September 29, 2011 New York Giants Injury Report

by | Sep 30, 2011 | News and Notes

September 29, 2011 New York Giants Injury Report – Nicks, Tuck, Stokley, and DeOssie Miss Practice: The following Giants did not practice yesterday: WR Hakeem Nicks (knee), WR Brandon Stokley (quad), DE Justin Tuck (neck/groin), CB Prince Amukamara (foot), LS Zak DeOssie (back), WR Ramses Barden (PUP – ankle), and OC Adam Koets (PUP – knee).

Nicks hyper-extended his knee in the opener against the Redskins. “Just a little swelling in the knee,” Head Coach Tom Coughlin said about Nicks. “I think he’ll make it to the game.”

“It’s just a little swelling. Nothing serious,” Nicks said.  “It’s been a little swollen, coming back and forth a little bit. It’s a matter of (how many) reps I take. It’s not as bad as nearly as it was in the beginning. It comes and goes. But they said it was going be like that. No red flags at all.”

When Coughlin was asked how much time Stokley would miss, he responded, “We’ll see. We’ll see. I can’t tell you that exactly…He’s got swelling and he’s being looked at daily. Beyond that, I’m not free to say.”

“(Tuck is) a little bit better,” said Coughlin. “I think each day he feels a little bit better, but he was not able to practice today.”

Coughlin was asked if it was the groin injury that is mostly keeping Tuck out. Coughlin replied, “Yeah, I think so.”

Tuck was asked if he was concerned about his neck injury. “A little bit but it just takes time to let it quiet down,” replied Tuck. “Unfortunately we don’t have time…you do want to be out there every week playing…It is frustrating. It is definitely frustrating but it is football and you fix your mind to know that you are going to have these nagging things…If I get on that plane to Arizona, I am playing.”

“It’s not serious enough right now where I’m saying, ‘Coach we might have to shut me down for three weeks,’” said Tuck. “It’s kind of like, ‘We’ll try to slide by with you missing a few practices here and there in the early parts of the season to give you an opportunity to quiet down.’”

“Justin was playing such good football during camp – he was really playing at a high, high level,” said Defensive Coordinator Perry Fewell. “He’s not playing at that level right now. I know that’s got to be frustrating for him. It’s frustrating for us. He’s just got to battle through that right now.”

WR Mario Manningham (concussion) and DE Osi Umenyiora (knee) practiced on a limited basis.

“Again, a nice practice today (for Umenyiora),” said Coughlin. “Again, we’re going to have to watch and see how he comes back…Today he came in and he felt good.”

Coach Media Q&As: The transcripts and video of yesterday’s media sessions with the following coaches are available at Giants.com:

Player Media Q&As: The transcripts and video of yesterday’s media Q&A sessions with the following players are available at Giants.com:

Article on the Giants’ Offense: Turnover-Prone Giants Turn Stingy by Mark Viera of The New York Times

Article on LB Jacquian Williams: The Mercurial Rise of an Unheralded Rookie by Aditi Kinkhabwala of The Wall Street Journal

Quotes: Defensive Coordinator Perry Fewell on safety Kenny Phillips: “I think Kenny Phillips is playing really, really good football. Very pleased with how he is breaking on the ball or when he’s tackling. We have a term, he’s just balling. And he really is. I think he’s balling out there for us.”