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Giants ruled out Saquon Barkley, Wayne Gallman, Evan Engram and Sterling Shepard for Thursday night against New England.

The Giants will be down to starting Jon Hilliman at running back, Rhett Ellison at tight end and Golden Tate, Cody Latimer, and Darius Slayton at wide receiver against the Patriots tough defense on Thursday night. Their value is low, but as starters, they have some flex appeal as bye week fill-ins.

In addition to WR Sterling Shepard being out Thursday at New England and RB Saquon Barkley being unlikely to play, there’s also a real chance the Giants will be without TE Evan Engram, who is dealing with a sprained MCL, per source. It’ll be a challenge for Engram to play at NE.

Related players: Rhett Ellison

Of course the Giants will also be without WR Sterling Shepard against a NE defense allowing 6.8 points per game. Ellison is next up on the depth chart at TE but it's just not a great situation for owners to be counting on Ellison.

Running back Wayne Gallman and wide receiver Sterling Shepard also are going to miss Thursday night's game. Both have concussions.

Related players: Saquon Barkley, Jon Hilliman

This story and other reports say Barkley is also unlikely to play in Week 6 because of his high ankle sprain, leaving the RB duties to Hilliman against a Patriots defense that's allowing just 6.8 points per game this season. While the workload could be there for Hilliman, it's not a safe matchup.

New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard was placed in the concussion protocol and will miss Thursday night's game against the New England Patriots, according to a source.

The source added that given Shepard's recent history he could be out a while.

Shepard reported symptoms to the Giants medical staff on Monday morning. He was checked for a concussion in the third quarter of Sunday's 28-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, but cleared and returned to the game.

The Giants didn’t practice today but they need to file an injury report with a Thursday game. Here’s their “projected” practice participation for today.

TE Evan Engram, RB Wayne Gallman, WR Sterling Shepard - did not practice.
RB Sauqon Barkley limited.

It's a short week but Barkley is eyeing a Week 6 return. It would be a tough matchup against the Pats and their defense, but with Gallman possibly not playing because of a concussion, Barkley could jump right into a full workload. Obviously without possibly Engram and Shepard it could be even more of an uphill battle for the G-men.