The Giants have two players practicing with them this week who are designated to return from injured reserve: running back Jonathan Stewart (foot) and wide receiver Cody Latimer (hamstring). What goes into the decisions to bring them back to the active roster likely will take place on the field on Sunday.
Pat Shurmur said he looks at them as emergency bodies in case the team needs to fill a spot on the 53-man team. “Those are two players that in the event we need a guy can come up,” he said. As for Stewart, who has been practicing with the team for two weeks, he said: “He’s ready to go if we need him.