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Pat Leonard
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#Giants WR Darius Slayton is in the concussion protocol, per Brian Daboll

CB Nick McCloud (knee) is day-to-day, maybe week-to-week

PR Gunner Olszewski (groin) will be out for "weeks"

Special teams LB Carter Coughlin will be out for "months"
12:51 PM · Sep 9, 2024
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Gunner reinjuring his groin is a prime example of Ronnie Barnes's incompetence over the past decade.  The Giants under Barnes tend to be the team with the longest recovery time for players.  So these re-injuries should simply not be happening. 

https://x.com/SNYGiants/status/1833187768639398104

fully healthy yet out for weeks?

Quote from: MrGap92 on September 09, 2024, 01:08:06 PMfully healthy yet out for weeks?

The reality is the Giants' trainers and medical staff believed he was fully healthy, while the serious injury during warmups clearly indicated he was not fully healthy.

Quote from: MightyGiants on September 09, 2024, 12:57:23 PMhttps://x.com/SNYGiants/status/1833187768639398104

"The Giants" believe ... hmm. I stand corrected on the Ronnie Barnes organizational thing. From an athlete's and sports fan's perspective, even I know you don't declare a recent groin issue "healthy" by any stretch (excuse the pun). It is a slow process and must be healed COMPLETELY before introducing workload SLOWLY to prevent recurrence. This is a VERY BAD look on the Medical Staff for mismanaging Polish Power's groin. The "weeks" noted above will likely now be six (6) to eight (8), minimum, before he can start to rehabilitate. Should he re-injure it again, he could be looking at a "Grade 3" strain which, in essence, is a tear of the muscle and/or tendon off the bone. Hopefully, this time, they will get it right and let it heal completely before rehab.

How does the injury report impact Strategic Imperative #3: Improve Lost Man-Games due to Injury from 2023? Already, in Week #1, we have:

Gunner Olszewski: 1 (Groin injury; didn't make it to the opening kickoff)
Carter Coughlin: 0.75 (Pectoral Injury in first half)
Nick McCloud: 0.25 (Knee injury in second half)
Darius Slayton: 0.25 (Concussion in second half)

One week in and the Lost Man-Games total, by my count, is 2.25 games / 1 game played, or 2.25 LMG/game. This is not a promising start to the season since a minimum of three of them will miss multiple games and McCloud will be questionable going into the week.

My estimate, for Ronnie Barnes' Balanced Scorecard is YELLOW (Off Plan with chance to recover) after Week #1.

Peace!