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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 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.
The Giants have lost WR/PR/KR Domenik Hixon for the season as he tore his ACL at OTAs yesterday. This is a huge blow to the Giants offense and special teams. Hixon played in 14 games (2 starts) for the Giants last season in which he caught 15 passes for 187 yards (12.5 avg) with 1 TD grab. He also returned 17 punts for 256 yards (15.1 avg) with 1 TD return and he also returned 57 kickoffs for 1,291 yards (22.6 avg). It could take as many as three players to replace what Hixon can do. Not only that but he’s a darn good football player.
Brandon Jacobs will have arthroscopic knee surgery next week knocking him out for the season finale against the Vikings on Sunday. Jacobs played in 15 games for the Giants this season and he carried the ball 224 times for 835 yards (3.7 ypc) with 5 TD runs. He also caught 18 passes for 184 yards (10.2 avg) with 1 TD grab. Ahmad Bradshaw will likely carry most of the load in the running game against the Vikings this weekend. He has played in 14 games this season and he has carried the ball 156 times for 765 yards (4.9 ypc) with 7 TD runs. He has also caught 19 passes for 174 yards (9.2 avg) this season. Look for Bradshaw to do a good job as the main man on Sunday.