August 26, 2007 New York Giants Injury Report

August 26, 2007 New York Giants Injury Report: Kawika Mitchell suffered a groin strain against the Jets. The injury is not believed to be serious. “(He) had some strength (Sunday) morning,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “Hopefully that is going to be something we can control. I don’t know if he can work it for this week, but he will make it.”

The bad news is that CB E.J. Underwood broke his jaw and will undergo surgery. “That’s a pretty serious thing,” Coughlin said. “There’s going to be a length of time there when we can’t have contact, so (whether to put him on Injured Reserve) is a decision we’ll have to make.”

TE Rodney Burgess (shoulder) will undergo an MRI.

Coughlin said that other players were scheduled to undergo MRI’s and X-rays but he did not identify those players. “We have a few people that are getting MRI’s that I really shouldn’t comment on until I find out what the MRI’s are,” said Coughlin. “We have some other guys that are being X-rayed or MRI’ed that I will comment on when I get the information back.”

As for those players who did not play, Coughlin said LB Gerris Wilkinson (knee) and LS Ryan Kuehl were making progress, but were not ready to return to practice.

Cuts Looming: The Giants must reach the NFL maximum of 75 players by 4PM on Tuesday. The final cutdown to 53 players will be on September 1st.

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