Loading ...New York Giants backup running back Da'Rel Scott was at the Hospital for Special Surgery on Tuesday receiving surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee. He is expected to miss several weeks. The Giants have not yet made a roster move.
Scott has only had six carries so far through 2012 for a grand total of nine yards. With Ahmad Bradshaw, Andre Brown, and David Wilson ahead of him on the depth chart, Scott has seen very limited action on offense. With that, David Wilson's explosive kick off returns have negated his value to the Giants on special teams. Although Scott has breakaway speed, he has yet to showcase a physical style of play.
With Chris Canty eligible to come off the PUP this week, it's possible the Giants put Scott on the injured reserve to make room on the 53-man roster. Even if Canty isn't ready, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to keep a fourth-string running back on the roster who is going to be injured for several weeks.
The Giants will most likely make a roster move with Da'Rel Scott in the near future, and it's more then likely we will not see him for the remainder of the season. Although it's always good to have a guy with his speed on the roster, it's unlikely that he would have had an impact had he remained healthy. Luckily for Scott, a torn meniscus is not a career threatening injury. Giants 101 would like to wish him a speedy recovery.
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I think that is pretty clear Canty will take his roster spot. But they might not need to make that decision yet if Canty is not game-ready. Looks like he’ll need at least one more week. In the offseason, Canty said he’ll be ready against his old team. Looks like that statement is still true.
For the record, I am pretty sure we will roll over the redskins. Their defense will not be able to stop the Giants offense at all. I am see a complete blow out. NY Giants win big.
I think you’re a little optimistic here. Sure, the Giants can put up points on that defense, but Washington’s offense puts up just as many yards and points as the Giants. Sure, they haven’t played a defense as good as the Giants this season, but then again, in how many games this season have you seen the Giants dominate? 2 out of 6? Containing Bob will not be an easy task.
I think New England implemented their super hurry-up offense to counter our defense. Kind of flattering ha.
This leaves one more roster spot to clear for the return of Will Hill, unless anyone thinks the Giants will make a second move to make room for Beckum (I don’t–I think he goes on season-ending IR or gets waived).
Does anyone have any idea whether Canty’s statement today meant he doesn’t think he can play this week or just that he doesn’t think he can do what he’s capable of doing yet? A 75% Chris Canty is better than a 100% Markus Kuhn or Marvin Austin.
The guy hasn’t had any football contact in quite a while, so I assume he has to get into real “football shape” before he can be extremely effective. But if he can play 20 snaps and contribute a little on Sunday that would be great. They need to control the Redskins running game because if Morris slashes them like he has a lot of other teams, their wunderkind quarterback is going to be able to do plenty against even a solid defense. I’m confident we can score plenty of points on Sunday, but I don’t want to get in a shootout and have to score five touchdowns to win.
Canty’s injury situation has been shrouded in mystery. Why should that change now?
I’m going to throw out an idea here: Scott for temporary IR.
I know, I know…we only get one temporary IR designation and 4th stringer Da’Rell is not what we all had in mind.
But if my understanding of the rule is correct, the injured player can’t return to play for 8 weeks. So, basically, we are running out of time to use it.
And, while I know you all could care less about Da’Rell Scott, nobody gets hurt like running backs and I am just not comfortable with rolling with three of them…especially since one of them has a longer injury history list than Gerris Wilkinson and another is currently out with a concussion.
You don’t lose Scott for the season, you get a roster spot for Canty. Sure, it will sting if a more important player pulls a hammy or sprains an ankle badly this week, but at that point hindsight will be 20/20.
And, as for Canty, I find it hard to believe he won’t be in uniform on Sunday, even if he only gets ten or so snaps to get his feet wet.
His knee is as ready as it’s going to get sitting on the sidelines. Now, he’s got to test it in gameplay and get the conditioning down. Can’t do that in street clothes.
Where is everyone…?
And don’t tell me “watching the Yankee game.”
watching the yankee game.
The temporary IR spot will go unused rather than waste it on Scott.
Meh, I don’t see it as wasting it on Scott. I see it as creating room for Canty (or Hill) without losing a player. Not using it would be wasting it.
At the end of the day, Scott probably isn’t going anywhere unless this is the kind of injury that takes solidly more than a month. Most of these meniscus cleanups don’t cost guys more than 2 or 3 weeks, and Scott likely won’t be needed in the next few weeks. Over the rest of the season and the postseason, you’re likely going to need your 4th RB at some point (and should consider yourself lucky if you don’t).
Temporary IR sounds like a smart move for Scott. I don’t foresee any major injury befalling this team in the next few we….
Whoops, forgot I was talking about the Giants here.
Anyway, as for the Redskins and their savior, Bobert the 3rd….stopping the run is absolutely critical. We stop the run and the game is ours for the taking.
Hopefully, losing to Vick and McCoy taught our defensive front seven a few lessons in properly containing a mobile quarterback and his shifty running back.
Well, we kind of experienced that against Carolina with Newton and Williams, and the front seven held up very well. Let’s hope we see more of that this week.