There’s no questioning it, the New York Giants officially have an injury problem. One or two days with injuries can be summed up as bad luck and it’s natural for it to happen to any team as players come back from the offseason and play in pads for the first time, but the Giants have steadily had players leave practice since training camp began – whether that’s because of player fitness, because the coaching staff isn’t good at conditioning, or some other reason still remains to be seen.
The main group to get hit by this problem has been the wide receivers but they aren’t the only ones to have to deal with injury problems. Saturday saw rookie right tackle George Asafo-Adjei added to the list of injuries, after having to enter concussion protocol due to a concussion presumably picked up during Saturday’s practice.
While Asafo-Adjei was a seventh round draft pick, many fans were intrigued about the player because of the thin nature of the position for the Giants, who haven’t yet established a clear starter there despite bringing in Mike Remmers from the Vikings this offseason.
It’s thought that Asafo-Adjei could see some time in the rotation, and with the concussion in training camp being minor in nature compared to some of the injuries sustained by other players, it doesn’t look like that’s off the cards.
Asafo-Adjei also joins linebacker Mark McLaurin and cornerback Sam Beal on the list of recently injured players, with Beal leaving the field on Saturday with a groin injury and McLaurin suffering a fractured bone in his foot. The hope going forward will be that the injury trend stops… But so far, there’s been multiple ones just about every day of camp. One can only hope that as the practices continue, the injuries are more minor in their nature.