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Giants Rule Out Five for Monday Night Football

Here's a rundown of who's in and who's out.

Patricia Traina

Giants Rule Out Five for Monday Night Football
Giants Rule Out Five for Monday Night Football /

The Giants have ruled out five players for Monday Night's game at Kansas City and list three as questionable.

The five ruled out are running back Saquon Barkley (ankle), receiver Kenny Golladay (knee), linebackers Lorenzo Carter (ankle) and Carter Coughlin (ankle), and defensive back Nate Ebner (ankle).

This will be the third game missed by both Barkley and Golladay with their respective injuries. Before practice, head coach Joe Judge was asked about Barkley and Golladay, telling reporters, "Yesterday was better than the day before, kind of trending in a good direction. If it’s not this week, we’ll see where it goes in the near future."

The Giants have a quick turnaround coming off their Week 8 Monday night game in that they'll host the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. They will then have a bye week after that, so it will be interesting to see if the Giants, who in the summer were extra conservative with bringing players back too quickly from injury, take advantage of that timing to give Barkley and Golladay more time to get right.

Coughlin is a new addition to the injury report. According to a report by The Athletic, the second-year inside linebacker could be headed for injured reserve given the severity of his injury. However, it's not clear if Coughlin's ailment is potentially season-ending.

The three players listed as questionable are receivers Sterling Shepard (hamstring) and Kadarius Toney (ankle) and tight end Kaden Smith (knee). All three were limited in practice this week.

Both Judge and Toney expressed optimism that the rookie would return for Week 8 after missing last week. Toney told reporters he felt good enough on Thursday while Judge, on Friday, said, "He’s got a little bit of extra time this week, obviously, with it being a Monday Night game. The plan is to bring him on the trip and see where he’s at, but he moved around well enough yesterday that we plan on taking him on the trip."

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PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for over 30 seasons for multiple media outlets, including Inside Football, Fan Sided, SB Nation, The Athletic, Forbes, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated).  In addition to being a credentialed member of the New York Giants press corps, Patricia has covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. Patricia’s late father was a long-time New York Giants season ticket holder who helped instill her love and appreciation of the game and the franchise at a very early age.  She was able to parlay that knowledge of Giants franchise history into her first published work, The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants (Triumph Books, September 2020). She has enhanced her knowledge of the game by completing two semesters with the Scouting Academy and taking a course in NFL salary cap management. In addition to her work with Giants Country, Patricia is the host of the very successful LockedOn Giants podcast (also available on YouTube), featuring analysis, interviews, and Giants fan interaction. Patricia is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America and has participated in the mentoring of aspiring journalists. Patricia holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature (with a minor in creative writing) and a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication. She is a certified resume development specialist (corporate, military transition, and federal) and interview coach who enjoys music and creating fan art featuring her favorite bands. 

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