The New York Giants don’t just have a general injury problem this season, but rather a problem with concussions in specific. The team lost Sterling Shepard for the Washington Redskins game after the wide receiver sustained a concussion against Tampa in the game prior, and in the team’s most recent game, a loss against Minnesota, Wayne Gallman had to leave before the first half could even finish due to a concussion of his own.
It appears that wasn’t the only one picked up by a Giants player, however, as Sterling Shepard is ending up on the concussion protocol once again after showing the symptoms of one when returning to practice on Monday. It’s the second time that Shepard is being put into concussion protocol after going back into the game following a hit.
This comes right after the first game where Sterling Shepard and Golden Tate were able to play together – Tate was suspended four games before the season for a substance violation and week five was his first chance to play at the same time as Shepard, who was signed to a big extension this offseason to become the team’s main receiver.
Instead of the offense taking a big step forward, though, it produced less than it had in the past two games and Pat Shurmur’s former team was able to get the better of the Giants with strong play on the defensive side of the ball.
It remains to be seen if the Giants are going to make any roster changes due to the absences of Shepard and Gallman in the next game, against the Patriots, which the team is already a sixteen point underdog in. The team looks outmatched even with both players, so it will be intriguing to see what the Giants do to compensate for losing them both right before one of the most notable games of the season – at least, however, no one will blame the Giants if they are unable to pull off the upset.