Injury Update – Burress Will Be a Game-Time Decision: WR Plaxico Burress (hamstring) and S Sammy Knight (hip) did not practice again yesterday. Burress and Knight are officially listed as “questionable” for the game against the Cardinals on Sunday.
“Nothing new except (Burress) is a little better than he was the day before,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin when asked about Burress. “He did some things. But it will wind up being a game-time (decision), I’m sure.”
“It is just one of those things where dealing with the weather and how things are going for us, I just don’t want it to linger so to speak,” said Burress. “Not to really go out and put myself in a bad position where I hurt it worse. I am going to see how I feel on Sunday and basically just go from there…Knowing me, as of right now, I will play, but like I said you have to be smart about it because it is a hamstring. The weather is going to be cold out here for the rest of the season and hamstrings really don’t normally do well in the cold weather, so like I said I am just going to make the decision based on how I feel when we get out there and warm up on Sunday. I feel pretty good, it is a little sore, but I have jogged and haven’t felt anything, but it is a different ballgame when you are out there making moves and sprinting and stuff.”
HB Brandon Jacobs (knee), CB Aaron Ross (hamstring), CB Kevin Dockery (back), LB Chase Blackburn (neck), LB Gerris Wilkinson (knee), LB Jonathan Goff (concussion), and DE Jonathan McDougle (knee) all practiced fully and are listed as “probable” for the game.
Head Coach Tom Coughlin’s Friday Press Conference: The transcript of yesterday’s press conference with Head Coach Tom Coughlin is available at Giants.com. The video of the press conference is also available.
“Coughlin’s Corner” for Week Twelve: Week Twelve of the weekly, in-season Giants.com Q&A with Head Coach Tom Coughlin is now available at Giants.com.
Player Media Q&As: The transcripts and/or videos of yesterday’s media Q&A sessions with the following players are available at Giants.com:
- WR Plaxico Burress (Video)
- S Michael Johnson (Video – Giants Insider)
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Article on HB Derrick Ward: Receiving Whiz Ward Gives Giants Tiki II by Paul Schwartz of The New York Post
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