The New York Giants will be short at least one defender in Week 5 against the Dallas Cowboys, announcing on Friday that linebacker Oshane Ximines (shoulder) will sit this one out.
Meanwhile, safety Jabrill Peppers (ankle) finished the week with three consecutive limited practices and is questionable to play on Sunday.
“He’s going to go through practice again with us today,” head coach Joe Judge told reporters. “We’ll see where he is kind of through the weekend in terms of what he does on Sunday. He got some work yesterday. He was a little bit limited in some things. Look, Jabrill is a competitor. We’ll see how he does today.
“To me, it’s always more of a question in terms of not necessarily the reps, it’s more of a question of if we put a guy on the field, can he get hurt worse? To me, it’s a difference in tolerating pain, and that’s a player’s decision, and can he get hurt worse. If he can injure something worse or any player can, that to me is when we have to step in as coaches and trainers and make a decision for him.”
In addition to Peppers, defensive back Adrian Colbert (neck) and linebacker Kyler Fackrell (neck) are also listed as questionable. Both players were limited participants on Friday.
Finally, the Giants offered no official work on linebacker David Mayo (knee), who returned to practice on Thursday and has 21 days (now 20) to be activated.
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