Loading ...Although the New York Giants cornerback situation looks dire right now, there are reinforcements coming back from injury in the near future. Today, youngsters Prince Amukamara and Jayron Hosley both expressed their desire to play in week one against the Dallas Cowboys. Not only is this welcome news to a defense that is relying on career backups to see significant playing time in the secondary, but it finally represents some good news on the injury front to a fan base that has seen their roster decimated in years past.
While both players are holding out hope they will be cleared to take the field next Wednesday, Hosley looks to be a lot closer than Amukamara is to actually seeing live action. Not only has Hosley been out of his walking boot, but he has started running and getting himself back into football shape.
"Right now I’m feeling pretty confident that I’ll be ready, and the trainers have been doing a great job with me. The trainers have been doing a great job of getting me ready, getting me prepared to get back on the field as soon as possible. I’m feeling pretty confident about playing against Dallas." said Hosley.
Before suffering from turf toe after Big Blue's second preseason game against the New York Jets, Hosley appeared to be a likely candidate to start at the nickel cornerback position. Although he never played much on the inside during college, the third-round pick out of Virginia Tech has showcased his versatility all throughout OTA's and training camp.
While Hosley's return would be help bolster the team's depth at possibly the thinnest position on the roster, defensive coordinator Perry Fewell would surely limit his opportunities in his first ever regular season NFL game. Not only is Hosley a rookie, but he won't be playing at 100% by Wednesday. In short, don't look for him to have too significant of an impact against Dallas.
As for Prince Amukamara, he appears to be a long shot, at best, to play week one. Although he is out of his walking boot, the second-year player out of Nebraska has not started running yet. He may not even get on the practice field before Wednesday night.
"I’m thinking Week 2 is more promising, but I want Week 1 to be promising as well," Amukamara said. "They haven’t told me yes, they haven’t told me no."
That said, a high ankle sprain normally takes around 3-4 weeks to heal. The fact the Prince is even being considered as an option for a game that takes place not even two weeks after his injury his an encouraging sign, to say the least.
"The doctor was impressed with how quick I’ve been improving, He said that it’s still a day-by-day thing, and I need to start running and practicing first, and I haven’t done that yet, so after I get the ok from the trainers we’ll go from there." said Amukamara.
The Giants are likely going to be relying on Michael Coe alongside Corey Webster in their first regular season game., which Justin Tryon splitting nickel back duties with safeties Antrel Rolle and Will Hill. Hopefully, the Giants pass rush will be able to minimize the vulnerability that Coe and Tryon may present. It will be worth keeping an eye on this situation as the team begins their final preparations for the beginning of their title defense.
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Considering one blown assignment might mean the difference between winning the division and staying home, I wouldn’t be broken hearted if Coe starts against Dallas.
Maybe the best news in a while:
Giants’ Will Beatty could play in regular-season opener
Though Will Beatty did not suit up for a preseason game and is dealing with the constant uncertainty with his back injury, Tom Coughlin believes there’s a chance the Giants’ left tackle could be ready for Wednesday’s season opener against the Dallas Cowboys.
“I’d like to have Beatty back without a doubt to put us back in at least a three-tackle situation. We’ll have to see how Beatty is,” Coughlin said today on a conference call with reporters. “If he continues to make progress, then we should be able to get him back for the game.”
Beatty practiced earlier this week and Coughlin called it “encouraging.” Beatty has been dealing with a sciatic-nerve condition since the spring and sat out the majority of training camp when it flared up again.
“He’s continuing to work hard on his core and his conditioning and he seemed to be okay after having a few snaps in practice,” Coughlin said. “So I’m really looking forward to seeing the continuation of this routine, this physical strengthening session that Will has started and he’s making some progress and I’m looking forward to seeing him on Saturday.”
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2012/08/giants_will_beatty_could_play.html
This could be big. Beatty CAN pass block even if he’s still got work to do in the running game. And having those three tackles sounds a lot better than two.
I wonder if Coughlin’s comments indicate that Brewer is headed back to the practice team? More likely it means they don’t intend to dress him if they can avoid it.
Guys. Prince ain’t playing, the OL ain’t gonna magically improve, but we will probably still win despite it. We have an excellent group of players at certain areas of interest–WR, DE, LB, RB, DB and of course QB. We have open questions at DT and TE, but I am confident that health and time will prove that they’ll both prove to be assets for us going forward.
The problem is and has been the OL, but we can still be successful despite that major problem.
wassup my dude?
I agree with you that Prince aint playing. Let the kid rest.
will you give it a rest on the O-line? we all know it’s terrible but it’s not as bad as Dallas or Philly’s!!!
I don’t think Prince should play. Although the injury didn’t look serious at the time…the fact that he’s had a foot injury already (granted it was on the other leg), I’d rather be safe than sorry and not rush him back too quickly. I’d rather have him wait 1 week instead of having him miss several weeks as the result of a more severe injury. I’m as confident with Coe (and now Tryon) as I was with Prince anyway so I think we’ll be fine. The O-line, as mentioned, is the main problem.
My bet is Swag Hosley plays. Prince and t2 out
I agree with mostly everything said/written. However, I think Joseph is ready to step up in leadership and dynamic play. I feel his play will elevate the play of the lineman next to him. I think Lindvil Joseph is going to emerge as a pro bowl quality DT.
+1. I said after I got home from the game that he is a beast who is Pro Bowl-worthy.
And he and Rocky are matched well while waiting for Canty’s arrival.
I wonder who the other tackles will be. I was confident it would be Thomas and Kuhn. Not so sure anymore about any but Thomas. Could be Kuhn, could be Hendricks, could be neither. And how about Austin? On the roster or is he the perfect candidate for that IR designated selection as of Tuesday?