Peppers, Tate sustain injuries in Giants’ loss to Bears

New York Giants starting safety Jabrill Peppers will miss several weeks with a fractured traverse process and could miss several weeks. Head coach Pat Shurmur said on Monday he did not believe that Peppers’ season was necessarily over and that his ability to return would be based on how much pain Peppers could tolerate as the injury healed.

Peppers had a 40-yard punt return in the Giants’ 19-14 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field but he was apparently injured returning a kickoff.

From Pro Football Talk:

The team announced that Peppers have a transverse process fracture in his back. Peppers was injured on a kickoff return in the first half of Sunday’s 19-14 loss to the Bears and said he was going for an MRI.

 

It was initially referred to as a hip injury, but the tests have cleared up exactly what sent Peppers to the bench. While the Giants did not say how long Peppers will be out, it seems likely he’ll miss a chunk of time.

The transverse process is located in the pelvic area and can only be treated through rest, very much like any other fracture in the pelvic area. The Giants have five games remaining and it does not appear likely that Shurmur’s diagnosis will coincide with the timeframe it might take for this injury to heal, which is usually four to six weeks.

In addition to Peppers’ injury, the Giants announced that WR Golden Tate has been placed in the NFL’s concussion protocol after sustaining a blow to the head while catching a touchdown pass from Daniel Jones in the fourth quarter on Sunday.