Giants Week 18 Injury Report: Another Change Very Likely On the Offensive Line

Right tackle Evan Neal remains unable and is unlikely to play in Sunday's regular-season finale against the Eagles.

New York Giants offensive tackle Evan Neal / Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

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New York Giants offensive tackle Evan Neal missed his third straight practice this week with rib and hip injuries and is among three other Giants–center John Michael Schmitz (ankle) and inside linebacker Micah McFadden (neck)--who “potentially” won’t play in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Eagles, head coach Brian Daboll said Friday.

A fourth player, defensive tackle Armon Watts, whom Daboll confirmed underwent knee surgery earlier this week, is expected to land on IR before Saturday’s 4 p.m. roster deadline.

As usual, Daboll wouldn’t confirm if that would be the case or if any of the other players not expected to play Sunday would be placed on IR to allow for the team to add more guys from their practice squad, which they’re expected to do after the season ends as part of the usual start of the offseason in which teams begin signing guys to reserve/futures contracts as they build up to a 90-man training camp roster.

With Neal unlikely to play, Daboll said either Chris Hubbard or Tyre Phillips will get the start at right tackle.

When asked why Joshua Ezeudu didn’t appear in the conversation, Daboll said, “Because we have Hubbard and Tyre to play there.” 

In other Giants injury news, receiver Malik Nabers, who popped up on the injury report on Thursday with a toe issue he also had last week, should be okay, according to Daboll.

Chec back later for the full injury reports.

Giants Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.	Status
Cory Durden	DT	Shoulder	Limited	Limited	Full	--
Evan Neal	OT	Rib/Hip	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
John Michael Schmitz	C	Ankle	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
Greg Stroman	CB	Shoulder/Shin	Limited	Limited	Limited	OUT
Micah McFadden	LB	Neck	DNP	DNP	DNP	OUT
Armon Watts	DL	Knee	DNP	DNP	DNP	IR
Dee Williams	CB	Toe	Limited	Full	Full	--
Ty Summers	LB	Neck	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Brian Burns	OLB	Illness	Limited	Limited	Full	--
Bryce Ford-Wheaton	WR	Shoulder	Limited	Limited	Full	--
Jake Kubas	OL	Shin	Full	Limited	Full	--
Kayvon Thibodeaux	OLB	Toe	Full	Full	Full	--
Malik Naberts	WR	Toe	--	Limited	Limited	--

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Eagles Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed.*	Thurs.	Fri.	Status
Saquon Barkley	RB	NIR-Rest	DNP	DNP	Limited	Doubtful
Mekhi Becton	OL	NIR-Rest	DNP	Limited	Limited	--
A.J. Brown	WR	Knee/Rest	DNP	DNP	DNP	Doutbful
Landon Dickerson	OL	NIR-Rest	DNP	Limited	Limited	Doubtful
Jalen Hurts	QB	Concussion/Left Finger	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Lane Johnson	OL	NIR-Rest	DNP	Limited	Limited	Doutful
Kenny Pickett	QB	Ribs	DNP	DNP	DNP	Questionable
Darius Slay	CB	NIR-Rest	DNP	Limited	Limited	Doutful
Devonta Smith	WR	Wrist/Rest	DNP	DNP	DNP	Doubtful
Josh Sweat	OLB	NIR-Rest	DNP	Limited	Limited	--
Zack Braun	LB	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	Doutful
Reed Blankenship	S	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Jalen Carter	DT	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	Doubtful
Cooper DeJean	CB	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
C.J. Gardner-Johnson	S	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Cam Jurgens	C	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Jordan Mailata	T	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	Doubtful
Quinyon Mitchell	CB	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Will Shipley	RB	Concussion	Limited	Full	Full	Questionable
Nolan Smith	OLB	NIR-Rest	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Nakobe Dean	LB	Abdomen	Full	Full	Full	Doubtful
Bryce Huff	OLB	Wrist	Full	Full	Full	--
Dallas Goedert	TE	Knee	Full	Full	Full	--

*Eagles held a walkthrough.

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