Giants Will Be Missing Three Key Players Sunday vs. Chargers

Look for the Giants to make some roster moves to fill in some of the holes by Saturday's 4 PM deadline.

New York Giants place kicker Graham Gano (9) will not kick Sunday against the Chargers as he's nursing a groin injury. | Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The will be down four key players in Sunday’s home game against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Running back Tyrone Tracy, Jr (shoulder), kicker Graham Gano (groin), and defensive lineman Chauncey Golston (ankle) will be among the team’s inactive players for the Week 4 game, all having been declared out on Friday.

Defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches (foot) received a doubtful designation, making him a longshot to play this week as well.

Those injuries, in fact, are expected to cause some shuffling around on the roster. While the Giants won’t announce their moves until late Saturday afternoon, Tracy and Gano are prime candidates for IR.

The Giants would then likely add running back Dante Miller from the practice squad, while Tracy would have to miss a minimum of four weeks.

The kicking situation could be a little more complex. While Gano figures to land on IR, that doesn’t necessarily mean that one of Jude McAtamney or Younghoe Koo would automatically be signed to fill the spot. 

Instead, the Giants could use their three allotted standard practice squad elevations on either Koo or McAtamney and then use the open roster spot to add defensive lineman Elijah Garcia, whose three standard practice elevations have been used up, to the roster, given the ailing statuses of Golston and Nunez-Roches.  

The other practice squad elevation could then be spent on linebacker Neville Hewitt, who was elevated from the practice squad for the first time last week, to provide some depth on special teams.

In some more encouraging news, head coach Brian Daboll hinted that left tackle Andrew Thomas, who last week was on a pitch count in his first game action since Week 5 last year, could be ready to handle a full game’s workload. 

“I think he feels good,” Daboll said. “We'll see how it goes throughout the game, but definitely more reps than he played. I think we'll just see where he's at. 

“But he's in a good spot. Feels better. He's gotten better each week. It's good news to have him out there.”

Giants Injury Report

POS	PLAYER	INJURY	WED	THURS	FRI	STATUS
K	Graham Gano	Groin	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
TE	Theo Johnson	Toe	DNP	Limited	Limited	--
WR	Malik Nabers	Shoulder	DNP	Limited	Limited	--
DL	Rakeem Nunez-Roches	Foot	DNP	DNP	Limited	Doubtful
RB	Tyrone Tracy Jr	Shoulder	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
LB	Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles	Calf	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
DL	Chauncey Golston	Ankle	Limited	DNP	DNP	OUT
CB	Art Green	Hip	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
ILB	Darius Muasau	Concussion (non-contact)	Limited	Full	Full	--
C	John Michael Schmitz	Neck	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
WR	Darius Slayton	Calf	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
LT	Andrew Thomas	Foot	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
WR	Beaux Collins	Hamstring	--	Limited	Limited	--
OL	Aaron Stinne	NIR-Personal	--	--	DNP	--

Chargers Injury Report

POS	PLAYER	INJURY	WED	THURS	FRI	STATUS
G	Mekhi Becton	Concussion	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
C	Bradley Bozeman	Back	DNP	Limited	Limited	Questionable
WR	Darius Davis	Knee	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
TE	Will Dissly	Knee	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
DL	Da'Shawn Hand	Back	Limited	Full	Full	--
CB	Cam Hart	Hip	Full	Full	Full	--
CB	Donte Jackson	Ankle	Limited	Full	Full	--
LS	Rick Lovato	NIR - Personal	DNP	Full	Full	--
DB	Elijah Molden	Hamstring	Limited	Limited	Full	Questionable
G/T	Trey Pipkins III	Knee	Limited	Full	Full	--

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