fishgutmartyr Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Roster-moves-Giants-place-five-players-on-IR/b7d0e109-b720-4e38-b5ab-7a99215e389b Geoff Schwartz, Adam Snyder, Mathias Kiwanuka, Robert Ayers, and Terrell Manning were placed on Injured ReserveEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants made several roster moves today as injuries continue to take their toll on the team.Five players were placed on injured reserve: offensive linemen Geoff Schwartz (ankle) and Adam Snyder (knee), defensive ends Mathias Kiwanuka (knee) and Robert Ayers (pectoral), and linebacker Terrell Manning (ankle).That group increases the number of Giants players on injured reserve to 20, including rookie Bennett Jackson, who is on practice squad/injured list.Although the Giants placed five players on I.R., they can replace only four on the roster, because Manning was signed last week from the Cincinnati Bengals’ practice squad. According to NFL rules, he cannot be replaced on the 53-man roster for three weeks after moving from a practice squad to the roster, even if he is placed on injured reserve.The Giants added three players to their roster from the practice squad, guard Eric Herman, defensive tackle Dominique Hamilton and linebacker James Davidson.The Giants also signed running back Chris Ogbonnaya, who has played in 51 regular-season games for St. Louis, Houston, Cleveland and Carolina with 12 starts. His career totals include 158 carries for 710 yards and two touchdowns. Ogbonnaya played in five games for the Panthers earlier this season and ran for 50 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. He was released on Nov. 3.Schwartz was one of the Giants’ major offseason acquisitions. But he missed the season’s first 10 games after dislocating his toe in a preseason game vs. the Jets on Aug. 22. Schwartz made his Giants’ debut at right tackle on Nov. 23 vs. Dallas. He suffered his season-ending injury in the first quarter of the Giants’ loss Sunday in Jacksonville.Snyder, a 10-year veteran, joined the Giants on Sept. 3. He played in four games, including a start vs. the Cowboys last week. Snyder hurt his knee in that game and was replaced by Weston Richburg – whose place he had taken after the rookie started the first 10 games.Kiwanuka, the 2006 first-round draft choice who is in his ninth Giants season, did not travel to Jacksonville because of his knee injury. He started the first 11 games this season and had 28 tackles (20 solo), 2.5 sacks and two fumble recoveries. His absence on Sunday ended his streak of 59 consecutive regular-season games played (plus four postseason games). In his career, Kiwanuka has played in 120 regular-season games with 82 starts. He has 38.5 career sacks, which place him eighth on the franchise’s career list. Ayers was also signed as a free agent last offseason after spending five years with the Denver Broncos. He played in each of the first 12 games, including his first start in Jacksonville in place of Kiwanuka at left end. Ayers is tied with Jason Pierre-Paul for the team lead with five 5.0 sacks. Ayers suffered a torn pectoral muscle in the second half against the Jaguars.Manning made his Giants’ debut on special teams in Jacksonville, though he was not credited with a tackle. He first signed with the Giants on June 16 and was waived on Aug. 30. Manning played three games early this season for the Chicago Bears.Herman, 6-4 and 320 pounds, missed the first four games this season while serving a suspension for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances. He was signed to the practice squad at the conclusion of the suspension. Herman was a seventh-round draft choice by the Giants in 2013. He spent the first 16 weeks of the season on the practice squad before joining the active roster on Christmas Day. He was inactive for the season finale vs. Washington.Hamilton, 6-5 and 334 pounds, has been on the practice squad since Sept. 3. He entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with the Oakland Raiders in 2012. The Missouri product spent most of that season on Washington’s practice squad. In 2013, Hamilton was on the practice squads of both the Redskins and the Kansas City Chiefs. He played in all four of Kansas City’s preseason games before being waived on Aug. 30. Like Herman, he Hamilton has never played in a regular-season game.Davidson, 6-3 and 242 pounds, was signed to the practice squad on Sept. 16. Davidson was originally signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as a free agent from Texas-El Paso. He was waived on Aug. 27. Defensive end/linebacker Paul Hazel was signed to the practice squad. Hazel, 6-5 and 238 pounds, played 13 games for the 2013 Cleveland Browns on special teams, including six in which he also played on defense. He had two special teams tackles. Hazel entered the NFL as a free agent with Jacksonville from Western Michigan. He joined the Browns after being waived by the Jaguars. Hazel was in training camp with the Houston Texans last summer. Defensive end Jordan Stanton, who was in training camp with the Giants and was briefly on the practice squad early in the season – his contract was terminated on Sept. 16 - was re-signed to the practice squad. Stanton played at James Madisoin. Also joining the practice squad is guard Rishaw Johnson, who played three games with one start last year for the Kansas City Chiefs. He has also spent time with Seattle, Tampa Bay, Dallas and Green Bay. Johnson played at California University of Pennsylvania. Basically, with the exceptions of Jerry and Walton (yay!), our entire group of FA signings are now on IR. Oops, how could I forget DRC? It doesn't get much worse than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 this is starting to feel a lot like 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmenroc Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Mathematically eliminated ... no need to even try to get guys back...someone sneezes at this point, might as well IR them. The air has definitely gone out of this team with the Jax loss...moreso than prior weeks. Will be interesting to see effort over the rest of the season...to see if team has mailed it in. Shame there isn't any prospects whose last name rhymes with SUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonji Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Jeez....20 players on IR is a shit-load at 3/4 way through the season. TEAM INJURED RESERVE COUNT New York Giants - 20Seattle Seahawks - 16Indianapolis Colts - 12Jacksonville Jaguars - 11Kansas City Chiefs - 11Miami Dolphins - 11San Diego Chargers - 11Baltimore Ravens - 10New Orleans Saints - 10San Francisco 49ers - 10Atlanta Falcons - 9Dallas Cowboys - 9Oakland Raiders - 9Tennessee Titans - 9Buffalo Bills - 8Carolina Panthers - 8Cleveland Browns - 8Detroit Lions - 8Green Bay Packers - 8New England Patriots - 8St. Louis Rams - 8Washington Redskins - 8Arizona Cardinals - 7Cincinnati Bengals - 7Houston Texans - 7Minnesota Vikings - 7Philadelphia Eagles - 7Chicago Bears - 6New York Jets - 6Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 6Denver Broncos - 5Pittsburgh Steelers - 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Mathematically eliminated ... no need to even try to get guys back...someone sneezes at this point, might as well IR them. The air has definitely gone out of this team with the Jax loss...moreso than prior weeks. Will be interesting to see effort over the rest of the season...to see if team has mailed it in. Shame there isn't any prospects whose last name rhymes with SUCK There's a SUCK for the DUCK movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmenroc Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 There's a SUCK for the DUCK movement Good call...but here's hoping we suck...but not for the duck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 With the Giants topping the charts in injuries every year for the past decade, it almost makes you think the strength and conditioning coach's methods are outdated and maybe its time for... actually, nevermind. No, that would just be crazy. You don't just fire someone who's been a conditioning coach for 30 years just because 1/3 of your team is on IR every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 With the Giants topping the charts in injuries every year for the past decade, it almost makes you think the strength and conditioning coach's methods are outdated and maybe its time for... actually, nevermind. No, that would just be crazy. You don't just fire someone who's been a conditioning coach for 30 years just because 1/3 of your team is on IR every year. Exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgutmartyr Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Jeez....20 players on IR is a shit-load at 3/4 way through the season. TEAM INJURED RESERVE COUNT New York Giants - 20 Seattle Seahawks - 16 Indianapolis Colts - 12 Jacksonville Jaguars - 11 Kansas City Chiefs - 11 Miami Dolphins - 11 San Diego Chargers - 11 Baltimore Ravens - 10 New Orleans Saints - 10 San Francisco 49ers - 10 Atlanta Falcons - 9 Dallas Cowboys - 9 Oakland Raiders - 9 Tennessee Titans - 9 Buffalo Bills - 8 Carolina Panthers - 8 Cleveland Browns - 8 Detroit Lions - 8 Green Bay Packers - 8 New England Patriots - 8 St. Louis Rams - 8 Washington Redskins - 8 Arizona Cardinals - 7 Cincinnati Bengals - 7 Houston Texans - 7 Minnesota Vikings - 7 Philadelphia Eagles - 7 Chicago Bears - 6 New York Jets - 6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 6 Denver Broncos - 5 Pittsburgh Steelers - 3 Well, we have a number 1 ranking in something this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFP Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 5 years running as one of the most injured teams in the NFL. Not coincidentally, 5 out of the last 6 years missing the playoffs. Many of these injuries cannot be helped, but I think they need to take a top-down, empirical look at the injuries and see if any trends emerge. I cannot believe that they are doing everything right in the training/conditioning departments. PS.....Once again, the Eagles are at the bottom of the list with respect to injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightFire Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 But...but Coughlin said he would fix all what ailes the Giants. It's just in the player's head right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 it might just be bad luck. injury prevention is a hard thing to quantify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Turn out the lights.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorBanksCarsonVanPelt Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 With the Giants topping the charts in injuries every year for the past decade, it almost makes you think the strength and conditioning coach's methods are outdated and maybe its time for... actually, nevermind. No, that would just be crazy. You don't just fire someone who's been a conditioning coach for 30 years just because 1/3 of your team is on IR every year. Hello ...is there a Sephp...Seph...Sephiroth here... yes we are the Holy Giants Inquisition and we must rack him... draw him... then pull his entrails from his abdominal cavity for such ...such under the cover blasphemy... We of the Holy G. Inquisition know smarmy irony when we see it... After we purge his body of sinful thoughts we will allow him the chance for Holy Expiation by kissing the Lockeroom Rancid Towell of Old...he may then be allowed the Grace of losing his head in one smooth stroke... Blessed Be the Blue... :giants: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorBanksCarsonVanPelt Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 But...but Coughlin said he would fix all what ailes the Giants. It's just in the player's head right. Its a CANCER... a CANCER I SAY...!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 OMG... Mathias Kiwanuka is still on the team? I thought he was cut on training camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightFire Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Well the silver lining is posters who wanted more playing time for Moore will get their wish. Nobody left in front of him starting now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Well the silver lining is posters who wanted more playing time for Moore will get their wish. Nobody left in front of him starting now. Yea... too bad old Tom waited till the season is down the shitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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