New York Giants Injury Update: Injured Brian Burns “Should Be Ready” for Sunday

Here is the latest Giants injury report ahead of their Week 16 game against Atlanta.

New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) moves along the line during the first quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. / Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images

New York Giants outside linebacker Brian Burns (ankle) missed his second day of practice this week, but head coach Brian Daboll told reporters that Burns “should be ready to go for the game” Sunday against Atlanta.

Burns, who got blindsided on a Lamar Jackson scramble last week, told reporters after the loss to the Ravens that his “ankle got rolled up pretty bad, but nothing crazy.” HE has been receiving treatment for the injury with the goal of him being able to take a regular workload on Sunday, but it’s unclear as of now if he’ll be able to take a full workload or if he’ll be on a  pitch count. 

In addition to Burns, inside linebacker Bobby Okereke (back), OL Aaron Stinnie (concussion), cornerback Greg Stroman (shoulder/shin), and outside linebacker Patrick Johnson (knee) were not scheduled to practice on Thursday. 

Jake Kubas continued to get reps at left guard for Stinnie while he’s in the protocol. And Johnson’s knee injury, Daboll said on Wednesday, is looking more like a long-term deal.

Daboll also said that no thought has been given as of now to shutting down Okereke, who reportedly has a herniated disc in his back.

In other injury news, Daboll said quarterback Tommy DeVito (concussion), who was limited in Wednesday’s practice, would do more on Thursday as he continues to trend toward being available on Sunday, which Daboll said he thought would be the case.

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Giants Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.	Status
Bobby Okereke	ILB	Back	DNP	DNP
Brian Burns	OLB	Ankle	DNP	DNP
Aaron Stinnie	OG	Concussion	DNP	DNP
Patrick Johnson	OLB	Knee	DNP	DNP
Rakeem Nunez-Roches	IDL	Neck/Shoulder	Limited	Limited
Deonte Banks	CB	Rib	Limited	Limited
Tommy DeVito	QB	Concussion	Limited	Limited
Drew Lock	QB	Heel/Left Elbow	Limited	Full
Cory Durden	DT	Shoulder	Limited	Full
Dyonte Johnson*	LB	Ankle	Full	Full
Dane Belton	DB	Knee	Limited	Full
Malik Nabers	WR	Knee/Foot	Limited	Full
Chris Manhertz	TE	Ankle	Limited	Full
Dru Phillips	CB	Shoulder	Limited	Limited
Cor'Dale Flott	CB	Quad/Finge	Limited	Limited
Art Green	CB	Shoulder	Limited	Limited		--
Austin Schottmann*	C/G	Fibula	Full	Full
John Michael Schmitz	C	Ankle	Limited	Limited
Greg Stroman	CB	Shoulder/Shin	DNP	DNP
Tyrone Tracy, Jr	RB	Ankle	Limited	Limited
Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	Shoulder	--	Full

*Designated to return from IR.

Bold denotes a new addition to the injury report or a new injury from the prior week's report.

Atlanta Falcons Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed.*	Thurs.	Fri.	Status
Kaleb McGeary	OT	Elbow	Full	Full
Darnell Mooney	wr	NIR - Rest	Limited	Limited
KhaDarel Hodge	wr	Ribs	Limited	DNP
Ross Dwelley	TE	Ankle	Limited	Limited
Charlie Woerner	TE	Quad	Limited	Limited
Zach Harrison	DL	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited
Casey Washington	WR	Concussion	DNP	Limited
Demone Harris	DL	Illness/Neck	DNP	Full
Lorenzo Carter	OLB	Groin	--	Limited
Richie Grant	S	Illness	--	Limited
Nate Landman	ILB	NIR-Rest	--	Limited
Chris Lindstrom	OG	NIR-Rest	--	Limited
Ruke Orhorhoro	DL	NIR-Rest		Limited

*Atlanta did not practice Wednesday; the Wednesday injury report are all projections.

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