Another Injury for Justin Tuck

December 12, 2011 New York Giants Injury Report – Another Injury for Justin Tuck: DE Justin Tuck said yesterday on WFAN that he is battling another injury. Tuck said he believes he hurt a toe in the game against the Green Bay Packers and the injury got worse during the game against the Cowboys. Tuck had an MRI taken on the injury yesterday, but he said he did not know the results of the MRI yet. “I felt like I was out there just to be the fourth man on the line (against the Cowboys)…I was out there playing on one leg,” said Tuck, who also indicated he was not sure if he could play this weekend against the Washington Redskins. Head Coach Tom Coughlin did not mention the injury during his media conference call. The injury-prone Tuck has also battled neck/shoulder, groin, and ankle injuries this year.

The injury-prone H-Back Travis Beckum is hurt again too. “He’s got some issues with his upper chest area,” said Coughlin. “I think we’re going to have to see if he can play through some of the soreness that he has and hopefully that will happen…Sternoclavicular. Up a little higher than (the pectoral).”

TE Jake Ballard (wrist) and OT David Diehl (hand) came out of the game dinged up. “I think Jake is going to be okay,” said Coughlin. “He may have injured his wrist a little bit, but they don’t believe it’s much. Dave just keeps hanging in there and pounding away. I think that they may be a little bit restricted this week, but they’ll definitely be ready to go…(Diehl has) had an ongoing hand issue that he’s battled and really done well with it.”

Coughlin was also asked about three players who missed the game against the Cowboys: S Kenny Phillips (knee), DE Osi Umenyiora (ankle/knee), and OC David Baas (neck/intense headaches). “We’re hoping (to get Phillips and Umenyiora back this week), but we’re going to have to wait and see,” said Coughlin. “This stuff is day-to-day. You get excited and then you get a report and it’s not quite as positive as you thought it might be. We’ll wait, it’s a little early. We have tomorrow and, even treatment-wise, Wednesday before we get on the field. Let’s just see how that plays out…Same kind of thing (with Baas).”

Unidentified sources have told the press that Umenyiora is unlikely to play this weekend.

Head Coach Tom Coughlin’s Monday Media Conference Call: The transcript of yesterday’s media conference call with Head Coach Tom Coughlin is available at Giants.com.

Player Media Q&As: The transcripts yesterday’s media conference call sessions with the following players are available at Giants.com:

• OL Kevin Boothe
• DT Chris Canty

WFAN Interview with DE Justin Tuck: The audio of yesterday’s WFAN interview with DE Justin Tuck is available at CBSNewYork.com.

Article on the Giants-Cowboys Game: Giants Cowboys Game Review: Eli Manning, Jason Pierre-Paul Lead Giants to Top of NFC East by Mike Garafolo of The Star-Ledger

Articles on QB Eli Manning:

• Eli Answers Detractors, Boosts Status with Season-Saving Performance by Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com
• Eli’s Out-Tebowing Tebow in the Fourth by Aditi Kinkhabwala of The Wall Street Journal

Article on the Giants’ Pass Defense: Giants’ Pass Coverage Proves Problematic in Win Over Cowboys by Jorge Castillo of The Star-Ledger

Notes: The Giants improved to 3-0 in Cowboys Stadium. In their three wins at the stadium, the Giants have averaged 37 points per game.

This was the sixth consecutive season the Giants game in Dallas was played in prime time. The Giants are 4-2 in those games.

The Giants finished 2-1 in NFC East road games, winning in Philadelphia and Dallas, but losing in Washington.

The Giants improved to 16-21-1 on Sunday night, including 9-10-1 on the road.

The game featured eight lead changes, tying the highest total in a Giants game since the 1970 merger. The other game was also in Cowboys Stadium. On September 20, 2009, in the first regular season game ever in the stadium, the lead was traded eight times before the Giants prevailed, 33-31.

Six times this year the Giants have won a game in which they trailed or were tied in the fourth quarter (a franchise record).

It was the 13th time in 1,206 regular season games that the Giants gained at least 500 yards of offense.

QB Eli Manning started his 116th consecutive regular season game to tie former Philadelphia quarterback Ron Jaworski for third among quarterbacks in NFL history. Only Brett Favre (297) and Peyton Manning (208) have started more consecutive regular season games.

Manning has thrown 14 fourth-quarter touchdown passes this season, tying the NFL record set by Johnny Unitas in 1959 and tied by Peyton Manning in 2006.

Manning’s 4,105 yards passing yards this season is a career-high and team-record.

Manning now has 21 300-yard games, tying him with Phil Simms for the Giants record.

WR Hakeem Nicks increased his season total to 1,023 yards. He joins Victor Cruz (1,150) to give the Giants two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season for the first time in their 87-year history.

HB Brandon Jacobs’ two rushing touchdowns increased his career total to 56, breaking Tiki Barber’s franchise record of 55.