Corey Coleman had a chance to save his career with the New York Giants this season, but all that wrapped up in a single day. Less than 24 hours after starting wide receiver Sterling Shepard broke his thumb, opening up a starting spot that Coleman had the talent to grab.
Unfortunately for him, his knee did not cooperate. It turns out Coleman tore his ACL Thursday at Giants practice, ending his season. It was the same workout in which Shepard fractured his thumb.
Not only did Giants WR Sterling Shepard dislocate his thumb at Thursday’s practice, but WR Corey Coleman also tore his ACL. Brutal.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 26, 2019
Coleman is a former first round pick of the Cleveland Browns that busted out with the new regime and was traded to the Buffalo Bills, who eventually cut him. He caught on with the Giants last season, but started just one game and played in eight, catching eight passes for 71 yards. He did contribute on kick returns, gaining 598 yards on 23 attempts.
Golden Tate and Cody Latimer will continue to hold down two of the three wideout positions, but the chance to shine now belongs to rookie Darius Slayton, a fifth round pick out of Auburn.
Jones says Ezekiel Elliott is a “non-report”
With running back Ezekiel Elliott’s “nobody’s calling it a hold out” hold out in full effect, Jerry Jones spoke to the media today and minced no words concerning his star running back. Elliott did not show up Friday morning for the team physical or conditioning run.
“He (Elliott) is late,” Jones said at Friday’s press conference. “We have officially reported, so he’s a non-report officially and all of the mechanisms that are in place with your collective bargaining agreements, structurally under the contract, everything is in place and addressed if you’re not where you’re contracted to be, so he’s late.”
Jerry Jones calls Ezekiel Elliott “late” says he won’t give daily updates on contract status but adds it doesn’t diminish his excitement about this team. Won’t get into his conversations with him. Stephen Jones says working on it behind the scenes optimistic something gets done
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) July 26, 2019
What Jones means by that is not only fines for every day missed, but the possibility of missing a chance at unrestricted free agency if, for some reason, Dallas didn’t want to work out a new contract with the former first rounder out of Ohio State.
That’s not a likely scenario, since they’d probably just trade him to a team willing to pony up the cash if that was the case.
