Injury Update: Plaxico Burress and Brandon Jacobs
AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaLet’s start with Brandon Jacobs for this brief report. It appears as though he is feeling much better and planning on practicing later this week.
Jacobs has even gone so far as to say that he might be able to play versus the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday evening — that’s a bit of a stretch, but we can appreciate the dude’s dedication and eagerness to get back on the field.
“I would love to play this weekend. I’m getting very close. I have to see the doctor in a little bit and hopefully there will be some good news.” Brandon Jacobs
Personally, I’d rather the guy sit out another week and come back stronger and more thoroughly healed. There’s no messing around with a knee injury.
Manage “an ongoing, nagging thing…”
This morning Burress was flown to Charlotte, NC to get a second opinion on his ailing ankle (not the one he had surgery on in teh off season). It’s been described as a trip to learn how to “manage” the injury. I’m not entirely sure what the actually means.
If the trip results in him holding on to more passes, I’ll be a happy camper. That said, I’m not going to complain too much. I mean, the dude does have 15 catches for 262 yards and five touchdowns in this very young season. That’s pretty good for a guy on one surgically repaired ankle and one that needs to be “managed.”
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