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The New York Giants have officially ruled out running back Saquon Barkley (ankle) for Thursday night's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Barkley suffered an ankle sprain in Sunday's win over the Arizona Cardinals and is considered week to week, but head coach Brian Daboll kept the door open Tuesday for Barkley to play in San Francisco.

Related Players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell, Eric Gray

Barkley's immediate reaction to the injury put Daboll's initial remarks to shame, as the RB was completely beside himself. It's not recommended that you start any Giants running back this week.

We have signed G Arlington Hambright to the 53-man roster from the practice squad, signed RB Trey Sermon to the practice squad, and waived T Ryan Hayes.

Related players: Zack Moss, Deon Jackson, Evan Hull

Sermon was on the Eagles last year and saw plenty of action this summer in preseason games before eventually getting cut. The Colts rode Moss last week as their RB1 as he collected 22 touches and a touchdown. But the team is likely looking for some depth at the position. Jackson didn't have a touch in Week 2 with the return of Moss and Hull remains on IR.

An MRI showed that Giants’ RB Saquon Barkley suffered an “ordinary” ankle sprain that now is expected to sideline him three weeks, per source.

Related players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell, Eric Gray

Barkley didn't seem like he had much of a shot to play on a short week in Week 3, but it's at least a bit of good news he wasn't placed on IR and the team must think he has a shot to get back on the field sooner than later. As for the Giants RB situatoin, it's a tough matchup on TNF against the 49ers. Look for Breida and Gray to split up the workload with Brightwell a possible change of pace and passing down option.

Giants’ RB Saquon Barkley is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his right ankle Monday in Arizona to determine the severity of his injury and how much time he could miss, sources tell
Jordan Raanan and me.

Related players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell, Eric Gray

X-rays were negative for Barkley - which was good news if you saw the injury take place and his struggles to get off the field. Schefter went on to say Barkley’s ankle was swollen after the game but the thinking, in the words of one source, is that, “it’s an ordinary (sprain) rather than a high-ankle sprain. Just need to verify (Monday).” So there’s some optimism and hope going into Monday’s MRI, but more answers await. The Giants play Thursday night in San Francisco, as Schefter said. Breida and rookie Gray could see a split in the workload with Brightwell the change of pace and passing down back. Despite the seemingly good news on Barkley, the short week could make it tough for him to be ready to go.

Darren Waller doesn’t anticipate the hamstring limiting him at all:

“Nah, I’m playing,” he said.

The Giants play the Cardinals on Sunday in Arizona.

Is the hamstring any concern long-term or moving forward?

“No, not really.”

Waller said last year’s hamstring injury was much different. What he experienced last week wasn’t even comparable.

Even with the hamstring flare-up, Waller led the Giants in targets (5) in an absolutely moribund performance from the offense, and, particularly the offensive line. Waller should be trusted as a TE1 in lineups moving forward.

Rookie RB Evan Hull on IR with knee injury. RB Jake Funk added to active roster from PS.

Related players: Deon Jackson, Zack Moss

It's another blow to a struggling Colt running game that didn't get much of a chance to see what Hull could do before he got hurt in Week 1. Jackson wasn't great but could be in line for at least a lot of snaps in Week 2. We've seen reports that Moss could also return this week from an arm injury.

Broncos’ TE Greg Dulcich is expected to be sidelined multiple weeks after injuring the same hamstring.

Related players: Adam Trautman, Chris Manhertz

As Schefter noted, this is the same hamstring that caused Dulcich to miss Denver’s first five games last season and then the last two games at the end of the season as well. Schefter added the Broncos will take it slow with Dulcich when bringing him back, and he could be an IR candidate as a result of that statement. Meanwhile, Trautman was pretty involved in Denver's offense in Week 1, and could be worth a pickup if you're in need at the TE position.

The Colts could get veteran Zack Moss back for next week’s game against the Houston Texans. He’s coming off a broken arm suffered in training camp and returned to practice last week.

Related players: Jake Funk, Deon Jackson, Evan Hull

The story was mainly about the struggles of the Indy running game in Week 1. Jackson fumbled twice in the game and Hull was injured early. Moss was the team's RB1 to close out last season. Hull showed promise in camp, but is going to miss some time according to the story. So a Moss return could mean he slides right back into the RB1 spot for Week 2, and it's something to monitor this week. The team could also bring in another back, and the story mentioned Kareem Hunt.

RB Evan Hull "could miss some time" with knee injury, Steichen said, per FOX59's Mike Chappell.

Related players: Deon Jackson, Zack Moss, Jake Funk

Not good timing for the Colts who put Jonathan Taylor on IR and lost Moss to an arm injury this summer. That now leaves Jackson as the team's main back, pending an update on Moss sometime this week. The Colt RBs weren't really a factor in Week 1, outside of QB Anthony Richardson. Jackson did have five catches for 14 yards but outside of that carried 13 times for just 14 yards. The Colts have a winnable game in Week 2 at Houston so Jackson will likely have some fantasy value when our rankings come out later this week.