Injury Report – Brandon Jacobs’ Season is Over; Chris Canty Suffers Knee Injury in Practice: HB Brandon Jacobs will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his injured knee next week. He will not play on Sunday against the Vikings so his season is officially over.
The Daily News is reporting that Jacobs does not have ligament damage, but a partially torn meniscus. The surgery will clean out the torn cartilage that has apparently been bothering him for months.
“I’m hoping that this is corrected by the scope,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin.
DT Chris Canty also injured his knee on one of the last plays of practice. The injury is believed to be an MCL sprain to his right knee, but the true extent of the injury will not be known until an MRI is taken. Canty was wearing crutches after practice and his season may be over too. “To be honest with you, I don’t want to talk about it,” said Canty, who has suffered from a various assortment of injuries this year (hamstring and calf).
Aside from Jacobs, not practicing yesterday were CB Corey Webster (knee), CB/S Aaron Ross (hamstring), HB Ahmad Bradshaw (ankles/foot), WR Mario Manningham (shoulder), and RT Kareem McKenzie (knee).
WR Hakeem Nicks (hamstring), LG Rich Seubert (knee), and DT Fred Robbins (lower leg) were limited in practice.
“(Robbins) is sore today,” said Coughlin before practice. “He is going to go individual and see how much he can do. He may do a few snaps. But he does have some swelling in the lower leg. Fortunately there was no fracture. But he does have swelling and he is sore.”
QB Eli Manning (foot) practiced fully.
Notes and Quotes: Steve Smith (7), Nicks (6), Manningham (5), and Kevin Boss (5) all have at least five touchdown receptions. This is the first time the Giants have had four different receivers with at least five touchdown catches apiece since 1963, when five players reached that total: Del Shofner (9), Frank Gifford (7), Joe Morrison (7), Joe Walton (6) and Phil King (5).
Head Coach Tom Coughlin on WR Ramses Barden: “We are looking forward, believe me, to spending a lot of time with Barden (in the offseason). Because I think he has shown us, in the scout squad, as much as Mario (Manningham) did a year ago, that there is a lot to work with there. And we are excited about that. Whether or not he has to play in the game to show us more – yes, it would be nice. But we have seen plenty on the practice field.”
Coughlin on HB D.J. Ware: “Of course he had the unfortunate incident (elbow injury) at the very beginning of the season. Then he came back and got nicked again (concussion). So he really hasn’t had the time or the extended – to be honest with you, in special teams when he was back, he didn’t do much. He didn’t provide us with a lot. And Gartrell (Johnson), when given the chance, flies around. So Danny is – we are trying to make him understand a lot of things about consistency and about what our expectation levels are, no matter what spot we are in. And hopefully he is going to learn that.”
Coughlin on DT Chris Canty: “He is a force inside and we are continuing to try to develop him to the point where he is even more of a force.”