Injuries Hitting Giants

Who is Hurt, and From What?

Well thanks for coming out Shaun Rogers. Now you are out for the season with a blood clot in your calf. Rogers says its because of a leg whip in practice and the flights to and from Jacksonville. Upsetting because he dropped 50 lbs to play on this team, and this happens. When asked about it, Coughlin stated, “It’s a sad thing.” 

The Giants were looking deep at the DT position with the acquisition of Rogers, but now injuries have started to mount. Canty is still on the PUP and not sure when he will return, but says knee is now better than it was at the end of the season. Martin Parker got laid out in the Jacksonville game and has a herniated disk that requires surgery. Marvin Austin went back to Manhattan for tests on his back because it started to tighten up on him. It was good to see that Dwayne Kendricks looked good in the Jacksonville game. Him and rookie German Markus Kuhn may now have to step up for this team, especially if Marvin Austin has a meaningful injury.

The Giants still have Linval Joseph and Rocky Bernard who should be healthy. But these are big guys that need to come out of the game here and there, without depth, it will be a problem. 

There are also rumors floating around about the beds at U of Albany causing some injuries. T2 said that his back stiffness, earlier in camp, had something to do with his knee fucking up again. Marvin Austin's back injury is being linked to this bed epidemic as well. I think Bennett said it best,

“My back doesn’t hurt. My back feels great. I have a great back.”
Years ago, the reply to any complaints would’ve been, “Tough. Suck it up. This is what camp is about.”

The Giants organization bring these beds in themselves. They are not the college beds we have slept in. Although camp is not supposed to be all rainbows and butterflies, they should definitely have different sized beds for different players.

 The Giants signed DT Carlton Powell, 6-3, 312 lbs. for obvious depth reasons. Powell is a 2008 fifth-round draft pick of Denver. Played in 3 games last year for Atlanta.

Good to see Nicks off of the PUP. Interested to see if he will be back at full strength by September 5th.