Giants’ Sterling Shepherd suffers AFC Champions League final rupture in offensive final loss to Cowboys

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Giants coach Brian Dabul confirmed New York’s worst fear. In fact, Wideout Sterling Shepard suffered a ruptured ACL at the end of the season on Monday. 16-23 loss to me Cowboys. The injury occurred in the Giants’ last offensive game: Dallas Trevon Diggs cornerback Daniel Jones intercepted after fifth David Sales went down, and the Cowboys attack kneeled the rest of the time. On the other side of the field, Shepherd had stopped before suddenly grabbed his knee and fell onto the grass.

After the match, Giants coach Brian Dabol said the injury “doesn’t look good” and added that Shepherd’s absence for the rest of the season is a possibility, Across Trentonian. This fear has now come true.

“He’s a huge part of that team,” Daboll said on Tuesday.

Shepard He tore his Achilles in Week 15 of the 2021 season, also against the Cowboys, and made an impressive recovery to be ready for the first week of this season. He currently leads the Giants at 154 yards and is the Giants’ only wide receiver with a touchdown – 65 yards vs. titans In the first week. The only other players to have received relegation this season are Daniel Bellinger and Chris Myarek.

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It’s another heavy blow to the giants who take in the wire that he really can’t stand. Kadarius Toney, a 2021 first-round pick, was inactive on Monday with a hamstring injury and has had zero-yard receptions this season. Wan’Dale Robinson, a 2022 second-round pick, was also inactive due to a knee injury. Kenny Goladay, from He publicly expressed his frustration with the lack of playing time last weekhad no catch on Monday and had a critical drop.

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The only wide receivers left on the active roster are Sills V, Richie James and Darius Slayton, who have no catch this season.

For Shepard, the infection error persists. He hasn’t played a full season since 2018 and has struggled with a range of injuries since starting his NFL career in 2016, including calf muscles, quadriceps and hamstrings as well as a concussion.

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