September 24, 2007 New York Giants Injury Report: The Giants came out of the game against the Redskins with no major injuries. HB Derrick Ward did tweak his ankle. “It’s a little sore,” said Ward yesterday.
It does not sound like HB Brandon Jacobs is ready to return yet. “No, (there is nothing new with Jacobs),” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “They are still saying no today but he has a full day tomorrow. They are doing more things with him on the side. I think he is getting close but I wouldn’t say it would necessarily be right away, tomorrow, the next day, or this week.”
Article on LB/DE Mathias Kiwanuka: Jints Play ‘What’s My Line’? by George Willis of The New York Post
Notes and Quotes: The Giants-Redskins game will be re-aired on NFL Replay on the NFL Network on Wednesday at 8:00PM.
CB Sam Madison on CB Corey Webster, who was benched during the second-half of the Redskins’ game: “Corey has some extraordinary talent. I just have to work with him on some little things. I think he’s going to be an exceptional player in this league and I think he’s going to do it for a long time. But the bottom line is: When are you going to do it?”
After WR Plaxico Burress scored the game-winning touchdown against the Redskins, he ran to the Giants’ sideline and presented the football to U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Greg Gadson, a double-amputee wounded in Iraq in May. Gadson spoke to the Giants before the game on Saturday night. The Giants invited Gadson and his family to attend the game and visit the locker room after the victory.
“His talk almost defined today, to be honest with you,” said Coughlin. “He talked about the fact that there are going to be bad times, and you have to keep your poise and fight your way through it. He talked about fighting for every yard.”
“You see a guy go through the things that he has been through and he is in such good spirits,” said Burress. “It was just unbelievable to come across a person like that who went through a tremendous change in his life. I have never met somebody like that who had a high spirit like nothing was wrong. I thought, ‘I have a little ankle injury, I have to go out here and give it my best.’ I tried to go out and play not thinking about it and all I thought about when I scored that touchdown was that I wanted to find him to give him that football.”
