August 22, 2010 New York Giants Injury Report

August 22, 2010 New York Giants Injury Report: QB Eli Manning (head) will return to practice today, but he will not wear a helmet in practice.

“We’re certainly going to be very very careful,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “We do not allow anybody to touch the quarterback, we don’t like coming down the bow, it happens once in a while, but not too often. Most of our guys are really good at – if they do get free, they come up the field past the quarterback. We don’t allow them to put their hands up or put their hands anywhere near where the quarterback’s arm or release point would be. The guys are pretty much aware of that. I think that when you practice under those conditions, you’re going to have to be very sharp. I’m sure we’ll pick our spots, perhaps in the first practice anyway, as we get a feel for what is best.”

QB Jim Sorgi (shoulder) will remain out of practice this week.

HB D.J. Ware and S Sha’reff Rashad, both of whom suffered concussions against the Steelers, will undergo more tests today.

Starting guards Chris Snee (knee) and Rich Seubert (hand) and will practice today.

“The doctors have said that they feel like they can put (Seubert) in a position where he can play this weekend and so Rich would not only get his work this week during practice but also take some snaps in the game,” said Coughlin.

It sounds like HB Brandon Jacobs (neck) will also practice. “I think they’ll get him out to practice,” said Coughlin of Jacobs. “He felt a little bit better today. He had some issues in terms of flexibility and movement in the neck in terms of the muscle contractions but I think that the expectation is that he’ll be able to practice…According to the MRI, it was nothing of a structural nature, it was muscle.”

WR Ramses Barden and S Michael Johnson both apparently have some “structural” issues with their backs, but Coughlin did not elaborate. “Progress is being made, it’s a little bit slow, but it’s being made,” said Coughlin of Barden and Johnson. Coughlin did say that Johnson has a chance to practice this week, but Barden probably not.

Article on HB Andrew Brown: Brown Has Shot To Be Big Blue’s No. 3 Back by Paul Schwartz of The New York Post