September 10, 2010 New York Giants Injury Report: LB Phillip Dillard (hamstring) was the only player who did not practice again yesterday. He has officially been ruled “out” of the game on Sunday against the Panthers.
The Giants say CB Aaron Ross (foot) practiced on a limited basis on Friday, but Ross says he practiced fully. Regardless, he is officially listed as “doubtful” for the game.
“(Ross is) working along,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “He’s working along okay. It’s daily…I’m not going to say (if he will play on Sunday). We’ll give him every opportunity…I would say there’s a threshold of pain tolerance and there’s probably always a risk of doing something else to it…We never really pinpointed what (caused the injury).”
“I’ve been working hard to get back so I can be in the game on Sunday,” said Ross. “I really don’t know. I’m getting better and better every day. By now, I’m just leaving it up to the coaches and leaving it in their hands…As a football player, we play through pain all the time. If it’s just pain, I’ll be ready for week one. If it’s still injured and I’ll hurt the team, once again I can’t make that decision.”
“In the beginning, it was really difficult (to cut),” said Ross. “I couldn’t put my heel down. I couldn’t plant. This week, I’ve been doing a lot day-by-day. Fifty percent the first practice, 75 percent, then the whole practice today. I felt really good and it’s been getting better and better every day. I still have two more days so don’t count me out…It feels good. I practiced a lot today: jumping, sprinting, everything today. I felt pretty good.”
Also fully practicing were OC Shaun O’Hara (ankle/Achilles), DT Chris Canty (groin), LB Chase Blackburn (knee), LB Gerris Wilkinson (groin), and CB Corey Webster (groin). Wilkinson is “questionable”; and the other four players are “probable” for the game on Sunday.
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