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DECEMBER 18, 2019 NEW YORK GIANTS INJURY REPORT…
Safety Antoine Bethea (not injury related) did not practice on Wednesday.
Right guard Kevin Zeitler (ankle) was limited in practice.
Quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle), tight end Rhett Ellison (concussion), and linebacker Oshane Ximines (ankle) fully practiced.
When asked how Jones looked, Head Coach Pat Shurmur responsed, “Good. Like I said, he’s been making improvements. He got better last week, and then he was able to do much more today. He looked fine… we don’t know yet (if he will start on Sunday). We just need to see how his ankle responds to the added work he did today, and then we’ll just take it from there. In the event he can’t start, certainly, we have a very experienced backup behind him.”
Tight end Evan Engram, who was placed on Injured Reserve on Tuesday, said he will undergo surgery on his injured foot. “I’m doing a procedure with Dr. (Robert) Anderson in Green Bay Friday morning. Just putting stability back in my foot… it’s not a full Lisfranc injury, but the ligament is still not healed correctly. There’s a little bit of space so they are going to put, from my knowledge, joints back to together to let that ligament heal properly and kind of stabilize the joints so the ligament is not stretched.”
ROSTER MOVES…
The New York Giants have signed safety Rashaan Gaulden to the 53-man roster from the team’s Practice Squad. The 24-year old, 6’1”, 200-pound Gaulden was originally drafted in the 3rd round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers waived Gaulden in late November 2019. Before that, he played in 24 regular-season games with the Panthers, accruing 20 tackles and one pass defense.
The Giants also signed defensive end Kevin Wilkins to the Practice Squad. The 24-year old, 6’2”, 304-pound Wilkins was originally signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the Philadelphia Eagles after the 2019 NFL Draft. The Eagles cut him in August and he spent a brief stint on their Practice Squad in December.
HEAD COACH PAT SHURMUR…
The transcript of Pat Shurmur’s press conference on Wednesday is available in The Corner Forum while the video is available at Giants.com.
THE PLAYERS SPEAK…
Transcripts and video clips of the media sessions with the following players are available in The Corner Forum and at Giants.com:
WHAT’S UP NEXT…
The New York Giants practice on Thursday, with the team’s coordinators also addressing the media.
Eric Kennedy
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