January 18, 2012 New York Giants Injury Report – Eli is Sick

January 18, 2012 New York Giants Injury Report – Eli is Sick: Aside from the 13 players on Injured Reserve, HB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot) was the only Giant not to practice yesterday.

QB Eli Manning (illness), DE Justin Tuck (shoulder), DE Osi Umenyiora (ankle/knee), LB Mark Herzlich (ankle), and CB Corey Webster (hamstring) practiced on a limited basis.

Manning left practice early because he was sick.

“Eli started practice but did not finish,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “He has a stomach bug and that is why he appears on the injury list. Hopefully it is just a 24-hour deal and he will feel better tomorrow.”

“You could tell he was hurting bad,” TE Jake Ballard said. “He usually toughs things out like that. You could tell he was dragging, and you don’t like to see your Pro Bowl quarterback throwing up or feeling like that. Hopefully he’s better tomorrow.”

“(I’m not concerned) as long as he’ll be out here tomorrow and Friday and be out here working with us,” said WR Victor Cruz. “It’s tough to pull him away from this field. No matter how sick he was, he didn’t want to leave the field today, but it’s just one of those things where he had to. We understand that, but by no means do I think our timing will be off or anything like that.”

It was Herzlich’s first action since the Saints game in late November. “It felt good,” Herzlich said. “It was awesome to be out there. I didn’t have much pain. It felt like I could do everything so it was feeling good…I’m really not that sore right now. We’ll see how it reacts (today), but as of right now I feel pretty good.”

Head Coach Tom Coughlin’s Wednesday Press Conference: The transcript and video of yesterday’s press conference with Head Coach Tom Coughlin are available at Giants.com.

Player Media Q&As: Transcripts and video of yesterday’s media Q&A sessions with the following players are available at Giants.com:

• QB David Carr (Video)
• FB Henry Hynoski (Video)
• WR Victor Cruz (Video)
• WR Hakeem Nicks (Video)
• WR Mario Manningham (Video)
• TE Bear Pascoe (Video)
• OG Chris Snee (Video)
• OG Kevin Boothe (Video)
• DE Justin Tuck (Video)
• DE Dave Tollefson (Video)
• DT Chris Canty (Video)
• LB Michael Boley (Video)
• S Antrel Rolle (Video)

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