Aug 192010
 

August 18, 2010 New York Giants Training Camp Reports: To see the final BBI training camp report, please visit the Training Camp section of the website.

Additional Training Camp Reports: The following media sources have provided training camp reports:

Giants Add Quarterback: With quarterbacks Eli Manning (head) and Jim Sorgi (shoulder/ribs) ailing, according to various press reports, the Giants have agreed to terms with QB Dom Randolph. Randolph was signed as a rookie free agent after the 2010 NFL Draft by the Giants, but he was cut a week later after the rookie mini-camp.

Injury Report – Manning Will Not Play Against Steelers; MRI for Sorgi: Not practicing yesterday were QB Eli Manning (head), QB Jim Sorgi (shoulder/ribs), WR Ramses Barden (back), FB Jerome Johnson (unknown), TE Jake Ballard (hamstring), OG Chris Snee (knee), OG Kevin Boothe (PUP – chest), LB Chase Blackburn (knee), and S Michael Johnson (back).

Returning to practice were WR Steve Smith (groin/hip), WR Mario Manningham (groin), WR Sinorice Moss (groin), WR Tim Brown (groin/hamstring), TE Kevin Boss (ankle/hamstring), H-Back Travis Beckum (hamstring), TE Scott Chandler (hip flexor), CB Corey Webster (glute), and CB Terrell Thomas (leg).

Coughlin has already ruled Manning out of the game against the Steelers on Saturday. Sorgi may not play either. “Eli will not play this week but I wouldn’t go any further than that,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “And Jim, we’re going to have to wait and see.”

Sorgi will undergo an MRI on his shoulder this morning. According to The Daily News, before they signed him, the Giants told Sorgi he should have surgery on the partially torn labrum in his right (throwing) shoulder, but Sorgi convinced the team he could play though it.

The concern with Manning is that his helmet may re-open his stitches. Manning downplayed that concern yesterday. “It doesn’t bother me,” Manning said. “It’s kind of high enough where if you wear a helmet, the helmet kind of hits you lower in the forehead so it wouldn’t be right on the stitches, kind of where sometimes when you take your helmet off you’ve got a red spot in the middle forehead area, its above that so I don’t think it will be too painful to wear a helmet, but we’re just being safe right now.”

“I physically feel fine, I threw some balls today, running around, I know what’s going on and I’m all there so it’s just a matter of getting the helmet on,” said Manning.

“There is a question about what he can do with a hat on rather than a helmet,” Coughlin said. “I’m not going to rush that and if the doctor says it’s okay for him to throw then maybe he’ll do some throwing, but he’s definitely not going to put the helmet on.”

Blackburn is relieved that his knee injury was not more serious. “I definitely felt a pop, but as soon as they were on the field they examined it and they said it’s probably not an ACL,” Blackburn said. “That’s all you want to hear when you’re out there. You know there’s something wrong, but you don’t want to hear it’s an ACL. In a couple weeks, I’ll be good to go. It feels pretty good. I mean a little swollen, still a little loose, but that’s part of it. They said in 10 days it should start tightening up here and start to come back a little bit. So we’ll go do more rehab at that point.”

“(Snee) actually feels better today than he has for awhile,” said Coughlin. “We’re not going to rush him back but it’s good to see him with a smile on his face so he’s on his way.”

Article on WR Victor Cruz: Paterson’s Victor Cruz Enjoying Aftermath of Three-Touchdown Night for Giants by Mike Garafolo of The Star-Ledger

Notes: There is one practice today, in the afternoon. For details, check out the camp schedule in the Training Camp section of the website.

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