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Giants downgrade Devin Singletary, Bryce Ford-Wheaton to out

The New York Giants have downgraded RB Devin Singletary, P Jamie Gillan, and WR Bryce Ford-Wheaton to out in Week 6.

When the New York Giants released their final injury report on Friday afternoon, running back Devin Singletary (groin), wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton (shoulder), and punter Jamie Gillan (hamstring) were all listed as questionable.

On Saturday, the Giants downgraded the trio to out.

For Singletary, this will be the second consecutive game he’s missed after initially implying he was close to returning. He will be spelled by rookie running back Tyrone Tracy Jr., who seized the opportunity a week ago, rushing for 129 yards on 18 carries.

Gillan will be replaced by veteran punter Matt Haack, who was signed to the 53-man roster on Friday. Haack will also serve as the holder on point after and field goal attempts.

Ford-Wheaton was a late addition to the injury report, popping up on Thursday as a non-participant. He was limited on Friday but his injury is severe enough that he’ll sit this one out.

The loss of Ford-Wheaton should not be glossed over as he’s arguably the Giants’ best special teams player and returned a blocked field goal (Isaiah Simmons) for a touchdown in the team’s victory over Seattle.

Rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers (concussion) was also previously ruled out.

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Giants injury report: Malik Nabers remains in concussion protocol

New York Giants rookie WR Malik Nabers is at risk of missing his second straight game as he remains in concussion protocol.

The New York Giants took the field on Thursday for their second of three practices ahead of a Week 6 game against the Cincinnati Bengals at MetLife Stadium.

With time once again running low, it was a big day for rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers and several of the other injured veterans.

A day after doing some work outside with the trainers, Nabers remained sidelined. There has been no change in his status, head coach Brian Daboll revealed.

“The same spot he was in yesterday,” Daboll told reporters.

There was better news on running back Devin Singletary, whom Daboll said was “advancing.”

Meanwhile, offensive lineman Jon Runyan Jr. continues to sit out due to an illness.

The Giants’ full Thursday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: WR Malik Nabers (concussion), LB Kayvon Thibodeaux (wrist), OL Jon Runyan Jr. (illness), WR Bryde Ford-Wheaton (shoulder)

Limited participant: RB Devin Singletary (groin), LB Brian Burns (groin), CB Adoree’ Jackson (calf), CB Andru Phillips (calf/shoulder), DL DJ Davidson (shoulder)

Full participant: OL Greg Van Roten (rest)

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Giants injury report: Kayvon Thibodeaux ‘week to week’ after wrist surgery

New York Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux is consider “week to week” after undergoing wrist surgery on Wednesday morning.

The New York Giants returned to the practice field on Wednesday morning in preparation for a Week 6 game against the Cincinnati Bengals at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

All eyes were understandably on rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers, who missed last Sunday’s victory over the Seattle Seahawks due to a concussion despite 10 days to heal.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Nabers remained in concussion protocol but did take a step forward as he worked outside with trainers for the first time.

“He is doing better,” head coach Brian Daboll told reporters, adding that Nabers is “day to day.”

Meanwhile, Daboll revealed that edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux is considered “week to week” with a wrist injury that required surgery on Wednesday morning. He is not expected to play in Week 6.

“I’m encouraged with what I’ve heard but, again, you never know,” Daboll said of Thibodeaux’s long-term prognosis.

The Giants’ full Wednesday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: WR Malik Nabers (concussion), LB Kayvon Thibodeaux (wrist), OL Jon Runyan Jr. (illness), OL Greg Van Roten (rest)

Limited participant: RB Devin Singletary (groin), LB Brian Burns (groin), CB Adoree’ Jackson (calf), CB Andru Phillips (groin/shoulder)

Full participant: N/A

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Have Giants found another budding star in Tyrone Tracy Jr.?

The emergence of rookie New York Giants RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. should help ease the burden felt by the loss of Saquon Barkley.

The New York Giants’ 2024 draft class has already produced a buzz five weeks into the season with record-setting wide receiver Malik Nabers, their first-round pick.

Their next two selections, safety Tyler Nubin and slot corner Andru Phillips, have been lauded as draft “steals” by several experts. And thus far, they have lived up to the billing.

Now comes another rookie, running back Tyrone Tracy Jr., the Giants’ fifth-round pick out of Purdue who rushed for 129 yards on 18 carries (a 7.2 yards per carry average) in Sunday’s 29-20 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

Tracy was filling in for the injured Devin Singletary, who had gotten the majority of the carries out of the backfield over the first four games.

“He’s a smart player. I think (running backs coach) Joel Thomas has done a really good job with him,” head coach Brian Daboll told reporters on Monday. “As much time on task as you can get for any player, particularly a young player, I think you improve at it. He’s improved since he’s been here.

“He played well (on Sunday), but the 10 guys around him played well too. There were good holes, did a good job of pressing the line of scrimmage, making decisive cuts, putting his foot in the ground on that third and two, one and a half to make a big play there. But he’s done a nice job for us since he’s been here of just continually improving, which is what we want all our players to do.”

Tracy was originally a wide receiver at Iowa before transferring to rival Purdue and becoming a running back. He is not your normal dyed-in-the-wool back. He’s got a different perspective.

“My biggest thing is, I always want to be an explosive runner, so every time I touch the ball, I want it to be a positive gain,” he told reporters after the game. “I feel like my game is very unique. I can run like a receiver, but then I can also do the inside game as well. That kind of gets lost in translation just because I’m a receiver, coming to running back.

“The big question coming into the league was, ‘Can he run inside zone?’ Obviously, I can run the outside stuff, I can do the open space, but they didn’t know if I could do it in between the tackles. I think today I answered that.”

Daboll was asked if he would consider splitting time more equitably between his backs when Singletary returns.

“I think we just take it day by day, week by week, see what we’re doing and what the game plan is for the opponent that we’re about to play. But we expect all our players to be ready and perform when their number’s called,” he said.

The Giants are gradually realizing their roster is deeper than most believe. It will be interesting to see how things play out as more of their younger players come of age.

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Week 5 Preview and Prediction: Seattle Seahawks vs New York Giants

Week 5 Preview and Prediction: Seattle Seahawks vs New York Giants

The Seattle Seahawks are coming off their first loss of the 2024 season, and will look to get back into the win column with a victory over the New York Football Giants. Seattle (3-1) is hosting New York (1-3) for the first time since the 2022 season, but did play them last year on Monday Night Football in the meadowlands. Both games were convincing wins for the the Seahawks.

Such could be the case for Seattle again in the third-straight meeting between these two teams in as many years. The Giants are, once again, looking like one of the worst teams in football. Quarterback Daniel Jones and the offense are an unthreatening mess, while their defense struggles to stop just about anyone.

New York’s offense is going to be even more toothless on Sunday, as they will be without star rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers and running back Devin Singletary. Not exactly two players you want out, let alone against a Seahawks defense getting considerably healthier. Although Boye Mafe and Byron Murphy II are out, Seattle will be getting back Jerome Baker, Uchenna Nwosu, and Julian Love and Leonard Williams who will face their former team.

Geno Smith and the Seahawks offense, on the other hand, is coming off a red-hot performance against the Detroit Lions. Seattle played their most complete game of the season, offensively, and it was dynamic. They should face little resistance from New York, a team who feels like they are already on the verge of calling 2024 another lost season.

This is the NFL, and I hate to pick a game to be a blowout, but with how both teams are at the moment, it feels wrong to pick anyone but the Seahawks convincingly.

Prediction: Seahawks over Giants 28-10

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Giants’ Devin Singletary: Playing vs. Seahawks is ‘up to me’

New York Giants RB Devin Singletary (groin) says a decision to play against the Seattle Seahawks is his and his alone.

All week, the New York Giants were fairly certain that they would not only be without rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers (concussion) for this week’s game against the Seattle Seahawks but without top running back Devin Singletary as well.

Singletary sat out Wednesday and Thursday’s workouts with a groin issue. He was trending towards getting an out designation.

But on Friday, Singletary was on the practice field, albeit in a limited fashion. He told reporters that he felt good and the window for him to play was back open.

“I really think it’s going to be up to me,” Singletary said. “If I feel like where I’m comfortable enough to go, I’m going to go.”

And the Giants hope that he can. They have rushed the ball 99 times in their first four games. Singletary has 56 of those carries for 221 yards and two touchdowns. No other running back has more than 12 touches.

Singletary said the groin has never been an issue in his career and that the decision for him to play could come down to game time.

“I’m going to see,” he said. “I’m going to talk with the trainers and then go from there. But like I said, today was the most I did, and it felt good.”

Singletary has normally been reliable and available during his six-year career. He’s missed just one game since 2020.

“No one wants to miss a game. If I feel like I’m able to be out there, that’s what it’s going to be,” he said.

Singletary also said that Nabers being out has no bearing on his decision to try and play this week.

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Giants WR Malik Nabers OUT vs Seahawks, RB Devin Singletary DOUBTFUL

Giants WR Malik Nabers OUT vs Seahawks, RB Devin Singletary DOUBTFUL

The Seattle Seahawks are gearing up to take on the New York Giants at home after being torched by the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. The problem with the Seahawks on MNF was the fact some of their most impactful defenders were out. Right now, it looks like New York could be facing this, but with their offense.

The Giants are naturally allergic to the end zone this year, as their offensive woes continue. Unfortunately, it could get a lot worse as star rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers has been ruled OUT. A player who could be joining him is running back Devin Singletary, who has just been downgraded to DOUBTFUL.

Singletary, who is dealing with a groin issue and did say he “feels better,” but is obviously looking closer to not playing.

Without these two, the points for New York could be hard to come by. Nabers has been setting defenses on fire to start his career. So far in 2024, he has 35 receptions for 386 yards and three touchdowns. Against the Dallas Cowboys last week, before suffering his concussion, Nabers hauled in 12-of-15 passes tossed his way for 115 yards.

As for Singletary, he has 221 yards on the ground and two touchdowns. While this may not seem like a ton, he and Nabers account for 83% of the touchdowns Big Blue has scored this year.

Making matters more difficult for New York is the fact defensive lineman Leonard Williams and safety Julian Love look to be on track to return to action on Sunday.

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Giants injury report: Malik Nabers, Devin Singletary remain sidelined

New York Giants rookie WR Malik Nabers (concussion) and RB Devin Singletary (groin) remained sidelined at practice on Thursday.

The New York Giants took the field on Thursday for their second of three practices ahead of a Week 5 game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field.

With time running low, it was a big day for wide receiver Malik Nabers and several of the other injured veterans.

While Nabers remains sidelined and in concussion protocol, head coach Brian Daboll is still holding out hope that the rookie can play on Sunday.

“Making progress,” Daboll said of Nabers.

Several other Giants also made progress as cornerbacks Adoree’ Jackson and Andru Phillips returned to the field. Running back Devin Singletary also did some work on the side.

The Giants’ full Thursday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: WR Malik Nabers (concussion), RB Devin Singletary (groin)

Limited participant: CB Andru Phillips (calf), CB Adoree’ Jackson (calf), LB Brian Burns (groin), WR Wan’Dale Robinson (heel)

Full participant: LB Matthew Adams (quad)

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Giants injury report: Malik Nabers remains in concussion protocol

New York Giants WR Malik Nabers is in concussion protocol while cornerbacks Adoree’ Jackson and Dru Phillips remain sidelined.

The New York Giants returned to the practice field on Wednesday morning in preparation for a Week 5 game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington.

All eyes were understandably on rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers, who suffered a concussion in a 20-15 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday Night Football.

With 10 days in between games, the Giants have been and remain optimistic about Nabers’ potential availability this coming Sunday but it’s still early.

“Early stages,” head coach Brian Daboll said of where Nabers is in concussion protocol. “Day to day.”

Meanwhile, cornerbacks Andru Phillips and Adoree’ Jackson remain sidelined.

The Giants’ full Wednesday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: WR Malik Nabers (concussion), RB Devin Singletary (groin), DB Andru Phillips (calf), CB Adoree’ Jackson (calf)

Limited participant: LB Brian Burns (groin), WR Wan’Dale Robinson (heel)

Full participant: LB Matthew Adams (quad)

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How Giants stack up after first quarter of the regular season

The first quarter of the 2024 NFL regular season has come and gone: Where do the New York Giants (1-3) stack up?

We’re a quarter through the 2024 season and the New York Giants sit all alone in last place in the NFC East with a 1-3 record.

New York and three other teams (Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals) are at the bottom of the NFC. The Giants are actually last (16th) in the NFC as they have a 0-3 conference record. At this pace, they’ll have no problem landing their player of choice in the 2025 NFL draft.

If the season ended today, they would have the third overall selection in the draft.

Many are pointing to the parting of the ways with star running back Saquon Barkley as a contributing factor and they wouldn’t be entirely wrong.

The Giants are 30th in the NFL in rushing, averaging 85.7 yards per game. Their scoring output (15.0 PPG, 29th) is actually lower than last season’s (15.6).

Quarterback Daniel Jones, who famously uses his legs to make plays, has rushed only 23 times for 70 yards (3.0 YPC) this season. In his career, Jones has averaged 34.3 rushing yards per game and 5.6 yards per attempt.

They were 29th in total offense last year (280.0 YPG) and are up slightly to 22nd (296.3) this year. A good portion of that rise can be attributed to the addition of rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers.

There are some positives, however. Big Blue is 13th in total defense –14th against the pass and 16th versus the run. The Giants are eighth in red zone defense and 17th on offense.

Nabers leads the NFL in receptions (35) and is second to Houston’s Nico Collins in receiving yards (386).

Nabers has been targeted 52 times this season, more than any other player in the NFL through four weeks. His 52 targets make up 38.2 percent of the Giants’ target share this year.

Wan’Dale Robinson is second with 38 targets and Darius Slayton has 15.

What is surprising is that Jalin Hyatt, who was featured almost daily in training camp as the team’s top deep threat, has been targeted just three times this season and has no receptions.

Devin Singletary has been getting the lion’s share of the touches out of the backfield. Through four games, Singletary has gotten the ball on 56 of the Giants’ 72 running plays this year. So much for the running-back-by-committee approach.

The Giants’ tight ends have been relegated to mainly blocking this year. Rookie Theo Johnson has three catches for 37 yards and Daniel Berlinger has two for 20.

On defense, Micah McFadden, who has played in just three of the first four games, leads the team in total tackles with 27. They only have one interception this season and that was by rookie linebacker Darius Muasau.

The team sack lead does not belong to either of the Giants’ high-profile pass rushers (Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux) but to defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence and safety Jason Pinnock, who have three each.

On special teams, the Giants are in the middle of the pack return-wise, averaging 24.4 yards on kickoffs and 10.3 yards per punt return.

88 percent of the Giants’ kickoffs have gone for touchbacks. The one that was returned went for 35 yards.

Their punt coverage has been fairly solid, allowing 8.86 yards per return on seven attempts with a long of 24.

Just a side note: Safety Xavier McKinney, who left the Giants this past offseason via free agency to sign with the Green Bay Packers, leads the NFL in interceptions with four.

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