Giants CB Deonte Banks, Rams WR Puka Nacua Both Inactive for Monday Night Football
Deonte Banks (calf) and Puka Nacua (hip) are both inactive for Giants-Rams MNF. Colton Hood starts, and the Giants activate Nikko Reed.
Deonte Banks (calf) and Puka Nacua (hip) are both inactive for Giants-Rams MNF. Colton Hood starts, and the Giants activate Nikko Reed.
Giants rookie CB Colton Hood is in line for an expanded role Monday night after Paulson Adebo went to injured reserve and Deonte Banks became a game-time question with a calf injury.
The Giants placed CB Paulson Adebo on IR with a knee injury and signed CB Nikko Reed to the active roster from the Chargers' practice squad. Reed replaces Adebo on the 53-man roster.
The Giants' reported signing of CB Nikko Reed off the Chargers' practice squad hasn't shown up on the team's roster, transaction pages, Over the Cap or Spotrac a day after it was reported.
The Giants signed CB Nikko Reed off the Chargers' practice squad after Thursday's injury report listed three cornerbacks banged up ahead of Monday night at the Rams.
The Giants signed CB Jaden Robinson to the practice squad as Paulson Adebo sat out Wednesday's walkthrough, with Deonte Banks and Greg Newsome II both still working through Week 1 injury exits.
All five of the Giants' lowest-graded defenders in Week 1 were interior linemen or cornerbacks. Both safeties graded far above every cornerback who played.
Prescott averaged 5.1 yards an attempt with no completion longer than 17 yards and the Giants had no sacks. Carter and Golston had four pressures each, Thibodeaux three and Burns one.
Dart threw three touchdowns, Likely caught two, and the Giants held the ball 36:40 in a 28-20 win over Dallas in John Harbaugh's debut, their first Week 1 home win since 2010.