Jordan Raanan

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Micah McFadden will take over at middle linebacker for Edmunds. Expect him to wear the green dot and call plays to the defense.

Harbaugh reiterated Friday the Giants have always felt they have 3 starting ILBs with McFadden, Edmunds and Reese. McFadden has already shown he's a starting-caliber player in his career.

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Giants LB Tremaine Edmonds has a torn muscle in his chest, per source. He wanted to play through it but couldn't.

Edmunds is out for the season as @DDuggan21 said.

Update on OLB Chauncey Golston: He's also out for season, per sources. He went on IR earlier this month with a neck injury.

Giants continue to take hits.

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Giants LB Tremaine Edmonds has a torn muscle in his chest, per source. He wanted to play through it but couldn't.

Edmunds is out for the season as @DDuggan21 said.

Update on OLB Chauncey Golston: He's also out for season, per sources. He went on IR earlier this month with a neck injury.

Giants continue to take hits.

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The #Giants should have both their tackles to face Texans stud pass rushers. Good news w/LT Andrew Thomas (groin) struggling in recent weeks and RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf) having missed Saints game.

Coach John Harbaugh said on Friday they "should have a good chance" to play.

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Can Skattebo says the Giants cutting Najee Harris was a message to everyone:

“Nobody is safe. It’s as simple as that.”

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CB Paulson Adebo looked to be moving well at practice this week. He could factor into the situation and be activated off IR.

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No LB Tremaine Edmunds or CB Greg Newsome at practice. Hard to imagine them playing vs. Texans.

TE Theo Johnson (neck) worked on side. Might also miss his second straight game.

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No LB Tremaine Edmunds or CB Greg Newsome at practice. Hard to imagine them playing vs. Texans.

TE Theo Johnson (neck) worked on side. Might also miss his second straight game.

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If J.J. McCarthy plays lights out, it's always a possibility. That is how this league works. It's highly unlikely but Tom Brady once took the job from a perennial Pro Bowler who was the league's highest-paid QB.

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@JordanRaanan I wonder what happens if JJ leads us to the playoffs. Do we have a QB controversy in 2027?

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Big opportunity for J.J. McCarthy's career. Not this game but rest of this season.

Wide range of outcomes. Could be great and live up to potential. Also could go poorly. There is no guarantee he is better than Jameis.

A lot at stake for Giants and McCarthy.

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@JordanRaanan I look forward to J.J. showing what he can do with this opportunity.

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Three Giants did not practice:
LB Tremaine Edmunds (shoulder)
CB Greg Newsome (concussion)
TE Chris Manhertz (calf)

Giants seem headed towards being without Edmunds and Newsome on Sunday in Houston.

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RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), LT Andrew Thomas snd OT Marcus Mbow (knee) were all back at practice. Good sign.

S Jevon Holland (concussion) also was on the field practicing to some degree.

CB Greg Newsome (concussion) and LB Tremaine Edmunds (shoulder) NOT practicing.

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RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), LT Andrew Thomas snd OT Marcus Mbow (knee) were all back at practice. Good sign.

S Jevon Holland (concussion) also was on the field practicing to some degree.

CB Greg Newsome (concussion) and LB Tremaine Edmunds (shoulder) NOT practicing.

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Dennard Wilson: "When you have behaviors that's unacceptable, we're not gonna accept it. And if you don't change the behaviors, we have to change the players."

As we've seen from the John Harbaugh Giants, they're not afraid to make personnel changes.

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Dennard Wilson thought Sunday vs. Saints was #Giants worst tackling game.

"I wasn't happy with our effort running to the ball."

How do they deal with it?

"Confront everything."

Guys who don't run to the ball he calls "traitors."

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Dennard Wilson thought Sunday vs. Saints was #Giants worst tackling game.

"I wasn't happy with our effort running to the ball."

How do they deal with it?

"Confront everything."

Guys who don't run to the ball he calls "traitors."

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Matt Nagy said that J.J. McCarthy's "skill set is very similar to Jaxson (Dart)." It brings back a decent percentage of the playbook.

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J.J. McCarthy is the Giants starting quarterback for the foreseeable future.

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The way it turned out: John Harbaugh spoke to Jameis Winston and J.J. McCarthy 1-on-1 on Tuesday. Told them the QB plan.

He didn't think it was necessary to make a big announcement to the team. Most players learned the news once they started to get into game plan on Wednesday.

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The #Giants didn't tell the players about a quarterback decision yesterday between Jameis Winston and J.J. McCarthy. They went over film from this past week's game.

Would expect it to be addressed this morning at meetings. Practice at 1 pm.

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J.J. McCarthy is the Giants starting quarterback for the foreseeable future. As a matter of fact, Harbaugh thought it was a pretty obvious move because it was the "right time."

Harbaugh met with the QBs 1-on-1 Tuesday. Made no grand announcement Wednesday. Most of the players found out as they went over the game plan.

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J.J. McCarthy stayed after practice on Wednesday to get in extra work with his starting receivers, including Malik Nabers. Necessary because, as McCarthy said the other day, he had barely even thrown to Nabers prior to the Saints game.

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The secondary and Giants OTs are two areas to watch closely this week. They could be without safety Jevon Holland and cornerback Greg Newsome vs. Texans. Both are in concussion protocol.

Did not practice:
LB Tremaine Edmunds (shoulder)
S Jevón Holland (concussion)
CB Greg Newsome II (concussion)
LT Andrew Thomas (groin)
RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf)
OT Marcus Mbow (knee)

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J.J. McCarthy says he's honored but "not surprised" to be the starting quarterback of the Giants. Feels he's more ready to be a starter than his time in Minnesota.

"Experience does wonders," he said.

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The Giants are also adding OL Josh Sills from the Colts practice squad.