During the second day of practice Giants wide receiver Ben Edwards was carted off after going down with a knee injury. The Giants were fearful that the injury was going to be very serious in nature.

Thankfully, he was diagnosed with a mild left knee sprain earlier in the day, according to Giants beat reporter Art Stapleton.

Hearing good news on #Giants WR Ben Edwards: looked bad, but diagnosed as a mild left knee sprain. Expected to resume offseason workouts.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) April 28, 2016

Edwards turned some heads with his play during the 2015 camp, eventually ending up on the final 53 man roster. Giants fans are anxious to find out if any of the lesser-known wide receivers can step up, contribute, and make a name for themselves.

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The New York Giants are playing it safe when it comes to injuries this year. Giants a running back Orleans Darkwa will be held out for nearly a month to help heal a small fracture in his tibia according to NJ.com

Orleans Darkwa was at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Tuesday but not on the field practicing with teammates. The Giants are playing it safe with the running back. He has a small fracture in his tibia, according to an individual with knowledge of the situation.

Darkwa, 24, is expected to be held out of action for around a month. The injury is considered minor and he could play if necessary.

This is more of a tale of the Giants being very cautious, Darkwa showed much improvement later on in the year and is anticipated to be a big part of the running game going forward.

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A big stride to the return of Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz started this past week when he resumed running. Cruz, who has been battling injuries the past two years is eager to get on the field.

It is believed that Cruz will remain with the Giants possibly with the restructured contract.  In his bleacher report video he states he is eager to get back on the field with his teammates and Odell Beckham Jr.

“I’ve been making a lot of progress,” Cruz says in the video. “The calf is feeling really, really good. I’m excited about the progress”

“I really feel like it’s paying dividends. The strength in my calf is starting to come back,” he said. “Everything’s starting to come around. I’m excited to go out there with my teammates again. I’m excited to see Odell and those guys, I’m excited to play again. But I know I have a long journey ahead of me. I have some significant gains to make in terms of where I’m at with my calf, and things like that. I’m excited.”

We all await with anxiety for him to come back to the field, and return to the player he once was.

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The Giants added two additional names to their season ending IR yesterday. Zak DeOssie will miss time with a wrist injury and TE Larry Donnell will also be shut down with lingering neck issues, according  to Giants.com 

Long snapper Zak DeOssie, who has not missed a game in his eight-year career, was placed on injured reserve with a wrist injury. Since joining the Giants as a fourth-round draft choice in 2007, he has played in 140 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak on the team, behind only Eli Manning’s 179 straight appearances.
DeOssie is the second of the Giants’ three season-long captains to go in injured reserve, joining linebacker Jon Beason (who has been on I.R. since Nov. 7). Manning is the third team captain. DeOssie has been elected a captain by his teammates each of the last five seasons.
The Giants also placed tight end Larry Donnell on injured reserve because of the neck injury he suffered at New Orleans on Nov. 1. Donnell has missed the last four games.

There is a lot of talent on our injured reserve list. Hopefully all these players we come back strong next year.

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The Injury bug is hitting New York hard. The Giants lost left guard Geoff Schwartz during the first half of Sunday’s loss against the Washington Redskins. After further testing it was decided to shut him down for the season so he can recover from his fracture.

“And I’m going to have to wait, obviously, for the protocol to be completed and for some successful rendering of the various examinations”. “We have five weeks left of the regular season and hopefully the playoffs, I’m hoping to still play at some point this season, but I really just don’t know”.

Schwartz tweeted his frustration on Tuesday.

Hard to express how upset I am that my season is over. Wish there was some inspirational quote to say but there isn’t. This is brutal.

— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) December 1, 2015

Best of health Big Man whishing a speedy recovery. Please like comment and share.

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New York Giants tackle Will Beatty, who has been sidelined due to a pectoral tear suffered in the off-season, will be assigned to the PUP list missing the rest of the season according to Head Coach Tom Couglin.

“He’s practiced and worked hard to try to see what he was able to do with it, but it’s just not going to be something that will allow him to be the player that he can be, He was trying to see what he could do with it. He wore a strap and so on and so forth. But it wasn’t enough.”

The Giants were hopeful that Beatty would return for the final playoff push, possibly shuffling the line up a bit. Rookie left tackle Ereck Flowers continues to impress with his play. Beatty, who is 30 years old, has two years remaining on the five-year, $38.75 million contract. He is scheduled to earn $6.6 million in base salary in 2016 and count $9.1 million on the salary cap. Giants management will have to make tough choices this year with Flowers playing well. Hopefully Beatty and Flowers can play on the same line with some off-season creativity by GM Jerry Reeses.

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Victor Cruz will wait till Monday to assess how well the platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection has helped in speeding up his ailing calf.

Cruz who has suffered a few setback is eager to get back on the practice field with full participation.

“Obviously, there is some optimism because of how far I’ve come to date and the obstacles that I’ve been able to hurdle and get over up until now. So there’s definitely some optimism there, but obviously not just there yet. So we’ve got to take it one day at a time.”

No estimated time-table has been given, although Cruz has been ruled out for Sunday’s game versus the San Francisco 49ers. One long shot goal is for Cruz  to return against the Philadelphia Eagles in week 6. Cruz offered some optimism.

“It would be a good one to come back for, to say the least, Every game is in my sights, to be honest,” he said. “Every week, I’m trying to gauge it and see how it feels and kind of take steps and wake up in the morning and do the old calf raise test in bed and stuff like that. We’ll see how it goes.”

We are all hoping to see Cruz, Beckham, and Randle suit up at the same time this year!

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Looks like the wait is over and Victor Cruz will play this week against the Buffalo Bills. His announcement came via his Bleacher Report Uninterrupted Video.

“I’m extremely excited to start my next game, to play my first game in this young 2015 season. I’m excited to team up with Odell [Beckham], man. It’s gonna be fun,” Cruz said in the video. “I just wanted to make sure that I’m 100% before I go back out there. I want to be clicking on all cylinders. I want everything to be full force just to prevent another injury, you know what I mean? So I’m excited, man.”

Good to Have him back! Please leave a comment below!

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Reports have Jason Pierre-Paul traveling to New York to take his long awaited physical after the now infamous 4th of July accident. This would be the first time the team has met with JPP in person since that date.

The #Giants and Jason Pierre-Paul are planning to reunite today, sources say. He’s scheduled to fly in and take an all-important physical.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 7, 2015

Three sources spoke to Ian Rapoport earlier in the month,  according to them JPP is progressing very well, but Rapoport is unsure of a week 1 appearance from JPP.

According to three sources informed of his recovery, JPP’s rehab is “progressing very well.” It has been about a month and a half since the fireworks incident on July 4 weekend that led to an eventual index finger amputation.

He’s still expected to show up at the Giants facility prior to the start of the regular season, but whether he’ll be in uniform Week 1 against the Cowboys or whether it takes a few weeks to round into form is still up in the air.

Much is still up in the air, both contact and health. Time will only tell how the JPP situation will play out. What do you think? We will see JPP in uniform shortly? Leave a comment below.

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As Brady, Belicheck and the Ball Boy “derail” the Super Bowl with “deflate gate” let’s focus on one of the true culprits that “derailed” the Giants 2014 season-injuries. The truth be told Big Blue led the NFL in players on injured reserve 20 and “man games lost” xover 100. Besides turnovers probably the last statistic a team wants to lead the league. The “big black & blue” were down big players for long stretches of time.

The “past is prologue”- and there are five Giants players to keep your eyes on big time for Big Blue to be big time in 2015. Victor Cruz, Jon Beason, Robert Ayers, Geoff Schwartz and Prince Amukamara, these guys are starters, game changers and veterans that the Giants expected to be big in 2014 and need going forward.

At the top of the list Victor Cruz, we all know what he can do for the Giants-change a season with 99 yard catch and run (run Forest run) against the Jets. Salsa his way to the end zone and keep the chains moving. Seriously he is an 80 receptions and 1,000 yard receiver yearly. When he tore his knee up in Philly the Giants were 3-2…they would not win another game for over a month.  Until “OBJ” would emerge- coincidence…I think not. Considering Cruz’s injury don’t expect him to be himself until game 8 in 2015. It takes these guys one calendar year to truly recover…see All-Star John Tavares of the Islanders.  But the visual of Cruz and OBJ on opposite sides has to be giving Big D, the Skins and the Birds nightmares.

Jon Beason could be the “beast of the east” for the defense and Steve Spagnoulo.  When this guy is healthy he is an absolute stopper in the middle. He can simply man up and guarantee 100 plus tackles a season. However, he just seems to be a constant member of the “tub club”. He needs a big 2015 season because he not getting younger and Giants will not wait much longer. Look for the Giants to draft a middle linebacker in the mid to late rounds of the draft in April.

Robert Ayers – credit to Jerry Reese for signing the hometown boy (Jersey City) last offseason. In 5 seasons Ayers is just coming into his prime and has shown tremendous consistency. He is the exactly the kind of defensive lineman a team like the Giant’s needs. He was just getting going when he went down against Jacksonville (the worst loss of the season). Ayers had pushed his way to 5 sacks in 12 games on a poor defense. Look for a big, big year in 2015.

Geoff Schwartz– such a disappointing season- brought in as free-agent in 2014 by Jerry Reese to be a big and I mean big lineman (6 foot 6, 340 pounds) and give Eli time…none of that happened. The Giants are his fourth team in 6 seasons previously with Carolina, Minnesota and Kansas City. All summer and first 10 games of the season fought injury problems. Finally got back in the line-up for two games and yet again was put on IR after the Jags game with an “ankle/tendon injury”. Needs a full season on the field – or will be his last in big city.

Prince Amukamara-the secondary was supposed to be the big strength for the Giants defense but it crashed and burned. Prince was having a solid season when he went down in week eight with 37 solo tackles, 3 interceptions and 11 blocked passes. This guy is the closest thing the Giants have to a “shut down” corner. I really like this guy a lot and so does Antrel Rolle. He is not afraid to tackle and never seems to be out of position. Look for Prince and the Revolution in the secondary next year!

Prediction time– Super Bowl Seattle 31- Patriots 28. The triple B’s “deflated” their own season. Besides Marshawn Lynch will be MVP with over 100 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns.

Big Blue defense will rank in the top 1/3 in 2015…somewhere between 12^th and 8^th…wih Steve Spagnoulo as defensive coordinator.

All stats courtesy of Giants.com, NJ.com and Fox.com

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