He’d roll his hulking, 301-pound body out of bed every morning, and make something to eat. And then he’d go back to bed. He’d wake up and spend a few minutes on his iPad or his smartphone, then fall asleep again.
He’d spend a few minutes on a treadmill — and then his eyelids would grow heavy with fatigue. Again.
For most of November, this was life for Justin Pugh, and the Giants’ offensive lineman describes it as “scary.” In three years in the NFL, he’d dealt with injuries before, but nothing like this, nothing that made him question his football future.