Article 2: Packing it in?

Article 2: Packing it in?

There's more bad news for David Wilson. The New York Giants running back now may never play football again due to another neck injury, this time during training camp. After having a season ending injury, which originally was called spinal stenosis in 2013, Wilson was diagnosed with a "burner" on Tuesday, according to ESPN. The Giants have ruled him out for the rest of the team's practices as well as the first preseason game on Sunday. Now there are reports from NJ.com which say Wilson needs "a miracle" to play football again.

Although Wilson is stating that this is somewhat a minor injury, it looks like doctors will be less optimistic. This is horrible news for the New York Giants who drafted the high upside Wilson with the 32nd pick of the 2012 draft. But fortunately for the team, if Wilson is ruled okay to return to play eventually, they have the roster to let him ease his way back in. Rashad Jennings, Andre Williams, Peyton Hillis, and Michael Cox are all capable of playing in Wilson's absence but obviously Wilson has the best potential of all of them to be the starting running back.

A few of our hosts (who are both Giants fans) at Three by Five Network had a conversation about this on twitter yesterday:

I can see both perspectives in this case. Wilson was not having the best year before his injury like Dennis (@DMalles98) said. He recorded 146 yards on 44 carries (3.3 YPC) with one touchdown and two fumbles. But like I mentioned earlier, David Wilson definitely has the potential to be a superstar. Wilson did not have enough playing time (only 115 carries in two seasons) like Jesse (@JesseCampbell23) said. Wilson's two fumbles in Week 1 against the Cowboys really put him behind on the depth chart in 2013. We've seen Wilson do well with opportunity in college and at the end of the 2012 season and he never had much of an opportunity before his injury last season.

Obviously, the best the case scenario is for this to be a minor injury like Wilson stated and ease him back into action. But I seriously doubt that will be the case. Hopefully the Giants will be able to suffice using a RBBC (which they were probably doing anyway even with Wilson) and let Wilson move on. Above all, let's hope that David Wilson will recover and at least be able to pursue a less risky career choice. We will find out on Monday what his test results say.

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