Before we get to Coach Tom Coughlin’s presser, here’s a quick injury update.
Not practicing Tuesday were the following players:
QB Jim Sorgi (shoulder/ribs)
RB D.J. Ware (concussion)
WR Ramses Barden (back)
TE / H-Back Travis Beckum (neck)
OC Shaun O’Hara (ankle)
OG Kevin Boothe (PUP – chest)
DE Jason Pierre-Paul (groin)
LB Chase Blackburn (knee)
CB Aaron Ross (foot)
S Michael Johnson (back)
S Sha’reff Rashad (concussion)
– Pierre-Paul said of his groin injury that was suffered during last week’s Steelers game:
“It is nothing. I’m just being safe with it. Nothing negative. I don’t even know how it happened, it is just something that happened. It is nothing really. I should be fine Saturday.”
– DL Chris Canty also injured his groin during practice and left early.
– RB Ware and Safety Rashad have been officially ruled out of Saturdays road game against the Ravens.
Here is Tom Coughlin’s interview with the press:
"Q: Is something wrong with Chris Canty?A: Yeah. He tweaked a groin.Q: How about Shaun O’Hara?A: He’s just sore. That’s it. The ankle. It had some swelling. Hopefully he can get that under control. I won’t know anything with Canty until they get inside and take a look.Q: Pierre-Paul is not going to play this weekend?A: We’ll just take it day by day.Q: Canty just happened here today?A: Yeah.Q: Is Eli progressing with no problems?A: Seems to be doing well.Q: He says he’s going to try to put the helmet on tomorrow. A: That’s the plan. We’ll see.Q: Is it a big deal if he waits another day?A: Not for me it isn’t because the next couple of days we’ll do some carded stuff trying to get ready for the weekend but just the fact that he can somehow get comfortable in itQ: But you feel he’s getting the work he needs?A: Oh, he’s definitely getting the work. He’s taking all the snaps that he can get.Q: What’s your ideal third down back?A: My ideal third down back is somebody who can pass protect and then is a threat coming out of the backfield. Run, roll, pass.Q: And looking at this, how would you define Andre Brown’s progress?A: Andre does a nice job of running the ball up in there on first, second down and on third down if he is able to get all the protections wired up, then he’d be fine.Q: Could you trust an essentially first year player?A: If they prove it, sure. If they prove it, you’d have to. Fortunately we have a couple of guys who have done it and hopefully they will continue to be the guys featured.Q: How is Danny Ware feeling?A: I think he feels okay, but they’re not going to give him the green light.Q: What about Sha’reff Rashad?A: Same. Not yet, but he will have a chance faster than Danny probably.Q: Is that because of Danny’s concussion last season?A: I would say that, but I really don’t know the answer to that.Q: With two safeties out, do you have to alter Kenny Phillips’ plan for snaps on Saturday?A: Well, I’m hoping not to. He should advance – he’s proven in the last couple of days of practice that in addition to coming back and feeling fine, that he can take some more reps so maybe that will allow us to give him a few more on the weekend.Q: Keith Bulluck has been working a lot outside.A: He’s played outside, he’s played inside, he can play both spots.Q: But he did not take a lot of reps outside in training camp…A: No, but he took very few as it was, and they were mostly in the middle. They were all in the middle.Q: Is this something that you’re thinking of doing in order to get the best three guys out there?A: Yes. To try to find the best situational players for maybe a first down run or something like that.Q: Of the two outside spots, is there one that you like Bulluck at better?A: No, but he’s always played the Sam position, so he’s more familiar with that.Q: What were your thoughts looking at the film on Madison Hedgecocok?A: I thought he played better. I think he listened to what he needed to improve upon [from game one to game two] and let’s hope he does it again.Q: Are you going to be a little bit short at cornerback because of Aaron Ross and because Terrell Thomas looks a little bit sore?A: I hope we’re not but you can certainly do the math like I can. You would hope you would be fine for a game with four or five guys and hopefully we’ll have that many.Q: Is Ross any better?A: No.Q: Is Ross any worse?A: No. He did go for the second opinion and I think they either put a boot or a cast on him so he’ll be a good few days anyway.Q: Where did he go for that?A: Charlotte, I believe."
You know, Aaron Ross should get a pair of cowboy boots off Eli Manning, that treatment seemed to work great for Eli last season.
The Danny Ware / Andre Brown competition got a lot more interesting now that Ware has suffered his second concussion — the NFL of course is now treating head injuries with a ton of care these days. He may be out for a while which gives Andre Brown a shot at that third spot in the rotation like we’ve been saying for the past several days. Brown has looked good, and Coughlin has noticed… but Coughlin had also indicated that Bradshaw and Jacobs have both proven they can be that “third down back” that can ‘run, roll, and catch a pass’. It will be interesting to see how the Giants use Brown – I would just assume Bradshaw gets more time as an every down running back this year since he did so well with the added responsibility last year… and the fact that he’s looked like the starting player in camp, practice, and in preseason games as well. Time will tell, but I think Bradshaw deserves to get the bulk of the carries regardless.
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