New York Giants: Three Players Missing In Wednesday Practice

New York Giants, Mike Remmers, Minnesota Vikings
Dec 2, 2018; Foxborough, MA, USA; Minnesota Vikings tackle Mike Remmers (74) at the line of scrimmage during the third quarter against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports

The New York Giants are currently preparing for their season opener against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, but not every member of the team is healthy. While the team will get Sterling Shepard back for the first week of the season after Shepard was injured early in training camp, they’ll also potentially be missing an important tackle as well as a rookie wide receiver and a tight end.

The team practiced as usual on Wednesday but right tackle Mike Remmers, who beat out Chad Wheeler for the job on the right side of the line, was absent with a back injury and illness. Darius Slayton, the team’s intriguing receiver prospect who some thought would find his way into the rotation this season, was also missing in addition to tight end Garrett Dickerson. Slayton was out with a hamstring injury while for Dickerson, it was a quad injury.

The team isn’t the deepest at the right tackle position which makes it somewhat concerning that Remmers is still having injury trouble. Chad Wheeler, the player that started out in a competition with Remmers and played much of last season at right tackle after the team finally moved on from Ereck Flowers, won’t be available for now after received waived/injured status and being placed on the injured reserve.

The Giants signed tackle Eric Smith off of waivers this week while making room by waiving Alonzo Russell and Brian Mihalik. It looks like Smith will be the top player in the rotation for now, but one can hope that Remmers will have a quick recovery and will be back in time to take a starting place when the team takes on Dallas this Sunday.