Week 2 NFC Player of the Week Hakeem Nicks — coming off a 10-catch, 199 yard game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — will join Ahmad Bradshaw, David Diehl and Domenik Hixon on the will not play list.
Nicks, who broke a bone in his right foot this offseason, was originally listed as questionable for the game but was later downgraded to ruled out. He did not practice yesterday, which coach Tom Coughlin said was a planned rest day. The wide receiver had been playing through pain in that foot but it was aggravated in Sunday's game, when Buccaneers safety Mark Barron accidentally stepped on the injured foot.
Coughlin had already announced that the other three offensive players would not be playing in Game 3 earlier in the day. Bradshaw has a neck injury, Diehl suffered an injury to an MCL and Hixon was hit in the head and has not been cleared to play because of the NFL's concussion protocol.
Nick's absence in the Giants lineup is a huge blow to the offense because No. 3 receiver Hixon is already out. Victor Cruz is a capable No. 1 replacement but that only leaves talented but untested Ramses Barden, Rueben Randle and Jerrell Jernigan.
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