New York Giants safety Jabrill Peppers left Sunday’s loss to the Chicago Bears as a the result of an injury sustained during a rather unexpected kickoff return, and he would not return to the field.
In the locker room after the game, Peppers was in obvious pain — more than the normal wear and tear — and revealed that he would be sent for an MRI when the team returned to East Rutherford.
“I’m tough, man,” Peppers told reporters after the game. “I just hope it’s something that I can tough through.”
Unfortunately for Peppers, he will not be able to play through the spinal injury. And given that the recovery timetable for a transverse process fracture (fracture of the vertebrae protecting the spinal cord) is generally in the six-week range, it likely means that the safety’s first season in blue is now over.
In addition to Peppers, the Giants also announced that wide receiver Golden Tate had suffered a concussion and was placed into league-mandated protocol.
Interestingly, the Giants made sure to point out that Tate did not suffer a concussion on an early punt return — something he was evaluated for on the sideline — but rather, as the result of falling awkwardly after his touchdown reception in the second half.
Tate now puts the Giants into the double-digits for concussions this season.
Finally, quarterback Daniel Jones did not need stitches on his throwing hand after being busted open in the fourth quarter of Week 12.
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