It’s official. Doctors have confirmed that Giants linebacker Ryan Connelly is done for the year after suffering a torn ACL. 
The Giants will place Connelly on injured reserve, which will formally end his 2019 campaign and open up another spot on the 53-man roster. It’s a bad blow for the G-Men, who also have fellow ‘backers Alec Ogletree and Tae Davis dealing with injuries.
Connelly, a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft, notched his first career interception against the Bucs in the club’s Week 3 victory and doubled up with another pick against the Redskins on Sunday. He seemed ticketed for more big moments in the final 12 games of the season – instead, his rookie campaign will end after four games, 20 total tackles, two tackles for a loss, and one sack.
The Giants are riding high behind the play of rookie Daniel Jones, who has taken over for Eli Manning and has the club at 2-2. However, their two-game winning streak is now in jeopardy thanks to injuries to Connelly and other key defenders. They’ll try their luck against the Vikings at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
Big loss for the Giants as the depth at the linebacker position is thin to say the least. I still have to question the release of BJ Goodson as he had shown sideline to sideline speed as well as had experience and would have been a good backup.
Gonna be interesting to see what they do to replace Connelly energy and grit.
I think the Giants can beat Vikes. Vikes look like crap vs Bears.
I kinda agree with you. I don’t understand the line of Vikes -5. They looked abysmal and Cousins is a disaster. I could see Vikings -1 or -1.5 but 5 is a lot of points to give. Giants really surprising me this season. Great feeling, FINALLY. Just had to get rid of that dead weight under center.