foot-4, 307-pound Runyan was a 2020 sixth-round draft pick out of Michigan and he played in all 67 regular-season games for the Packers, starting 50 games.
His father, also named Jon, was an offensive tackle for the Eagles who regularly engaged in battles with Michael Strahan.
This was the expected mid-level addition to the offensive line.
The Giants received immediate information as to what a top-tier guard would command in this market, as Landon Dickerson re-signed with the Eagles on a four-year deal worth $84 million, with $50 million in guaranteed money.
Jonah Jackson, one of the top guards to hit the market, was thought to be a player the Giants would make a play for but he left the Lions to sign with the Rams on a three-year, $51 million deal with $34 million in guaranteed money.
Runyan is the first step in yet another offensive line rebuild for a franchise that cannot get this position group right.
Andrew Thomas is set at left tackle and John Michael Schmitz will return for his second year at center. Evan Neal, recovering from ankle surgery, will be given a shot to retain his starting right tackle spot. Last season’s starting guards, Ben Bredeson and Justin Pugh, are both free agents.