The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Injury Updates

The Good:

Although he suffered a hip flexor injury vs. the Vikings that knocked him out of the game, WR Mario Manningham insists he's fine and will take the field Sunday vs. the Eagles. In addition, WR Hakeem Nicks's leg held up well during Monday's game and he left feeling fine. This means for now (*knock on wood*) he's good to play on Sunday as well (*no seriously, you know the crap outta that wood. do it dammit*). This is tremendously good news for us. Why you ask? See The Ugly.

It turns out that the hit DE Justin Tuck dealt out Monday only caused a few bruised ribs and he is expected to take the field on Sunday. Good. There are few QBs I hate more than Vick (*cough*Tom Bieber...I mean Brady *cough*) and he struggles when knocked out of pocket. I look forward to watching Tuck, Umenyiora, and Pierre-Paul make him nervous (yes I know there are other members of our D but they're my favs, so suck it). And if one of them happen to take his head off, well, Merry Early Xmas to me ;)

Lastly, there doesn't seem to be too much concern regarding RB Ahmad Bradshaw's injured wrist. After his last 2 performances (and our group of banged up receivers) I can't stress how important it is to have a strong run game.

Ya know what, now that I think about, just kick the $hit out of any wood in close vicinity. We need all the luck we can get.

The Bad:

According to Coughlin, C Shaun O'Hara and T Shawn Andrews will "do work" in practice this week. Unfortunately there is little chance either will return by Sunday.

The (Really Damn) Ugly:

Oh, my poor Stevie. Anyone who is friends with WR Steve Smith on Facebook knows how torturous is was for him to sit on the sideline for the last few weeks. And anyone who pays close attention to stats knows how much Eli LOVES to throw to #12 in 3rd down situations. Well, the "Gun in Sweatpants" curse continues. What was originally thought to be an injured hamstring turned out to be a cartilage injury in his knee. He's now out for the season. Damn that. Damn that to hell I say.

In addition, we lost LB Chris Sintim to a torn anterior cruciate ligament. I don't even know what the frick that is but big words are usually bad. You get several big words in a row and ya know what that means? That means he's out for the whole damn season. Jawsome.