November 1, 2010 New York Giants Injury Report – O’Hara Has Lisfranc Injury: OC Shaun O’Hara, who has experienced issues with his left foot earlier this season that had caused him to miss three games, now has an issue with his right foot that required him to wear a boot yesterday. He apparently hurt the foot during the game against the Cowboys last Monday night.
“Shaun O’Hara has a mild mid-foot sprain,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “We’ll see how that goes.”
According to press reports, the injury is a mild Lisfranc sprain and O’Hara is likely to miss this weekend’s game against the Seahawks at a minimum and possibly as much as a month.
Meanwhile, at practice yesterday, OT Will Beatty (broken foot) did some limited agility work on the side. “He was on the side working, running, seeing where he is,” said Coughlin.
“Today was a good sign,” Beatty said. “Today we worked on agility and footwork outside on the field for the first time. So the plan right now is to get me on the field as soon as possible, actually playing with the team…But you have to see tomorrow how it is because the bone is still healing. So you don’t want to overdo it too fast, but each day we’re just going to progress slowly and slowly until hopefully I get back on the field soon. We’re talking a couple weeks. It’s within the month of November that I’m expected to be out there on the field. So I mean it’s just you’ve got to make you’re your conditioning is right, body is right, and there was no torque since the injury. So we have to slowly get back into that.”
Coughlin was also asked about the progress of OL Kevin Boothe, who is still on the Physically-Unable-to-Perform (PUP) List with a torn pectoral muscle. “Working his way back,” replied Coughlin. “He’s out there…He worked all last week, he worked over the weekend, so he’s conditioned all along, so I’m anxious to watch him this week.”
FB Madison Hedgecock (hamstring) did some limited work yesterday. “It was a little bit of testing, but he did do some teamwork,” said Coughlin.
Roster Moves With CB Bruce Johnson to IR: CB Bruce Johnson underwent arthroscopic knee surgery last week, and the Giants officially placed him on Injured Reserve yesterday. The move effectively ends his season.
To fill Johnson’s roster spot, the Giants claimed DE Alex Hall off of waivers from the Arizona Cardinals. Hall had been with the Giants in training camp and the preseason.
Articles on the Giants’ Passing Game:
- Eli Manning Needs to Catch a Few Breaks – His Receivers Need to Catch a Few More Balls by Mike Garafolo of The Star-Ledger
- Eli and Gilbride Tackle the Turnover Issue by Ralph Vacchiano of The Daily News
Article on the Giants’ Special Teams Return Game: Struggling Returner Darius Reynaud Still Has Role With Giants, But Will Blackmon Is Looming by Zach Berman of The Star-Ledger
