Giants prime receiver Malik Nabers is predicted to play in Sunday’s season opener at Washington regardless of sitting out Friday’s apply with again tightness.
However Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll appear like they’re going to be with out beginning left deal with Andrew Thomas (proper foot), who’s listed as uncertain to play in opposition to the Washington Commanders.
“My biggest concern is the risk of re-injury,” Thomas stated Friday at his locker. “So that’s something I’ve been talking to the trainers and doctors about, just to make sure when I’m out there, I’m ready to go. And that’s why we’ve been increasing the volume [at practice] but slowly: to make sure I respond well to it, working on the pain management and figuring out what you can push through and what you can’t.”
Thomas, 26, was restricted in apply on Wednesday and Friday of this week and sat out apply completely on Thursday.
He took snaps in a workforce interval on Friday for the primary time since final October’s Lisfranc surgical procedure on his foot. And whereas that represented progress, Thomas doesn’t seem to have performed sufficient soccer but to check his foot previous to coming into stay sport motion.
The left deal with agreed that the minimal quantity of reps he’s taken is a think about how prepared his physique is to play.
“I think it matters,” Thomas stated. “Missing training camp is not ideal, but I’ve been in this system for a few years. This will be my sixth year [in the NFL]. So I think once I get into the game, I’ll understand what to do. My body will kind of translate. But for sure I think missing those reps [does] hurt.”
Nabers no less than will likely be “fine” to play in Sunday’s opener, Daboll stated, regardless of an surprising absence from Friday’s apply. The receiver’s well being is value monitoring, nevertheless, provided that he missed a ton of time this spring with a toe harm after which sat out a few of coaching camp resulting from his again.
Thomas has taken this rehabilitation course of into his personal arms and has been further cautious this offseason.
The Giants have rushed Thomas again to the sphere earlier than and discovered their lesson the onerous method. He performed in solely 10 video games in 2023 resulting from an early season hamstring harm that he aggravated by returning to apply too early. That was on prime of left ankle points that required two surgical procedures one yr aside early in his profession.
His absence has crippled the Giants’ already challenged offense previously.
Thomas has performed in 16 of a potential 34 video games the previous two seasons since signing a five-year, $117.5 million contract extension with the workforce in July 2023. And the Giants have a 6-10 (.375) document with him and a 3-15 (.166) mark with out him throughout that span.
Thomas did say “we’ll see” about his standing for Sunday’s sport. And he expressed optimism about feeling much less bodily ache and soreness in his foot after practices recently.
“That’s the thing that’s pretty different from a few weeks back or a few months back,” he stated. “When I would have a nice day, I would be sore for a few days after. And the past few weeks after a nice day, I’m responding a little bit better.”
And but it seems the Giants are going to wish free agent signing James Hudson III to face tall in Thomas’ place, going up in opposition to a bunch of Washington defensive ends led by Von Miller and Dorance Armstrong.
