Osi & Jacobs out... Eli done for year???

[Joemailman]

Sporting News is saying Lorenzen will be the starter. They are also advising people not to add him to their Fantasy team.

[BallHawk]

you gotta admit he makes a nice tackling dummy

Or a motivational speaker.

[BallHawk]

Sporting News is saying Lorenzen will be the starter. They are also advising people not to add him to their Fantasy team.

Smart cookies over there at SN.

[Freak Out]

The big guy can play...but they will go with Wright if Eli is out.

[HarveyWallbangers]

All signs point to Lorenzen being the starter. Wright was awful in the preseason, and almost got cut.

[mmmdk]

...don't shoot the messenger; this from rotoworld:

ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports Eli Manning will miss a month with a separated shoulder.

Bizarre. The New York Daily News and Newsday both just reported Manning's injury wasn't nearly that serious. We'll trust Mortensen here though. Manning owners should wait for news to continue to come out before deciding what to do with him. It's rough news for Plaxico Burress, Derrick Ward, and Jeremy Shockey, as the offense is likely to slow down under Jared Lorenzen or Anthony Wright.

Old news but it is odd with these rather conflicting sources!? Neh!?

[Lurker64]

Well, last night when Manning went out they put in the hefty lefty. If Wright was going to get the start over Lorenzen, wouldn't they have put in Wright? Or is this one of these weird rules that the NFL has about the #3 Quarterback?

I still don't know if I believe ESPN here though.

[BF4MVP]

We better not make Jared Lorenzen look like anything even resembling an NFL QB..The guy is trash..A loss this week would be beyond disappointing, especially since we just beat one of the top teams in the NFC..Even with Eli, the Giants are middle-of-the-pack at best..

[MadtownPacker]

I knew Eli wasn't gonna play Sunday just by the look on Coughlin's face. Dude looked like he had just got the pink slip, which with Eli out he will.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Kind of strange, but the Giants are still saying that it's just a bruise, and Manning might play this weekend.

[Lurker64]

Kind of strange, but the Giants are still saying that it's just a bruise, and Manning might play this weekend.

Even if they know that Eli's not going to play on sunday, they aren't going to come out and just say that unless they have to. They want the Packers to have to prepare for both Manning and Lorenzen (and also Wright.) Teams are usually pretty coy with these sorts of injury reports.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Apparently, Umenyiora is day-to-day.