There is no official demarcation, no record or statistic, but be assured the Giants are already winners this summer. They successfully navigated through the minefield that is the spring organized team activities, training camp practices and, most dangerously, the four preseason games and came out the other side with their lineup almost fully intact.
It is the prime directive for every team, and the Giants did it better than most. All a head coach asks is to get his players to the regular season, healthy and available, and thanks to smarts, good fortune and a new-age, less-is-more approach to training, Ben McAdoo takes a largely, and, remarkably, healthy roster — no, we did not forget about Odell Beckham Jr.’s sprained ankle — into Sunday night’s mega-opening against the Cowboys at AT& T Stadium.
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I'm not complaining about our injury situation, but I would hardly rave about how healthy we are when "the best player in football" may not play.
I agree that we are in better shape than we were with Coughlin, which was a big reason for 11 wins last year. I just find it funny timing for this article when a number of important players are dinged and our best player may not play.
Hope he's not ready to roll another ankle.
Seemed like every year the opposition had about 3 names and we had more like a laundry list of 12 players...
That said, I'm a bit concerned over the lack of PT some of our guys got - particularly OBJ and Marshall. The way the preseason unfolded, 3 games in 11 days - we probably shouldn't've sat them the 1st game. They barely played.
For Marshall in particular, who was struggling to pick up the nuances of the offense, we need him to be kicking ass Sunday night. Hoping the QB to WR connection looks sharp.
i completely blame Coughlin he stubbornly kept his S & C coach even though the Giants lead league in record breaking most injured 3 years in a row
Giants had terrible history of injuries
non contact injuries
players coming back from injury only to re injurer
players who came back from injury and were never the same
Wellman looks like he finally brought Giant S & C into the 21th century
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Not that I completely blame Coughlin
i completely blame Coughlin he stubbornly kept his S & C coach even though the Giants lead league in record breaking most injured 3 years in a row
Giants had terrible history of injuries
non contact injuries
players coming back from injury only to re injurer
players who came back from injury and were never the same
Wellman looks like he finally brought Giant S & C into the 21th century
kudos
+10,000. Jerry Palmieri was horrible.
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Good catch
They also have Starting DE David Irving suspended and their #4 CB injured
I think Beckham will play, maybe only on third downs. Limited a bit.
Yes, I agree that some injuries are just freak things and are "luck" related. However, I have to completely disagree with you when you imply that ALL injuries are due to bad luck. Total BS. Most of the soft tissue injuries are due to improper training, strength and conditioning, etc. Under Coughlin's coaching staff, we had more hamstrings, torn pec muscles and other similar type of injuries that have absolutely nothing to do with luck. I would even argue that Cruz' injury stemmed from shit that happened in the weight room. So, we get a new strength and conditioning coach before last season and suddenly we are not near the top of the league in injuries. Coincidence? I don't think so.
So, yeah OBJs ankle and injuries like that are just things that happen in a game. Even that if you want to talk about luck... I think we had awesome luck there. Everyone watching that on TV immediately thought he was lost for the season due to a knee injury. We are LUCKY that at worst he may just miss the first game with the ankle.
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Is it Belichick's fault that Edelman is lost for the season to injury? I don't think so. Is it McAdoo's fault that piece of shit Greg Williams teaches his players to cheap shot OBJ?
Yes, I agree that some injuries are just freak things and are "luck" related. However, I have to completely disagree with you when you imply that ALL injuries are due to bad luck. Total BS. Most of the soft tissue injuries are due to improper training, strength and conditioning, etc. Under Coughlin's coaching staff, we had more hamstrings, torn pec muscles and other similar type of injuries that have absolutely nothing to do with luck. I would even argue that Cruz' injury stemmed from shit that happened in the weight room. So, we get a new strength and conditioning coach before last season and suddenly we are not near the top of the league in injuries. Coincidence? I don't think so.
So, yeah OBJs ankle and injuries like that are just things that happen in a game. Even that if you want to talk about luck... I think we had awesome luck there. Everyone watching that on TV immediately thought he was lost for the season due to a knee injury. We are LUCKY that at worst he may just miss the first game with the ankle.
Maybe. It sure seemed like the Giants had lousy "luck" the last two seasons of TCs time here. And that's seemed to have changed since BM has taken over and hired new strength and conditioning coach. But, correlation is not causation.
No it wasn't (from the link below):
In 2007, the Giants had 13 players on IR; of those, six (tight end Jeremy Shockey, fullback Jim Finn, defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka, long snapper Ryan Kuehl and running back Derrick Ward) were expected to play significant roles on that team.
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