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The New York Giants sustained two injuries to their receiving corps in Sunday’s preseason loss to the New England Patriots. Tight end Evan Engram tweaked his calf and wide receiver Darius Slayton injured his foot near the ankle area.
“In terms of Darius, we’ll have to see how he moves around the field this week as far as going forward,” head coach Joe Judge told reporters on a Zoom call on Monday. “The trainers don’t have a ton of information right now, but we should be able to get him out there this week and be able to take a look at him.
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“In terms of Evan, he’s still going to see a doctor, they’re going to look at some things and kind of measure the severity of whatever it may be. Obviously, two weeks out leaves a little bit of a different window than it normally would be in the preseason track as far as getting ready for the opener, so we’ll have to see where he’s at in terms of how we manage him.”
The Giants can ill afford to have injuries within their receiving ranks at this point in time. Wide receivers Kenny Golladay, John Ross, Austin Mack and Kadarius Toney did not play in Sunday’s game along with tight end Kyle Rudolph and running back Saquon Barkley. All were either nursing injuries or rehabbing them.
“We have two weeks to get ready for Denver,” Judge said. “Our focus really is on ourselves and getting polished up and building chemistry and getting going. This time of year, there’s obviously a lot of roster movement on our roster and others, guys being added, guys being (let go). Things of that nature always happen. We’ve just got to get the guys who are available ready to play.
“In terms of that, one thing to focus on going into the season is you’re never a finished product Week 1. You need to understand that, keep building, keep improving week to week from how you operate in September to keep improving as a team and build towards those long stretches of the season. We’re going to coach whoever is available and it’s our job to have the entire team ready and the entire team progressing, and that’s what we’re going to focus on.”
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