The three Giants (Ayers, Flowers and Meriweather) listed as questionable for Monday night's game vs the Dolphins made the trip to Miami and are with the team.
Of the three, Defensive end, Robert Ayers Jr's injury is the most mysterious as he was able to complete practice with the team Thursday before sitting out Friday's session. Apparently the coaching staff were unaware of his injury until after Thursday practice. Defensive coordinator Spagnuolo is optimistic Ayers will be available to play Monday night. The type and extent of this neck injury are unknown but I would guess if he was able to participate in Thursday's practice and made the trip with the team it is likely he will play. Ayers is coming off a good performance against the Jets and I expect after some manual therapy and modalities we will see more of the same from his tonight.
Left tackle Ereck Flowers re-aggravated his L ankle sprain during the third quarter of last Sunday's loss to the Jets. The Giants decided to take an additional rest and recovery day Saturday which should have given Ereck additional time to rehabilitate that ankle. I would expect him to play moderately and with some limitation in front of his home town crowd.
Safety Brandon Meriweather has been limited in practice all week with a knee injury after sitting out last Sunday's loss to the Jets. Reporters noted during practice he seemed to be favoring the knee. Since he was able to practice, run and change direction quickly my guess is he is suffering from a mild to moderate sprain or overstretching of his collateral or outside of the knee ligaments. He should be able to play tonight but will be limited and likely wearing a brace. It's too bad the Giants couldn't eek out wins from the Jets or Redskins because Meriweather's injury could have really benefited from rest in preparation for a playoff push.
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