OCTOBER 7: Jones will play against the Packers in London. The Giants took the fourth-year quarterback off their injury report. The Giants ruled out Taylor, however. Webb will back up Jones.
OCTOBER 6: The Giants will be without four starters this weekend. Wide receivers Kenny Golladay and Kadarius Toney, outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari, and cornerback Cor’Dale Flott did not make the flight to London for Sunday’s game against the Packers.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter), Golladay suffered a sprained MCL during Sunday’s win over the Bears. It sounds like this would be a temporary absence for the veteran wideout, although the Giants won’t have any extra time following their trip across the Atlantic. Despite earning his first start of the season on Sunday, Golladay still isn’t a major factor in the Giants’ offense. Through four appearances, he’s hauled in two catches on six targets.
Toney has been dealing with a hamstring injury that’s forced him to miss the past two games. There was some optimism that he could return this weekend after he was a limited participant on Wednesday, but he didn’t practice today.
“He’s done everything we’ve asked,” offensive coordinator Mike Kafka said today (via ESPN’s Jordan Raanan). “He’s practiced hard when he’s practicing. It’s unfortunate, but he’s one of those guys that does everything we asked and is working his tail off in the training room and in the meeting rooms. He does a great job with that.”
There is some good news on the injury front. Per Aaron Wilson of ProFootballNetwork.com, Daniel Jones is “trending in the right direction” for this weekend. The QB has been a limited participant this week while nursing an ankle injury, but he made the flight to London and is expected to give it a go. With backup Tyrod Taylor likely sidelined with a concussion, the Giants will probably promote Davis Webb from their practice squad for some extra depth.
The Giants need to break the habit of wasting premium picks on speedy but undersized receivers who prove to be fragile.
Remember, availability is an important ability.
“Despite earning his first start of the season on Sunday”
Do some research BL, he started the first game of the season.
Handy for the Packers that while they have all these growing pains at receiver, they face nothing but bad teams or teams with huge chunks of the roster missing (or both) until week 8.
You haven’t noticed where the Packers, Aaron Rodgers in particular, are moaning about having to fly across the pond to play the Giants. Green Bay is the last NFL club to have a London game.
That doesn’t contradict my point that the Packers have had some friendly bounces in terms of competition. Bears, a Bucs team with line trouble and without three of their top four receivers, a Patriots team without Jones, the Giants with a slew of injuries. To be followed by the Jets and Commanders.