The New York Giants will face off with the Dallas Cowboys this Sunday night for the NFC East title, but the Giants could be without one of their best offensive weapons.
Offensive Coordinator Kevin Gilbride did not hide his concern that TE Jake Ballard could miss the season finale.
“It is a big concern because obviously Jake had worked his way into being a very important part of the puzzle. In the game in Dallas he was huge. And as the game went on at the end and that last drive, they started using a technique that I hadn’t seen until I happened to be watching television and saw Romeo Crennel do it in Kansas City and all of a sudden they were doing it.”
“There were a couple things you could do but one of the things and easy solution was to see if Jake could win, and he made a huge play for us and got it right down to the one-yard line,” Gilbride said. “It is a concern obviously. You wish Jake was there and could play, but we have been fortunate this year that when guys have been hurt, people stepped up and filled in and have done a good job for us.”
Ballard definitely had one of his better games against Dallas in the first meeting, and the Giants, at least for the first half, appeared to miss him last week against the Jets.
Ballard had four catches for 52 yards and a touchdown that brought the game within five against the Cowboys.
The Giants will hopefully be as healthy as possible—they will need a team effort to beat the Cowboys.
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