{"id":209314,"date":"2025-10-08T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/209314\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:49:08","slug":"sources-giants-wr-darius-slayton-expected-to-be-out-vs-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/209314\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Giants WR Darius Slayton expected to be out vs. Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jordan RaananOct 8, 2025, 09:55 AM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.<\/p>\n

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants<\/a> wide receiver Darius Slayton<\/a> is not expected to play Thursday night against the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> because of a hamstring injury, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.<\/p>\n

The Giants (1-4) are already without star wide receiver Malik Nabers<\/a>, who tore his ACL several weeks back. Barring a serious uptick, Slayton will join him on the sideline against their division rival.<\/p>\n

Slayton was injured late in Sunday’s 26-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints<\/a>. He was listed as a non-participant in a practice projection for Monday and Tuesday this week, making it unlikely he would be able to get ready with such a short turnaround.<\/p>\n

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But New York was holding out hope.<\/p>\n

“I’d say we’ll take it all the way up to the end like you usually do on short weeks,” coach Brian Daboll said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Daboll was also talking about right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor<\/a>, who is dealing with a back injury. Eluemunor has a realistic chance to play Thursday against the Eagles, a source told ESPN.<\/p>\n

Slayton was limping badly in the locker room Tuesday. With such a quick turnaround for a Thursday game, it always seemed unlikely he would be able to make it in time.<\/p>\n

Slayton, 28, was expected to step into a bigger role with Nabers injured. But he struggled Sunday with a key drop and fumble. Still, the Giants signed him to a three-year, $36 million deal this offseason to be their No. 2 receiver.<\/p>\n

The veteran has led the team in receiving four of the past six seasons. He has 12 catches for 166 yards through five games this season.<\/p>\n

The Giants are expected to elevate or sign veteran receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey<\/a> from the practice squad without Nabers and Slayton. Jalin Hyatt<\/a> and undrafted rookie Beaux Collins<\/a> are also expected to have expanded roles.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the ultimate solution for the wide receiver-needy Giants will be their tight ends. They used multiple tight ends on 43% of their offensive plays against the Saints. Their leading receiver was tight end Daniel Bellinger<\/a> with four receptions for 52 yards. Second-year tight end Theo Johnson<\/a> also caught six passes, including a pair of touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan RaananOct 8, 2025, 09:55 AM ET CloseJordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-209314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}