Loading ...The New York Giants released a medical report on Tuesday morning for four of their defensive lineman, and the news was terrible across the board. First and foremost, defensive tackle Martin Parker will miss the entire 2012 season with a herniated disk that requires surgery, while defensive end Justin Trattou is out several more weeks with a heel injury.
In addition to Trattou and Parker, DT Shaun Rogers has been diagnosed with a blood clot in his leg, while DT Marvin Austin has been sent to the Hospital for Special Surgery to have his back examined.
"We went from a lot of depth to not much in a sequence of days," Rocky Bernard said.
Rogers, who was injured during the first preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and recently met with vascular surgeon Dr. John Karwowaki, will face a long recovery of his own as he deals with the blood clot. Chances are it will end his season and possibly his career.
With Chris Canty currently on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, the rash of injuries at the defensive tackle position is a worst case scenario for the Giants. And aware of how thin the team was getting at the position, General Manager Jerry Reese put a waiver claim in on defensive tackle Ronnie Cameron (Chicago Bears) Monday, but he was ultimately awarded to the Cleveland Browns.
As it stands, the Giants' depth at defensive tackle consists of Linval Joseph, Rocky Bernard, Dwayne Hendricks and rookie Markus Kuhn.
The Giants had three defensive tackles working out on the game field in Albany this morning, but there's been no word on who they were. One name that might soon pop up is Jimmy Kennedy, who spent the 2011 season with Big Blue and currently remains a free agent.
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who is/was Martin Parker
Let the Kuhn era begin
Rocky B just keeps finding ways to extend his career
has anyone looked to see if he’s tripping the other DT’s as they run by?
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F55 – what you stated about Kiwi is true. But I don’t think he’s a great SLB or a great DE. I think he’s a good SLB and can be a very good DE. From everything I hear he’s definitely a high class individual and provides leadership. However, I think KP is more important. While I share the thought that Will Hill can be a quality starting safety, I am not convinced that Sash is a good enough 3rd safety. I think the combination of Rivers and Payinger at SLB is much better than the thought of Sash at 3rd safety especially behind an inexperienced player in Hill. In addition, I think Tracy will be a better pass rusher than Kiwi and we also have a developing Austin. So IMO at best Kiwi is our 5th best pass rusher going into next year. I agree pass rush is our core strength but keeping Kiwi does not greatly effect it just like Tollefson (though I concede Kiwi is much better). Kiwi does have a few year left on his deal making over 5 mil per year. I just think that money is better allocated in re-signing/extending Rivers and Tracy.
While Kiwi is a good player with even better intangiblies I don’t see him skill wise as a core player. I think Bradshaw could find himself in a similar position as well. I think safety is a more important postion than your 5th best pass rusher.
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I was already high on Tracy but he’s two pieces that furthered my excitement:
DE Tracy dubbed ‘Young Os’
ALBANY, N.Y. — Veteran defensive end Osi Umenyiora sees a lot of himself in Adrian Tracy, and Tracy even earned a nickname because of it.
“W call him Young Os,” Umenyiora said of the third-year defensive end. “He’s doing a phenomenal job. I love the way he plays and prepares. He’s always willing to learn, he’s always with me training afterwards, working on different things. You hear him asking questions and he’s willing to get better. It’s very good to see a young guy like that performing the way he’s performing.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/giants/post/_/id/15880/de-tracy-dubbed-young-os
Giants’ Adrian Tracy capitalizing on his opportunity
ALBANY, N.Y. – Adrian Tracy (6-2, 252 pounds) is built just like Osi Umenyiora (6-3, 255), so Tracy uses the two-time Pro Bowl selection to compare his progress and technique.
In Friday’s preseason opener against the Jaguars, Tracy had a moment Umenyiora has often experienced in the past when he got too far upfield on a touchdown run that slipped underneath him and took advantage of his pass-rush aggressiveness.
That mental mistake had Tracy thinking his solid performance was actually a bad showing, even though Umenyiora assured him it “happens to the best” of players.
“There’s that one play that sticks out in your mind the whole game, and that was it,” Tracy, he Giants’ third-year defensive end, said today. “As soon as it happened, it was like, ‘Ah.’ I knew that was me. But there were a lot of good things in there that allowed me to come down a little bit.”
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2012/08/giants_adrian_tracy_capitalizi.html
Well luckily we had some depth a DT. Joseph might not even play the rest of the preseason if it was my call. We can’t afford to lose him. But we still have Joseph, Benard, Hendricks and Kuhn. Hopefully Austin is fine and we keep Hendricks or Kuhn on the 53 while placing the other on PS.
I would really like to get a fulsome explanation of what is wrong with Canty
what was his exact injury
what type of surgery did he have
what was the initial time-table for his return
why has it changed, if it has
and is there a current time-table other than the PUP
paging Dan Benton
paging Dan Benton
As we’ve said repeatedly, none of that information has been made available to anyone. No one knows other than Canty, doctors and whoever he’s told personally.
Leaves the door wide open for Hendricks or Kuhn to be this years pre season Cruz vs the Jets
You HAVE to be kidding.
The Giants absolutely must bring in a veteran DT by some means. They cannot go into the season using a rotation of Joseph/Kuhn and then Bernard/Hendricks (pairing the #4 guy with the #1 guy and the #2 guy with the #3 guy).
And suddenly Justin Tuck’s snaps at DT start to look like more than rare, which isn’t good. And Adrian Tracy just became a very important part of this team.
I’d love to know Canty’s real condition and why the knee surgery was delayed during the off-season. That is starting to look like a really horrible decision and one that could seriously hurt this defense.
I will, once again, state that given this mess with our defensive tackles, not only is there no way Chase Blackburn doesn’t make the roster, but I believe his chances of starting over Mark Herzlich just went up exponentially. Herzlich will have to seriously outplay him in preseason to beat him out. Could happen, but I think Fewell will be very reluctant to have a youngster at MIKE when he cannot count on the guys in front of him.
Again lets hope that your negativity towards Hendricks and Kuhn is similar to that of Cruz
I’m by no means negative about Hendricks and Kuhn. In fact, I very much like both. But they’re both young, Kuhn is extremely raw, and young DTs generally struggle in the NFL no matter how good they eventually become. Joseph did not play very well his rookie season and I think he will prove to be a blue-chipper.
And I wasn’t negative about Cruz. What I said was that he hadn’t shown anything and I was waiting for him to show it in a real game. After that disaster against Seattle I was absolutely convinced he had a long way to go. I was wrong. But I thought all along that he had real potential. I think the same about Kuhn and Hendricks: real potential, long way to go.
Bring in a veteran (unless Canty is better than I now fear).
I really don’t see the correlation between Canty/Rodgers condition and Chase starting over Herzlich. If Herzlich continues to outplay him, he starts (which I am almost certain will be the case) plain and simple
Very simple. You want a reliable MIKE if you are worried about your DTs. Fewell absolutely knows he can rely on Blackburn to get to the right gap and to read what the offense is doing very accurately. Herzlich has to prove he will be that, not just the “better player”. Not doubt he will eventually take over the spot, but I wouldn’t bet it will be when the season opens. Coaches are very conservative about things like that, with good reason. Mistakes by a MIKE when what he has in front of him isn’t really strong can kill a defense. We saw that with Jones last year, and I think we saw it with Pierce for two years before they released him.
Last Canty Update provided no detail
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2012/07/giants_chris_canty_unsure_how.html
just saw a twitter feed suggesting Pats will release Ballard as opposed to IR’g him
paging Dan Benton
paging Dan Benton
Care to show me that tweet? I’ve heard no such thing. Doesn’t make any sense for the Pats to do that.
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