EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Brandnew York Giants tight finish Darren Waller doesn’t consider the hamstring harm that made him questionable for Sunday’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys is motive for far fear. It indisputably gained’t store him from being at the farmland this generation at Arizona.

The Giants, with Waller, play games the Cardinals on Sunday.

“No, I’m playing,” mentioned Waller, who had 3 catches for 36 yards in his debut.

The larger fear for the Giants this generation is standout left take on Andrew Thomas. He’s coping with a hamstring condition as smartly and, then lacking follow Wednesday, was once at the farmland in a restricted capability Thursday.

“He’s a tough guy,” teacher Brian Daboll mentioned. “He said he wants to do some stuff and see how he feels.”

Waller practiced Thursday then having a “vet day” on Wednesday. Daboll mentioned that was once all the time a part of the plan for Waller then a number of injury-plagued seasons in Las Vegas.

The Professional Bowl tight finish was once the Giants’ marquee walk this offseason. He’s their Incorrect. 1 receiver in an offense they had been hoping can be extra explosive this season.

The query condition Waller since his arrival has been whether or not he can keep wholesome. The Giants are doing the entirety of their energy to construct it occur.

Waller got here to Brandnew York with an intensive harm historical past. He neglected 8 video games endmost season as a result of a hamstring harm, and has neglected 14 video games within the occasion two years blended.

Waller conceded Sunday it’s the similar hamstring (his proper leg) that saved him out a bit of endmost season. But it surely’s a special form of condition. They’re now not even related, he says.

“No, not really just because as far as the severity of last year and the time it forced me to miss, it’s nowhere near that,” Waller mentioned. “Last year there was legit times where I couldn’t run because my hamstring is pulled.

“However I will be able to run at follow [Thursday], run routes and do it for 2 hours, so I’m like, ‘I think admirable.'”

Waller explained after Sunday’s 40-0 loss to the Cowboys that it was a more a nerve problem than something muscular. That set off an alarm for some. But Waller said Thursday it was a little scar tissue that compressed the nerve and caused some discomfort.

The belief is that it is something that can be managed rather easily.

“A question of having that stuff out of there,” Waller said.

The 6-6, 238-pounder looked to be moving unimpeded during the open portion of practice on Thursday. It seemed to validate that the previous day’s missed practice was because of rest, and not the hamstring.

Waller was listed on Wednesday’s injury report as did not practice because of hamstring/rest. He was officially listed as a limited participant in Thursday’s practice (hamstring/rest).

Daboll plans to rest Waller once a week to assure he has the best chance of staying healthy. It will primarily be on Wednesdays.

It’s part of the plan (based on sports science) that the Giants created for the talented tight end when he was acquired. Waller is on board.

“Yeah, simply agree with regardless of the coaches be mindful,” he said. “I need to be available in the market and paintings. Every so often to my very own detriment, I’ll run myself into the farmland. It’s excellent to have a plan and I think like I’m all the time taking to agree with what the coaches and public above me have to mention and their critiques. I’m simply taking to apply what they would like me to do.”