An NFL coach never thinks his final roster cuts are easy, but this year’s chore seems particularly difficult for the Giants. And it’s not just that this “win or else” season makes Tom Coughlin’s final roster selections all the more important.
It’s the fact that so many players on his roster are hurt.
At one point more than 21 percent of his players were reporting injuries. On Thursday night, that number was down to 18.7 percent, after 12 of his 75 players were unable to play and two more got hurt during the game. And many of them – like DE Robert Ayers, DE Cullen Jenkins, LB Jon Beason, LB Jonathan Casillas, S Jeromy Miles, K Josh Brown and WR Victor Cruz – are pretty important.