Prior to a Thursday night game between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers, running back Saquon Barkley revealed to Taylor Rooks that contrary to reports, he suffered a high-ankle sprain in Week 2.
Following an MRI earlier in the week, the Giants said Barkley had an “ordinary” sprain. National reporters corroborated those results and suggested Barkley would return in three weeks.
Buy Giants TicketsGiants head coach Brian Daboll refused to rule Barkley out for the Thursday night matchup until the final report was filed with the league on Wednesday.
Barkley also told Rooks that he aims to return on Monday night in Week 4 when the Giants take on the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium.
Time will tell if that pans out.
Meanwhile, the Giants added several names to their growing injury list on Thursday night. Among them was rookie cornerback Deonte Banks, who left the game with an arm injury.
“Banks I see as an arm,” Daboll said, proving few details.
Banks’ X-ray came back negative but he will have an MRI on Friday.
Deonte Banks said X-Ray of his arm was negative. Having an MRI in the morning.
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Meanwhile, cornerback Adoree’ Jackson suffered a shoulder injury, defensive lineman D.J. Davidson suffered what appeared to be a serious elbow injury and right tackle Evan Neal rolled his right ankle in the loss.
Defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches was also banged up during the game and limped off the field but did return later.
