When New York Giants safety Jabrill Peppers was diagnosed with a transverse process fracture in his back after the team’s Week 12 loss the Chicago Bears, it was assumed with just a month remaining in this dismal seasons, that Peppers was done for the year.
So, why did it take two weeks to place him on injured reserve?
Jabrill Peppers has been placed on IR, Kareem Martin has been activated#NYGiants | @primepoint
— New York Giants (@Giants) December 7, 2019
There was little chance of Peppers playing again this season but yet, the Giants waffled on shelving him for two weeks. Was there something the doctors saw that led them to believe he could come back in such a short window, or is it simply just another instance of a team that has been so mismanaged this year taking another misstep?
The Giants knew Peppers had a fractured bone is his back on November 25, the day after the injury occurred. Why on God’s green earth would they try to bring the 24-year-old cornerstone of the their defense back too soon from such a serious injury?
They are 2-10 and going nowhere fast. Peppers is an integral piece of their future. This is a bit head-scratching to those of us who have been around this game for so many years. Just another curious (non) move in a flurry of curious move by this suddenly bewildered franchise.