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Giants' Week 8 Final Injury Report: Leonard Williams Questionable for Seattle

The Giants list six players as inactive for Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks.
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Giants' Week 8 Final Injury Report: Leonard Williams Questionable for Seattle
Giants' Week 8 Final Injury Report: Leonard Williams Questionable for Seattle

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New York Giants defensive lineman Leonard Williams (elbow) is one of three players listed as questionable ahead of the team's Week 8 game against the Seattle Seahawks.

Williams, who has been limited in practice all week, missed playing time earlier this year after suffering a sprained knee in Week 2 against the Panthers. he returned in Week 6 to face the Ravens. He was also active last week against the Jaguars.

Williams has taken pride in his availability, so it's believed that he will be good to go for Sunday's game at Seattle, though whether he will be on a pitch count remains to be seen.

The Giants also listed defensive back Jason Pinnock (foot) and offensive tackle Tyre Phillips (toe) as limited for Sunday. Phillips is expected to start for the injured Evan Neal (knee) at right tackle, so his situation bears watching.

Besides Neal having been declared out of Sunday's game, the Giants will also be without tight end Daniel Bellinger (eye), guard Ben Bredeson (knee), cornerback Cor'Dale Flott, receiver Kenny Golladay, and outside linebacker Oshane Ximines (quad). 

Joshua Ezeudu is projected to get the start for Bredeson at left guard. And although Golladay is inactive, there is hope that he'll be ready to return to practice after the Giants' Week 9 bye.

Thursday Injury Report

The New York Giants Thursday injury report remained the same with one small exception.

The team removed receiver Kadarius Toney (hamstring) from its injury report after reaching a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs to trade the 2021 first-round draft pick. Besides that change, the report is the same as Wednesday's.

DID NOT PRACTICE

  • TE Daniel Bellinger - Eye
  • OL Ben Bredeson - Knee
  • DB Cor’Dale Flott - Calf
  • WR Kenny Golladay - Knee
  • OL Evan Neal - Knee
  • LB Oshane Ximines - Quad

LIMITED

  • OL Tyre Phillips - Toe
  • DB Jason Pinnock - Foot
  • DL Leonard Williams - Elbow

Wednesday Injury Report

The Week 9 bye week can't come fast enough for the New York Giants, who are looking at quite the lengthy injury report ahead of their Week 8 game against the Seattle Seahawks.

Receivers Kenny Golladay (knee) and Kadarius Toney (hamstring) are among those who will not practice Wednesday, head coach Brian Daboll confirmed. Golladay has not played since Week 4, and Toney hasn't played since Week 2, so it's probably safe to say that both will not be back until after the bye.

Cornerback Cor'Dale Flott (calf), who has not played since Week 3, and outside linebacker Oshane Ximines (quad) are also not going to practice on Wednesday, per Daboll.

Also not expected to practice are offensive linemen Ben Bredeson (knee) and Evan Neal (knee) and tight end Daniel Bellinger (eye).

In some more encouraging news, the Giants announced that the 21-day evaluation windows for outside linebacker Elerson Smith (foot/IR), cornerback Rodarius Williams (knee/Ir), and offensive tackle Matt Peart (ACL/PUP) are now open.

Smith, the Giants' fourth-round pick in 2021, injured his foot on August 14 and has been on injured reserve since the start of the season. Now in his second season, Smith has only appeared in eight games for the Giants, those coming last year as a rookie after he returned from injured reserve following a hamstring injury.

Wiliams, the Giants' sixth-round pick in 2021, has been on IR with a knee injury. It's unclear, though, if his latest ailment was related to the torn ACL he suffered last season after just five games. Williams was sidelined all off-season and made it to training camp only to be shut down early.

Peart, the Giants' third-round pick in 2020, has been on PUP since the start of training camp while recovering from a torn ACL suffered in a Week 16 game against the Eagles last year after playing in 15 games with five starts at right tackle.

He was placed on injured reserve on December 27 and has been diligently making progress in his return to the field.

Here is the Giants' full injury report:

DID NOT PRACTICE

  • TE Daniel Bellinger - Eye
  • OL Ben Bredeson - Knee
  • DB Cor’Dale Flott - Calf
  • WR Kenny Golladay - Knee
  • OL Evan Neal - Knee
  • WR Kadarius Toney - Hamstring
  • LB Oshane Ximines - Quad

LIMITED

  • OL Tyre Phillips - Toe 
  • DB Jason Pinnock - Foot
  • DL Leonard Williams - Elbow

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PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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