Giants lose Goff for the season

Another one gone, Another one gone, Another one bites the dust!

So the musical chairs of injury continues for the New York Giants as Jon Goff is expected to miss the season after tearing the ACL in his right knee. Goff was the Giants starting middle linebacker, a guy who was showing steady improvement over the past three seasons. He was a run stuffer for the Giants, as recorded 70 tackles last season.

Ironically this was Goff's walk year, he was scheduled to be a free agent after the season, and now he won't even have a chance to take his play to the next level in order to make a mega contract next year.

Goff is one in a long line of injuries for the Giants this year. The G-Men already lost Terrell Thomas, Clint Sintom, Marvin Austin, Bruce Armstrong and Bruce Johnson for the season. They have also lost Prince Amukarua for the first month of the year with a broken foot.

Plus the G-Men will also be without Osi Umenyiora who is nursing a knee injury for the first month of the year as well.

The once formidable Giants defense is starting to look more and more like a joke. Teams will be licking their chops at the prospects of facing a Giants D that is not at full speed. That being said, the G-Men still have a healthy Justin Tuck, Jason Pierre-Paul, Kenny Phillips, and Antrele Rolle. They will get Osi back before October, so it shouldn't be this bad for very long.

One would think.

Injuries this early in the season are a bad sign. When a team starts to lose players, its like a conga-line, suddenly dozens of starters begin to drop like flies. The Giants have to hope that the injuries stop here, otherwise it could be a looooooong season.

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