Giants Will Be Missing Several Starters in Week 11 Meeting with Packers

Giants' Week 11 inactive report will consist of all injured players.

New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart will not play Sunday against the Packers | Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is progressing through the league’s concussion protocol, according to interim head coach Mike Kafka.

“I just think he's on track and in the protocol where he's supposed to be on this day, so I don't know if it's like over track, under track,” Kafka told reporters on Friday before the team’s practice. 

“They (the Giants medical team) just said he's on track, which is great news for me,” he added. 

Dart was spotted on the practice field for the first time this week since getting dinged in last week’s loss to the Bears, but did not participate in practice.

According to the five-phase protocol, that would mean Dart is either in Phase 1 (symptom-limited activity, including light aerobic exercise) or Phase 2 (aerobic exercise, including more than 20 minutes of moderate to strenuous resistance), depending on what he was actually able to do at practice.

Dart, who has already been declared out of Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers, has a chance at returning to action the following week when the Giants visit the Detroit Lions.  

Kafka also said that defensive lineman Chauncey Golston (neck), offensive lineman Evan Neal (hamstring), wide receiver Darius Slayton (hamstring), and outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux (shoulder) would not practice on Friday, making it a complete week in which those players did not practice and putting their statuses for Sunday in jeopardy. 

As for some of the other names on the injury list, Kafka said that defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches (toe) and safety Tyler Nubin (shoulder) were both doubtful to practice on Friday. In contrast,  inside linebacker Bobby Okereke (shoulder) was questionable.

The interim head coach emphasizes that those injury designations were specific to Friday’s practice.

In positive news, cornerback Paulson Adebo is trending toward returning after missing the last three games with a knee injury, and center John Michael Schmitz (shin) is also trending toward a return after missing last week’s game. 

Giants Injury Statuses

Out

• QB Jaxson Dart (concussion)
• DL Chauncey Golston (neck)
• OL Evan Neal (hamstring)
• WR Darius Slayton (hamstring)
• OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (shoulder)

Doubtful

• S Tyler Nubin (neck)
• DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches (toe)

Questionable

• ILB Bobby Okereke (shoulder)
• CB Paulson Adebo (knee)

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Packers Injury Statuses

Out

• CB Nate Hobbs (knee)

Questionable

• WR Matthew Golden (shoulder)
• WR Savion Williams (foot)
• DL Lukas Van Ness (foot)

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