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Logan Ryan had a positive rapid test, putting the New York Giants defensive back in doubt for the Monday night game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It has been a solid year for Ryan with the Giants, his second with the organization. The former Rutgers football star, playing just 40 minutes from his college stadium, has been an instrumental and dynamic piece of the Giants backend.
But Sunday’s game against the defending Super Bowl champions might see Ryan ruled out if further testing comes back positive, head coach Joe Judge said on Friday.
“There’s still another test, we’re waiting on the results coming back, so there’s still another test we’re waiting to come back,” Judge told reporters. “But I would not say this is not a false positive at this time like we had last week.”
With Ryan possibly out, it looks like Notre Dame product Julian Love could be getting a run for the Giants in the secondary. Taken in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL draft, Love will be thrown into the deep end against the best quarterback of his generation on Monday night.
The 23-year old Love has 23 tackles and three passes defended this season.
“Yeah, today on the practice field, it was very similar to my usual Fridays because I feel like I’m always kind of subbing in and out of every type of position,” Love said. “I think from a leadership perspective, it’s tough. We obviously, we’ve got to see what happens. He is kind of the vet, experienced guy in our secondary right now. I mean, obviously, we want him out there with us.”
Love said that he has reached out to Ryan and that they will have a Zoom call later on Friday to discuss the game plan for the Tampa Bay game.
“He said he feels fine. He said he feels fine. He’s got all his extra workouts in and all that stuff,” Love said. “He’s been kind of doing his normal routine, hasn’t felt too phased this week. It sucks to see a test come back positive.”