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Kenny Pickett's knee injury is bone bruise, and Pickett also has a muscle strain, NFL Media reports.

Related players: MItch Trubisky

It is not serious but could lead to a short-term absence, the story said. The Steelers, however, are leaving the door open for Pickett to play this week, per NFL Media, but the fact that they have an off week in Week 6 could play a factor in their decision. If Pickett can't go this week, Trubisky would likely be the Week 5 starter.

Giants Saquon Barkley is doubtful for Monday Night Football with his ankle injury.

Related players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell, Eric Gray

Rapoport did say Barkley is steadily getting better and thinks he has a more realistic chance to get on the field for Week 5, which is an early game against the Dolphins.

Steelers QB Kenny Pickett has a knee injury, but the belief is the injury is not season-ending.

Related players: Mitch Trubisky, Mason Rudolph

Rapoport said Pickett will get an MRI, and they are looking at the MCL and meniscus. His ACL is reportedly in tact. Rapoport added there just isn't a lot of information now but Pickett is going to miss some time with the injury but should return this season. Trubisky will get the start in Week 5, which is an early game at home vs. the Ravens. The Steelers do have a bye in Week 6 before traveling to the the Rams in Week 7.

Steelers QB Kenny Pickett left Sunday’s game against the Texans with a lower body injury.

It could be a knee injury, apparently. Pickett was favoring his left leg after taking a sack and was helped off the field by trainers. A rough day for the Steelers gets even worse. Mitch Trubisky is the backup quarterback and Mason Rudolph is the emergency 3rd quarterback.

Giants RB Saquon Barkley is doubtful for Monday night's game against the Seahawks.

Barkley is in the middle of his recovery from his Week 2 ankle injury. The initial thought was that he would miss about three games, so it's not too surprising that he is unlikely to play here in Week 4. The Giants got nothing on the ground against the 49ers, totaling 29 rushing yards on 11 attempts. Matt Breida led the way with 17 yards. Barkley does seem to be progressing well, so maybe there's a chance he'll be back for Week 5 against the Dolphins or Week 6 against the Bills.

The New York Giants are considering running back Saquon Barkley day-to-day as he tries to get back from an ankle injury in time for Monday night's matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.

Barkley missed Thursday night's loss to the San Francisco 49ers with the injury, which he described to the Amazon broadcast as a high ankle sprain. He is not practicing Tuesday as the Giants begin on-field preparations for the Seahawks.

Related Players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell

The Giants running backs —as well as the entire offense— struggled yet again in Week 3. The Breida/Brightwell rotation accounted for 22 yards on the ground and 32 more through the air against the 49ers. It's not suggested to start either one of them if Barkley misses Week 4.

Head coach Brian Daboll called Saquon Barkley a quick healer last week and said on Tuesday that the team is going to continue monitoring his condition as they head toward their Monday night date with the Seahawks.

“He’s really now I’d say in the day-to-day category. He feels a lot better today, but we’ll kinda take that all the way throughout the week and see how he improves,” Daboll said, via SNY.

Related players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell, Eric Gray

Barkley said last Thursday that he suffered a high-ankle sprain in the team’s Week 2 win over the Cardinals and that injury often causes players to miss multiple games, but the Giants aren’t making any plans to play without him at this point, the story added. We may not know a whole lot more heading into Week 4's Monday night matchup, so owners are going to need a backup plan when it comes to a decision on having Barkley in your lineup or not. The good news is if Barkley is out, Breida has a much better matchup this week when it comes to plugging him into lineups if it comes down to a game-time decision.

The New York Giants have officially ruled out running back Saquon Barkley (ankle) for Thursday night's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Barkley suffered an ankle sprain in Sunday's win over the Arizona Cardinals and is considered week to week, but head coach Brian Daboll kept the door open Tuesday for Barkley to play in San Francisco.

Related Players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell, Eric Gray

Barkley's immediate reaction to the injury put Daboll's initial remarks to shame, as the RB was completely beside himself. It's not recommended that you start any Giants running back this week.

Reports on Monday varied about just how long Giants running back Saquon Barkley will be out after spraining his ankle against the Cardinals on Sunday, but they all said he will miss this Thursday’s game against the 49ers at the very least.

Giants head coach Brian Daboll said on Tuesday that it was premature to rule Barkley out for Thursday night, however. Daboll said the team currently plans to make a game-time decision about Barkley’s availability.

As the story said, this could just be gamesmanship. Daboll called Barkley a quick healer and said the RB felt a lot better Tuesday.

An MRI showed that Giants’ RB Saquon Barkley suffered an “ordinary” ankle sprain that now is expected to sideline him three weeks, per source.

Related players: Matt Breida, Gary Brightwell, Eric Gray

Barkley didn't seem like he had much of a shot to play on a short week in Week 3, but it's at least a bit of good news he wasn't placed on IR and the team must think he has a shot to get back on the field sooner than later. As for the Giants RB situatoin, it's a tough matchup on TNF against the 49ers. Look for Breida and Gray to split up the workload with Brightwell a possible change of pace and passing down option.