Loading ...The hits just keep coming for this New York Giants secondary. Safety Kenny Phillips left last Sunday's game early with a knee injury. In the Monday press conference, head coach Tom Coughlin announced that Phillips' injury was in fact a sprained MCL and called his timetable "week to week," although he is expected to be out between 3-6 weeks.
The Giants' secondary has been plagued by injuries thus far this season. They were already without rookie Jayron Hosley for the last game, and starter Terrell Thomas is out for the year with his third ACL injury. Stevie Brown replaced Phillips on the field following his injury and made several plays; however, he also missed some plays that perhaps Phillips would have made if he had not been injured.
The silver lining in the timing of Phillips' injury is that safety Tyler Sash is expected to be back with the team after serving his four game suspension for violating the NFL's PED policy. Sash gives the Giants defense a healthy body at a time they desperately need one.
During Monday's press conference Coughlin also gave some bad news regarding Hakeem Nick's injury. It appears his knee has not shown any improvement despite sitting out Sunday night's game. His knee injury adds to the already lingering broken foot that he's been dealing with.
Stay tuned later this week for updates on Phillips' and Nicks' injuries. It is not like Coughlin to rush his players back from injury, so it is unlikely that either Phillips or Nicks will play in the next game against the Browns.
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We’re in our usual situation … hang close early … finish strong … make a late season charge.
We should be no strangers to adversity like this. Especially after 2 Superbowls.
I was afraid that Nicks injury was more serious than thought; now this confirms it. I wonder how long he will be out.
I’m guessing Kenny is down 4-6 weeks; that’s how I interpret week to week.
Depending on how bad Kenny really is and the deal with Nicks, perhaps it is t`ime to test drive the new IR rules
I’m not into moral victories but, 1. It’s nice to have a return game; 2. We were very close to winning a street fight on the road in Philly without our best receiver.
0-2 in the division already. Obviously the Giants can no longer afford to have a let down when they see the Redskins uniforms. They have to sweep the ‘skins and take the next games with both the Eagles and the Cowboys to split with them. They have to run the NFC East table or they’re golfing in the Bahamas in January.
Question: did the equipment manager put roller skates on Marvin Austin? Holy crap was he man-handled.
norm,
I agree with your post re: Austin 100%. One of the challenges of contributing here on a mobile device is that I seldom feel like articulating a point or proofreading. Of course Austin can’t be expected to contribute. But when they started looking gassed and Fewell gave it a shot, it was not good. They need some bodies.
There is a silver lining in sunday’s loss, and it is this:
since we always start 6-2 (before collapsing to one degree or another), we will beat the Niners, skins and Cowboys over the next 4 games.
Though it’s not great being 0-2 in the division, remember that our divisional rivals have yet to play each other. They may knock each other off.