Giants CB Terrell Thomas re-injures knee, doesn’t sound good

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 30, 2012, 4:26 PM EDT
The Giants don’t sound particularly optimistic, after cornerback Terrell Thomas re-injured his right knee and was sent off for tests this morning.

Thomas missed last year with a torn ACL, and after getting tangled up with wide receiver Dominik Hixon Sunday, Thomas came in today with swelling and was sent to the Hospital for Special Surgery (which is a really ominous-sounding name for a hospital, by the way).

When coach Tom Coughlin was asked if there was any news on Thomas, he replied, “Unfortunately, there is, . . .,” according to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News.

The Giants are expected to announce more this afternoon, but it doesn’t take much reading between the lines to anticipate it’s not good.

Last year’s ACL tear was his second, with the first in his college days at Southern Cal. Despite that history, the Giants signed him to a four-year, $28 million deal in March, though the likelihood of him seeing that amount is slim.

It included a $1 million signing bonus and $1 million in base salary, and that might be all he sees. There’s a $6 million option bonus next March, but unless the news is unexpectedly good, that doesn’t seem like anything he’ll ever earn.

For the Giants, that puts more pressure on former first-rounder Prince Amukamara. Since Aaron Ross left for Jacksonville in free agency, the Giants are extremely thin there.

Giants CB Terrell Thomas re-injures knee, doesn’t sound good | ProFootballTalk

Hope the kid is OK.....this sucks.

We'll see, I'm not one to react until further details come out. You've should have seen some fans when it was reported Jayron Hosley was carted off. People thought it was a knee injury (reported) or an ankle (reported also) when it just ended up being a cut on his leg that needed a few stitches.

Damn and Aron Ross !![..] went to the Jags.

Gotta feeling Giants secondary gonna be[..]er than last year.

Only so much Corey can do.

Yeah but if this injury keeps him out for the season all he's seeing is his 1 million dollar bonus. and maybe another million.... they backloaded the contract for future years if hes healthy, and its looking grim already.

Sucks, dude is a pretty good DB, his knees are frail as hell after all them surgeries.

Sucks for dude.

I'm so sick of this !!, EVERY YEAR my g-men are k!llED during the pre-season. They never enter the season at 100%.

General coughlin has to ease up the practice/work-out intensity, make the players play at less than 100%!!

And my giants gotta have the WORST medical staff in the league, why aren't these players warn about possible injuries beforehand? Why are these players taking years to get healed?? i.e. Hixon

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Damn Just got my T2 shirt

My nicca fareal [pic]

that's a career

Truly a shame...especially after coming off that amazing '10 season. As much as I hate the team, I never want to see amend injured, especially someone so talented

Good thing we have prince n drafted another cb

If the Giants can go a whole season without him and still Win the Super Bowl, im sure this wont be a huge problem

well be aight but damn man [pic] i missed T2 last year. hope be bounces back soon

and these niccas just let ross go [pic]

Ross is a bum

well !!

It didnt swell immediately, it swole after a day....i dont think(hope) it is serious

Man seriously shut the !! up, you sound like a dumbass.

1. Giants are not the only team that suffers injuries

2. They haven't even practiced in full pads yet

3. Are you really that stupid to think players aren't made aware of potential re-injuring a repaired knee? Cut all that worst medical staff non sense, again Giants aren't the only team with players getting injured and re-injured.

ross aint even good, he fell off since that injury

he at least made it to the field, 90% of success is just showing up [pic]