Dan Graziano, senior NFL national reporter 10y

Giants injury report: Jon Beason back?

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants have a decision to make on linebacker Jon Beason by Saturday's 4 p.m. ET deadline for final roster cuts. If Beason is to come off the Physically Unable to Perform list, he'll have to do so before the deadline and count against the team's 53-man roster. Asked whether that will happen, Beason said Friday, "Hopefully," and then left the locker room without speaking further.

The Giants' plan as of now is to activate Beason, who missed all of training camp with a foot injury but believes he'll be healthy enough to practice next week and play in the Sept. 8 Monday Night season opener in Detroit. That plan could change between now and 4 p.m. Saturday depending on how he feels and possibly some other decisions, but as of now it looks as though Beason will be available to the Giants in Week 1, even if he's not healthy enough to start and play as much as he normally would.

In other Giants news:

  • Cornerback Prince Amukamara said he's fully healed from his groin injury and expects to practice next week without restriction. Amukamara said he could have played Thursday night if it had been a real game.

  • Guard Geoff Schwartz is a candidate for the short-term injured reserve list, which would cost him the first eight weeks of the season. Schwartz said Friday that he hoped to be back sooner than that, and that the team hadn't broached the topic with him. In order to use the short-term IR designation on Schwartz, the Giants would have to put him on their 53-man roster Saturday and then designate him for IR early next week. So unless they believe he'll be out for the whole season (which they do not) , the Giants will delay the decision on Schwartz.

  • Kick return specialist Trindon Holliday, who has missed almost all of camp with a hamstring injury, said he believes he'll be ready to practice next week. The question is whether the Giants will put Holliday on the 53-man roster Saturday, or whether they'll cut him and look at other options. Holliday and Odell Beckham Jr., who also has missed all of camp with a hamstring injury, are the top two candidates at punt returner, so if the Giants believe they have a need there they could cut Holliday and keep someone like wide receiver Preston Parker for punt returns. But if they really believe Holliday is healthy enough to practice next week, they could keep him and use someone like Rueben Randle as the fallback on punt returns.

  • Fullback Henry Hynoski (shoulder) and guard Eric Herman (leg) went for tests on their injuries from Thursday night. The team does not think Hynoski's injury is serious. They don't think Herman's is, either, but Herman is suspended for the first four games of the season for a drug violation anyway, so he has plenty of time to get healthy.

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