T-Rock's Take on the Giants

The two offensive players drafted by the Giants this year both left the field with injuries this morning and neither will participate in this afternoon's final workout of the minicamp.

Neither injury appears to be serious as both players walked off the field under their own power.

Mario Manningham tweaked his left hip while making an abrupt stop on a pass pattern. He went to the sideline, trying to stretch it out, and wound up putting ice on it. He managed to stand among the players for the rest of the practice but did not participate.

Andre' Woodson's injury was to his left quad, and he remained on the injury truck with the leg elevated for the rest of the practice. That left Willie Copeland to handle ALL of the quarterbacking duties (even though someone ran into the locker room to fetch a red jersey for Friday Morning Quarterback Jeremy Young who was moved to receiver by the afternoon, he never put it on). I just saw Young in the tunnel under the stadium and he said it's his understanding that Copeland will be the only QB this afternoon.

RB Jerome Messam also missed practice after injuring his leg on Friday. He rode the exercise bike on the sideline this morning. Coughlin said there was a fourth injury that a player was able to play through. He seemed disappointed by these "soft-tissue" injuries.

Both Manningham and Woodson should be fine by the full-team minicamp in June. Messam may be fine by then, too, but he'll probably be fine at home. The exercise bike is one step out the door for a tryout.