Coming off the bye week, the Giants ruled out just two players, both rookies, on Friday's final injury report: tight end Daniel Bellinger (eye) and right tackle Evan Neal (knee).
Three players were listed as questionable: wide receiver Kenny Golladay (who missed the last four games with a knee injury), linebacker Oshane Ximines (sidelined two games with a quad injury) and cornerback Cor'Dale Flott (out three games with a calf injury). All three were not on the gameday inactive list, which is announced 90 minutes prior to kickoff.
On Saturday, the Giants activated offensive tackle Matt Peart from reserve and elevated tight end Lawrence Cager and defensive lineman Henry Mondeaux from the practice squad for Sunday's home game against the Houston Texans.
Peart, who was on the physically unable to perform list, returned to practice last month. He suffered a torn ACL last Dec. 26 in Philadelphia.
Cager, 6-5 and 220 pounds, was released by the Jets on Oct. 15 and picked up by the Giants three days later. Cager, who made his Giants debut before the bye week in Seattle, entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with the Jets in 2020. That season, he played in two games with one start and had his only two career receptions, for 35 yards. Cager played one game for the Cleveland Browns in 2021.
Cager played three seasons at Miami of Ohio before transferring to Georgia in 2019, when he was teammates with current Giants players Tae Crowder, Solomon Kindley, Azeez Ojulari and Andrew Thomas. In 43 collegiate games, Cager caught 78 passes for 1,157 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Mondeaux suited up in Weeks 3 and 4, recording four total tackles for the Giants.
GIANTS INACTIVES
- WR David Sills
- LB Austin Calitro
- T Devery Hamilton
- T Evan Neal
- TE Daniel Bellinger
- OLB Quincy Roche
TEXANS INACTIVES
- T Austin Deculus
- CB Isaac Yiadom
- LB Neville Hewitt
- TE Brevin Jordan
- WR Tyron Johnson
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