October 20, 2006 New York Giants Injury Report

October 20, 2006 New York Giants Injury Report -– Injury Concerns at Safety Again: SS Gibril Wilson (toe) returned to practice yesterday. “He looked pretty good,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “He put his pads on and went in. I feel better about him. He did a pretty good job changing direction. We’ll see how he is tomorrow. But it certainly is better than he was the day before.” Wilson is officially “questionable” for the game against Dallas on Monday night.

S Jason Bell (concussion) did not practice yesterday even though he practiced on Thursday. He has now been added to the injury list as “questionable.”

WR Amani Toomer (sore calf) returned to practice.

LB Brandon Short (surgically repaired knee) took his weekly day off; he has been added to the injury list as “probable.”

LB Carlos Emmons (pectoral muscle) practiced again and is “questionable.”

WR Sinorice Moss (quad) practiced, but is “doubtful.” HB Derrick Ward (foot) did not practice and is “doubtful.”

Notes and Quotes: MLB Antonio Pierce has been fined $12,500 by the NFL for his late hit of Atlanta QB Michael Vick in the closing minutes of last week’s 27-14 victory over the Falcons.

HB Tiki Barber on the Dallas defense: “Their specific talents are their linebackers. We had trouble blocking those guys last year coming off the edge. We know that they play close to the line of scrimmage. We had such a big game against Atlanta, and (Dallas is) the number one rush defense in the National Football League. It’s a challenge to us offensively, but we’re excited because we know that we have talent. We know if we execute and don’t make mistakes that we can put forth the plays that will hopefully carry us to victory…Atlanta was a fast-flow team. So if you step one way, you know that they’re going that way. So we had a lot of misdirection, and our offense – we had a lot of things to catch them off balance and give us advantages. Dallas isn’t that way. They don’t have fast-flow linebackers. They have guys that stay at home. They two-gap, meaning they take either gap on every hole that there is. So we have to find a way to take them out of that scheme and give me some creases in the run game and stay protected in the pass game.”