EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York Giants starting left tackle Will Beatty is going to be sidelined up to six months after tearing a pectoral muscle, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team plans to not discuss the injury until Thursday.
The source said Beatty was injured lifting weights on Tuesday said the recovery time frame is 4 to 6 months. He had surgery on Wednesday, according to the New York Post.
Dr. Bradford Parsons, chief of shoulder surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, said the surgery will repair the tear but the player has to regain the flexibility in his shoulder and get strength back in the muscle.