September 21, 2009 New York Giants Injury Report – No Word Yet on Tuck and Hixon: Head Coach Tom Coughlin was not able to provide an update yesterday afternoon on the injury status of DE Justin Tuck (shoulder) and WR Domenik Hixon (knee). Both were injured in the game against Dallas.
The bad news on Tuck was that after the game, he had problems dressing and admitted he was in so much pain he could not get into a three-point stance.
“I really don’t have much,” said Coughlin. “They are going through all of the tests today and we will have to wait and see what the tests say to see where these guys are. I think a big factor will be Wednesday. When we do get the information, how do they feel on Wednesday?…Anytime you have a player of (Tuck’s) caliber that can’t finish a game, I would think that something is going on there that is preventing him from continuing. And as I said, we’ll just have to wait and see.”
Coughlin was also asked about DT Chris Canty (calf), CB Aaron Ross (hamstring), and CB Kevin Dockery (hamstring) – all three of whom did not play against Dallas. “I couldn’t say,” replied Coughlin. “The early prognosis is not that different from what we finished last week with. And so again, we’ll see. I think it ends up being, hopefully, a day to day thing. But we will have to find out.”
Articles on WRs Steve Smith and Mario Manningham:
- Giants WRs Steve Smith And Mario Manningham Embarrass Cowboys by Ralph Vacchiano of The Daily News
- Receivers Have Been Strong Suit So Far by Paul Schwartz of The New York Post
Articles on WR Mario Manningham:
- NY Giants’ Mario Manningham Is Catching On At Wide Receiver by Jenny Vrentas of The Star-Ledger
- Ham On A Roll: Hard Work Fuels Mario by Mike Vaccaro of The New York Post
Article on the Giants’ New Stadium: New Meadowlands For Jets, Giants Likely Won’t Compare To Cowboys’ New Stadium by Filip Bondy of The Daily News
Notes and Quotes: Sunday night’s Giants-Cowboys game had the best overnight rating ever for Sunday Night Football broadcast on NBC.
The Giants gained 427 yards against Dallas, their fourth 400-yard plus outing in their last 15 regular season games.
All eight of QB Eli Manning’s 300-yard plus games have been on the road.
Cowboys’ LT Flozell Adams on charges by DE Justin Tuck that Adams’ tripping penalty on Tuck was “bush league”: “Bush? What does that mean. I’ve never ever heard that term. It’s not my fault. I don’t know what happened with that. (Tuck) said he hurt his shoulder. I’m like, ‘well, stay up.’ That’s all I know. He fell down. Stay up.” Tuck suffered his shoulder injury on the play in question.