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The Giants have placed 26-year old WR Sinorice Moss on the Injured Reserve List with a sports hernia. Moss played in 8 games last season for the Giants and he only caught 1 pass for 18 yards. Moss also returned 11 punts for 74 yards (6.7 avg) and 6 kickoffs for 109 yards (18.2 avg) last year. He might have gotten cut if he didn’t get hurt as the Giants’ brass is running out of patience with him.
The Giants have put 29-year old backup QB Jim Sorgi on the Injured Reserve List with a shoulder injury. Sorgi played in 1 pre-season game for the Giants this year and he completed 8 of 15 (53.3%) passes for 146 yards with 2 TD passes and 0 INTs (126.7 QB Rating). This leaves Rhett Bomar as the second string QB right now. Bomar has played in all 3 pre-season games for the Giants and he has completed 29 of 53 passes (54.7%) for 374 yards with 2 TD passes and 1 INT (81.8 QB Rating). Bomar also has carried the ball 6 times for 43 yards (7.2 ypc) this pre-season. The Giants will likely be on the hunt on cut down day trying to add another QB.
The Giants didn’t look too good once again last night in Baltimore. Eli Manning started this game and he completed 9 of 18 passes for 63 yards with 1 INT. Rhett Bomar finished up the game by completing 10 of 20 passes for 140 yards with 1 TD pass. Brandon Jacobs (6 car, 41 yards) and Ahmad Bradshaw (7 car, 22 yards) led the way on the ground last night for the Giants. Rookie WR Victor Cruz continues to amaze as he led the way in the passing game for the Giants with 4 grabs for 76 yards (19.0 avg) with 1 TD grab. WRs Steve Smith (4 rec, 48 yards) and Hakeem Nicks (4 rec, 26 yards) also helped out for the Giants in the air last night. The Giants finished up with 76 yards rushing (4.0 ypc) and 185 yards passing last night.
Safety Antrel Rolle led a pretty poor Giants’ defensive effort last night with 7 tackles including 1 tackle for a loss. DE/OLB Alex Hall and CB Bruce Johnson pitched in with 6 tackles apiece last night. The Ravens finished up with 75 yards rushing (2.9 ypc) and 313 yards passing last night. The Giants are now 1-2 on the pre-season.
This game had the potential to get ugly for the Giants with Eli Manning and Jim Sorgi not available due to injury. That meant that Rhett Bomar had to play the whole game under center for the Giants. He completed 13 of 26 passes for 167 yards with 1 INT. But he also ran the ball 3 times for 21 yards (7.0 ypc) in this game. Andre Brown led the way on the ground for the Giants in this game with 61 yards rushing on 13 carries (4.7 ypc) with 1 TD run. Ahmad Bradshaw pitched in with 28 yards rushing on six carries (4.7 ypc) with 1 TD run. WRs Steve Smith (2 rec, 53 yards) and Victor Cruz (2 rec, 30 yards) led the way in the passing game for the Giants on Saturday Night. The Giants finished up with 129 yards rushing (4.3 ypc) and 151 yards passing in this game.
The Giants’ D got pushed around quite a bit by the Steelers’ offense in this game. Rookie 6th round pick (LB) Adrian Tracy led the way for the Giants in this game with 9 tackles and 2 tackles for a loss. Safety John Busing pitched in with 7 tackles in this game for the Giants. The Steelers finished up with 161 yards rushing (3.9 ypc) and 251 yards passing in this game.
The New York Giants will be without backup QB Jim Sorgi for the next 2-3 weeks due to a torn capsule and a partial dislocation in his right shoulder. This really hurts the Giants for this weekend’s game against the Steelers as Eli Manning is also out due to his horrific forehead injury last week that required quite a few stiches to close. That means that Rhett Bomar will likely play most of the game with Dominic Randolph getting some action despite just getting signed recently. Bomar was effective in the Giants’ first pre-season game completing 6 of 7 passes for 67 yards with 1 TD pass and 0 INTs. But instead of going against Jets’ scrubs he will be dealing with the Steelers first and second team D.