Loading ...In what head coach Tom Coughlin called a best case scenario, New York Giants cornerback Terrell Thomas was back in Albany on Wednesday with what has amounted to an "aggravated" ACL. In other words, the veteran did not tear said ACL for the third time, and could return to the field in as little as three weeks.
"It's something that it could be three weeks, it could be eight weeks," Thomas said. "I'm not going to jeopardize my career [by rushing]."
Thomas said that while he'd like to return by week one against the Dallas Cowboys, he's looking at the big picture of an entire season as opposed to a single game.
“I don’t plan on having any more setbacks. I think this is just a minor scare more than anything,” Thomas said. “You just got to give it time, let it heal, just use my time to place my focus in other aspects, you know, start preparing for my other opponents, start game planning against the NFC East. You know, little stuff like that.”
T2 added that his knee has not swollen back up since he slipped in practice, and as a result, Doctors felt a scope wasn't even necessary. He also hasn't experienced any pain or instability, indicating whatever injury had occurred was not a serious one. However, the scare has taken a bit of a mental toll, and the true challenge will be overcoming that.
“I think it’s going to take time in my rehab process to start building that confidence and that strength back up. Once I’m ready, I’ll be able to go," he added.
A three-week, best case scenario timetable would have Thomas back on the field by August 21st, meaning he'd be a go for the Cowboys game. An eight-week, worst case scenario timetable would have Thomas back on the field by October 2nd, which would put him in line to play the Cleveland Browns in week five.
Odds are, to be on the safe side, he'll return somewhere in the middle of that timetable and return by week two or three of the regular season.
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Rocky Bernard, Michael Boley, DaRel Scott sitting this one out on the bikes.
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Does not appear Will Beatty is working either.
With T2 now ineligible for the PUP, this leaves the Giants in an awkward position.
He’s too valuable to cut. And too healthy to IR. So the Giants have little choice but to use a valuable roster spot to carry a player who quite possible won’t be able to contribute anything on the field for half a season.
Given all the closely fought battles now taking place at WR, DT, LB, and O-line, it’s sad to think that an otherwise deserving player might lose a roster spot on account of the Giants having to use it to “park” Thomas.
Especially because there’s no guarantee he won’t go down as soon as he actually gets out on the field and stresses his knee.
But the guy is a proven player who just got a new contract. They just have to hope this injury is exactly what they hope it is rather than an indication that the knee will never be stable enough to take the stresses of playing in the league. At this point no one knows the answer to that question.
I think Scott is in real trouble
TC said the other day of his back-to-back injuries (ankle/thigh): “Not good”
I really had high hopes for the kid with that crazy straight ahead speed
but you gotta be on the field
As I noted earlier re: Muasau – bubble players who can’t stay on the field in camp don’t win roster spots.
Apart from two big plays in the preseason last year, Scott did not do enough to merit the kind of preferential consideration that coaches will often give to an incumbent player.
Another few more days on the bike and the Da’Rel Scott Death Watch officially begins.
yup
Wouldn’t bother me at all. I haven’t liked this guy since the first time I saw him. That straight line speed means nothing if you can’t get through a hole.
I have always expected the depth chart will be Bradshaw, Wilson, Ware and either Brown or Martinek. Brown is more of a power back, a role that no one else fills on the team. Martinek could provide a bit of power and a lot of the “little things” that coaches like and get guys on rosters.
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Michael Boley sitting out practice today and Will Hill is in his spot with the 1st team #NYG #giants
what’s next for Hill? DE?
All Will Hill has to do now is keep his nose clean and stay healthy and he is headed for a very nice career. I said this many weeks ago, and will repeat it: this kid has as much talent as any safety in the NFL. It would not surprise me at all to see him as a starting safety for the Giants by 2014. He’s going to be better than Sash and anyone else around the team except for Phillips and Rolle, and he might give one of them a run for the money before long.
I won’t go that far. But the point is that Will Hll has very good starting safety upside. I don’t think Sash does.
I think we re-sign KP next year and then in 2013 or 2014 Rolle will be cut and we will have Will Hill as a starter.
Reese will try hard to re-sign KP. he might be the best deep safety in the league. But his price will be high. Can the Giants’ afford him? I hope so, but you cannot assume it.
I said some weeks ago that if they have to choose between KP and Osi they will probably sign Osi. They would then put Hill at safety while they draft a promising one in April.
Again, I very much hope they sign Phillips. I love the guy. But it will depend on his price. Rolle would be a very good deep safety. Perhaps not the equal of KP, but good enough. And keeping him around for 3-4 more years will be a lot cheaper than will doing the same with Phillips. Reese will have to make decisions between various trade-offs having to do with talent, position, and money. Hard to predict what will go down.
With my minor league baseball season coming to an end in the next two weeks, I finally have time to get on 101 and talk some Giants football.
I understand why Reese signed Thomas, but now the Giants are in a pretty terrible situation at corner. When I hear 3-8 weeks, I have to believe its closer to 8 than 3.
Amukamra being the number 2 corner is just a plain scary thought, the dude got burned a ton last year and mostly by a number 3 wide out. I have a feeling by week 2 everyone is going to be missing Ross.
Can we please just stop with the “Prince Amukamara must suck because he got burned a ton last year” talk?
I can’t believe how much traction that idiotic meme has gotten.
Soon as dude broke his foot in his first or second camp practice lat season, more than few people said “Well, we won’t be getting anything out of him this year.”
Any rookie with NO camp and NO practices with the team until midway through the regular season would not have even sniffed the field unless the team found themselves in desperate straits at CB. Which is exactly how Prince came to be thrust in the starting lineup.
That he looked utterly lost in his first several outings should come as a surprise to absolutely no one. What was surprising was that once he got his feet wet, he was actually able to contribute during the team’s playoff run.
But in typical Giants fan fashion, the only thing many of us remember are the images from those woebegone first few games – and NOT the image of Aaron Rodgers looking off Prince’s man in the NFC Divisional Playoff because he was too well covered.
Not to mention with the Super Bowl on the line with 0:05 seconds to go, Tom Coughlin and Perry Fewell saw fit to have him on the field.
You’re crazy if you don’t think Prince is a giant question mark or the secondary itself for that matter.
Plus as was already stated this morning, the Packers beat themselves-it had nothing to do with the Giants defense.
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I’m not sure if I should attempt to offer a serious reply or if you’re just pulling my leg.
All I’ll say is OF COURSE Prince is a question mark. Just as is every young player who has yet to establish their bona fides in this league.
But you don’t seem to regard him as a question mark at all. You seem to have already reached the verdict that he sucks, per your comment: “I have a feeling by week 2 everyone is going to be missing Ross.”
And that’s all the time I’m going to waste on this idiocy.
As you know, I am a BIG fan of Prince. I think he’s going to be outstanding. BUT…he has to stay healthy and hasn’t done a good job of that so far. Each time he has a physical problem it hurts his progress, particularly now that camps have so many fewer practices.
So I would not be all that surprised to see him struggle at first again this season. He may have to become a “project” for both Webster and Pete Guinta (Thomas has his own troubles with which to deal, and the guys fighting to stay on the roster aren’t going to be offering a lot of tips). Unfortunately, they’ll be focusing on Hosley too, so they may expect Amukamara to find his own way, and fast. Maybe Rolle can mentor him, but Antrel is going to have to work with Hill and Sash while learning all the nuances of what Dave Merritt is looking for from him in 2012.
I cannot help but think that Deon Grant’s presence would bring value when we have all these young defensive backs who will need some mentoring in order to become what they should this season. I wouldn’t bring him back if that meant Hill being put on the practice squad. But how about as an assistant coach?
The guy is talented, no doubt. But he did struggle at times and its not a stretch to think Prince will have trouble covering some of the NFC East best WRs. If you are not nervous when he is lined up against Austin or Maclin I think your kidding yourself.
If we were to bring back Grant are we carrying 5 safeties or cutting Sash? It’s pretty clear that Hill is going to make this 53. And with TT situation carrying 5 CBs is like carrying 4 which is low with 2 very young players amongst those 4. I think Hill means no Grant unless we are ready to move on from Sash which it doesn’t sound like.
Well with the way Giants camp has gone the past few years, I’m sure an injury will open up a spot for Grant by week 1.
Tom Rock missed Jacquian Williams and Jake Mussau
I really want to hear something about Janzen Jackson…
Seems as if he hasn’t been involved in any stick-ups so far. That’s progress.
Clearly talented, but a much bigger risk than was Bradshaw or Hill.
LOL!
As I posted last thread I think you use the “wasted” TT roster spot in conjunction with Sash’s suspension to carry only 3 safetis for the first 4 games. I think you carry a player like Nicolas on PS and cross train a CB like Tyron or Coe for emergency safety duty. Then when Sash is available to return we can make a decision on where TT is in his recovery. Ironically, Sash’suspension return is right about 8 weeks away.
Scott I don think is in as mush trouble as it seems because I have heard nothing from his competition at RB. I think it’s a toughen up speech from TC but IMO we still can use his speed.
It’s certainly a possibility.
I’m a blind man as far as Scott. I have never seen him make a lateral move, and until I do, I think he’s useless. He doesn’t have to be Barry Sanders, but no matter how fast you are you have to be able to move in a hole or you will never be anything but an empty threat in the NFL.
Just one example. No way Domenik Hixon beats Scott in a race. Yet Hixon is so much better as a returner (at least he was before his latest injury) because he senses gaps, uses a combination of acceleration and hip shifts to fit himself into them, and then explodes out. Scott, at least last year, would pick a seam that he thought might open and run as fast as he could toward it. But when it closed he was outta luck because he couldn’t move laterally to try to create an alternative route. There may be such a thing as too-much shifting laterally (apparently, Bradshaw thinks Wilson is doing a bit of that), but if you cannot do that well you cannot succeed in the NFL as a runner.
I think just like everyone does with Prince and Jernigan people need to also realize Scott and Jones were put into bad situation as rookies too. I don’t know that Scott has much to offer besides speed but at least he does have that and could make a play here and there. I’m not sure Brown or the Rutgers kid give us anything.
Uh, oh …
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Browns announce rookie RB Trent Richardson will have knee evaluated by Dr. James Andrews