NY Giants’ Kadarius Toney battling some sort of injury

NY Giants rookie Kadarius Toney is dealing with an injury, that kept him sidelined for Saturday night’s game against the Jets to open the preseason

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The curious case of Kadarius Toney’s rookie preseason took another turn Saturday night, as the NY Giants’ first-round pick was scratched from the team’s exhibition opener against the Jets.

Following a 12-7 loss, Giants head coach Joe Judge revealed that Toney is battling an injury, and that is why he was not on the field for pre-game warmups and wasn’t on the sideline during the game.

"“Any injured player who was not able to play tonight,” Judge said. “We were not going to put on the sideline, if he wasn’t healthy enough to participate in the game. The only exception is if it’s a captain, it’s a different deal sometimes.”"

Interestingly, rookie linebacker Elerson Smith did not play Saturday night, has been injured, and he was able to go through pre-game warmups, while Toney did not.

It seems as though whatever Toney is dealing with, he’s trending in the wrong direction.

Toney has been limited throughout this summer, and did not participate in Wednesday’s open practice at MetLife Stadium, after doing very little during the second half of Tuesday’s practice.

While Judge did not disclose what exactly Toney’s injury is, he is “hopeful” that the former Florida standout, chosen with the No. 20 overall pick this spring, will be able to return to practice this week.

“He’s been doing with it for a little bit,” Judge said. “It’s something he aggravated this week. He was unable to participate [tonight.] We’re hopeful he is [able to practice this week.]”

Matt Lombardo is FanSided’s National NFL Insider and writes Between The Hash Marks each Wednesday. Email Matt: Matt.Lombardo@FanSided.com