Giants Head Coach Brian Daboll Delivers Concerning Week 14 Injury Report

The Giants could be without both starting offensive tackles and starting inside linebacker Bobby Okereke this weekend.

New York Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke (58) runs onto the field to start the game between the New York Giants and the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. / Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll listed five starters, including both starting offensive tackles, who will not practice on Wednesday and who are part of a group that he described as “week to week.”

The five include tackles Jermaine Eluemunor (quad) and Evan Neal (hip), cornerback Deonte Banks (rib), defensive tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches (neck), and inside linebacker Bobby Okereke (back).

Okereke, Neal, and Nunez-Roches were not spotted at the start of the team's Wednesday practice open to the media.

Eluemunor, Neal, and Banks were all on last week’s injury report. Of those three, only Neal was active in the Giants’ 27-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Nunez-Roches and Okereke, a team captain, are new to the injury report this week.

If Okereke, who wears the green dot, isn't available to play Sunday, Micah McFadden would probably draw that assignment, per Daboll, who also added that rookie Darius Muasau would also see an increase in his snaps if Okereke is sidelined.

Daboll also said that quarterback Tommy DeVito (right forearm), receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton (Achilles), defensive lineman D.J. Davidson (shoulder) and defensive tackle Jordan Riley (unknown) would be limited on Wednesday.

If Neal and Elumunor are unable to play on Sunday, Daboll indicated that Chris Hubbard and Joshua Ezeudu would likely be in line to start at the tackle spots, though he declined to say who would play left tackle and who would play ont he right side.

Based on the past, it’s presumed that Ezeudu, who earlier this season got a start at left tackle after the team lost Andrew Thomas for the season, will be on the left side and Hubbard, who has been starting at left tackle since but who is more of a career right tackle, would play on the right side.

Daboll was asked if offensive lineman Tyree Phillips, who rejoined the Giants a couple of weeks ago, might be an option at tackle.

“He had a long layoff, so I think he's, he's improving,” Daboll said. “He remembers all the stuff that we've done, but he's still catching up to the technique of being out there every day and coming off that injury.”

In other injury related news, the 21-day window for linebacker Dyonte Johnson, who has been on injured reserve since the start of the season with a high ankle sprain,  has been opened.

Also, Daboll confirmed that tight end Theo Johnson’s season-ending foot injury was a lis franc and that he underwent surgery on Tuesday week to repair it.

“He had surgery on his foot, so you know, it'll be some time here, which is too bad,” Daboll said of Johnson. “He was really doing a nice job. Great young man. Worked extremely hard–feel terrible for him. 

“He did it towards the end of the game before. He kept playing through it and didn't know anything was wrong until after the game when he got looked at.”

Daboll also said that interior defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence, who was placed on IR this week with a dislocated elbow, has not had surgery to fix it . 

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New York Giants Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.	Status
Bobby Okereke	ILB	Back	DNP
Jermaine Eluemunor	OT	Quad	DNP
Rakeem Nunez-Roches	IDL	Neck	DNP
Evan Neal	OT	Hip	DNP
Deonte Banks	CB	Rib	DNP
D.J. Davidson	DL	Shoulder	Limiteed
Tommy DeVito	QB	Right Forearm	Limited
Bryce Ford-Wheaton	WR	Achilles	Limited
Jordon Riley	DT	Knee	Limited
Dyonte Johnson*	LB	Ankle	Limited

Bold denotes a change in status/new addition to the report from date of first issue.

*Designated to return from IR.

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New Orleans Saints Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed	Thurs.	Fri.	Status
Taysom Hill	TE	Knee	DNP
Cesar Ruiz	G	Concussion	DNP
Nick Saldiveri	G	Knee	DNP
Juwan Johnson	TE	Foot	Limited
Erik McCoy	C	Groin	Limited
Bub Means	WR	Ankle	Limited
Foster Moreau	TE	Shoulder	Limited
Lucas Patrick	G	Calf	Limited
Tanoh Kpassagnon	DL	Achilles	Full
Tyrann Mathieu	S	Forearm	Full
Kendre Miller	RB	Hamstring	Full
Pete Werner	LB	Hand	Full

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