Jon Beason Injury: Updates on Giants LB's Toe and Return

Updates from Sunday, Oct. 12 

Art Stapleton of The Record provides an update on Jon Beason's Week 6 status:

Updates from Friday, Oct. 10

Jordan Raanan of NJ.com has the latest on Beason's status:

Mitchell Abramson of the New York Daily News has more:

Updates from Thursday, Oct. 9

Tom Rock of Newsday passed along comments from Tom Coughlin on Jon Beason's status:

Updates from Wednesday, Oct. 8

Kieran Darcy of ESPN reported on Jon Beason from Giants practice:

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New York Giants middle linebacker Jon Beason was participating in practice Wednesday, during the portion open to the media. 

Beason has missed the past three games with a foot/toe injury, but could return for the Giants' NFC East clash against the Eagles in Philadelphia on Sunday night.

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Updates from Sunday, Oct. 5

Pat Hanlon of Giants.com confirms Jon Beason's status for today's game:

Updates from Friday, Oct. 3

Art Stapleton of The Record has an update on Beason's status for Sunday:

Updates from Thursday, Oct. 2

Tom Rock of Newsday has an update on Beason's status:

Updates from Monday, Sept. 29

Art Stapleton of The Record reported on Jon Beason from Giants practice:

Tom Coughlin spoke about Beason's status following practice, via the Giants: 

Updates from Thursday, Sept. 25

Jon Beason's status for Thursday's game against the Redskins has been confirmed by the NFL Around the League account: 

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 24

Art Stapleton of The Record reported on Jon Beason's status for Thursday's game vs. Washington:

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 23

Paul Schwartz of the New York Post reported on Jon Beason's status:

Updates from Monday, Sept. 22

Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News passed along the latest on Jon Beason from Tom Coughlin:

Ebenezer Samuel of the New York Daily News had more on Beason from Giants practice:

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 21

Pat Hanlon of Giants.com provides Jon Beason's status for Week 3:

Updates from Friday, Sept. 19

NJ.com's Jordan Raanan has the latest on Beason's status:

Updates from Thursday, Sept. 18

Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News passed along comments from Tom Coughlin on Jon Beason's health:

Art Stapleton of The Record passed along quotes from Beason on his injury:

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 17

Ebenezer Samuel of the New York Daily News reports Jon Beason is not expected to miss the rest of the season:

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The good news: Giants linebacker Jon Beason is not done for the season, as some feared might be the case.

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Beason's season is not done, but it seems unlikely that he will play on Sunday against the Houston Texans. The Giants have no timetable for his return.

With that likely in mind, the Giants promoted linebacker Dan Fox from the practice squad.

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Tom Coughlin later spoke about Beason (via Conor Orr of The Star-Ledger):

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 16

Dan Graziano of ESPN.com speculates on how long Jon Beason could be sidelined as a result of his latest toe injury:

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Jon Beason could be out a while due to a re-aggravation of the toe injury that cost him all of training camp. 

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Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News provides an update on Beason's recovery:

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New York Giants linebacker Jon Beason suffered a toe injury in the third quarter of Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals.

Art Stapleton of The Record received word from the Giants:  

Following the game, head coach Tom Coughlin spoke about the injury (via Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News):

Beason had four tackles (three solo) before exiting. Former Boston College star Mark Herzlich replaced him at middle linebacker.

The former Pro Bowler has been dealing with a toe injury for months. He missed most of the team's offseason workouts and training camp while dealing with a sesamoid fracture in his right foot.

While Beason was able to get back in the lineup in time for last week's 35-14 loss to the Detroit Lions, it was clear he wasn't quite yet at 100 percent. He finished with only four tackles (one solo) as the Lions picked apart the middle of the field.

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Beason was also absent for parts of practice this week, with head coach Tom Coughlin admitting his defensive anchor may be limited.

“We knew he would be limited, but I didn’t know he wasn’t going to go,” Coughlin told reporters. “They think he’ll play. I think if he feels a little bit better out here on the grass, he’s fine.”

Given their lack of depth at linebacker, the Giants can ill-afford Beason be out for any extended period of time. He compiled 93 tackles one interceptions in 2013 after coming over from the Carolina Panthers via trade and was rewarded with a three-year contract worth up to $19 million.

Subbing out Beason for Herzlich, who has been with the team since 2011 but provides little more than replacement-level depth, is a strain on a defense that's already not going to end up among the league's best. It'll be interesting to see if Arizona begins churning the clock on the ground to take advantage of Beason's absence.

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