The NY Giants first team's stay on the field during Friday night's preseason opener was brief enough as it is, but wide receiver Rueben Randle had to leave the game even sooner than quarterback Eli Manning and his colleagues due to struggles with tendinitis in his knee.
"He struggled when we first got to the (Cincinnati) practices," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Saturday, via ESPN.com. "His patellar tendinitis had bothered him after a couple of days off his feet. He thought he could play. He did not warm up well, and we probably should have shut him down right away, but he played a few snaps. He definitely was not himself, and he was in pain."
Randle was forced to miss a few practices last week and will likely miss a few more considering how poor his knee responded to Friday's light workload.
His absence will lead to more first-team reps for the likes of James Jones, Preston Parker, Corey Washington and sixth-round standout Geremy Davis in the coming days at training camp.
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