The Giants placed wide receiver Kadarius Toney on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday.
Toney has already missed the Giants’ last three games with quad and oblique injuries – he also left the Giants’ Week 6 game against the Los Angeles Rams after re-aggravating his ankle injury he suffered in his breakout Week 5 game against the Dallas Cowboys. That injury forced him to miss Week 7 against the Carolina Panthers.
Toney probably had a better chance to return from those injuries against the Dallas Cowboys this week, but now he’ll have to have two negative tests before Sunday in order to play.
The 20th pick of the 2021 NFL Draft has 35 catches for 392 yards in nine games played – 189 of those yards came against the Cowboys.
The Giants learned of Toney’s test results on the plane back to east coast on Monday, a source told SNY NFL Insider Ralph Vacchiano. Toney is vaccinated, said the source, and everyone on the flight was masked, per NFL rules.
Vacchiano also notes that the team is conducting contact tracing to determine potential close contacts.
Toney tested positive for COVID-19 back in July, as well, and missed five days of action, so it’s not a definite that he’ll miss Sunday’s game due to the virus. But his oblique injury still will play a role.
It was a rough day for the NFL as a whole, as 37 players throughout the league had positive tests on Monday, according to Adam Schefter.
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