{"id":383598,"date":"2025-11-16T19:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/383598\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:23:14","slug":"giants-cb-paulson-adebo-knee-scratched-just-before-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/383598\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants CB Paulson Adebo (knee) scratched just before kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763320994_350_raanan_jordan.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Jordan RaananNov 16, 2025, 01:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. &#8212; The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"378600ea-2397-8364-8399-b7c1606a49a7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/nyg\/new-york-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> received another big blow right before kickoff when top cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"cbca26cb-ef4a-4fc2-fc8a-06d88b893e0c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4242547\/paulson-adebo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paulson Adebo<\/a> felt discomfort in his knee and was ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>Adebo was set to make his return after missing three games with a knee injury. He was not among the pregame inactives.<\/p>\n<p>But the decision was made after Adebo took the field in uniform an hour before the game. It left the Giants with <a data-player-guid=\"10e92a3e-3908-9104-747b-d662baa76e55\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4429607\/cordale-flott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cor&#8217;Dale Flott<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"9f1426b0-726a-2cc7-8984-cfc80707fdba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4428328\/deonte-banks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deonte Banks<\/a> and recently acquired <a data-player-guid=\"1cc90577-9df5-31ce-a81d-55cdba241f9a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4429281\/korie-black\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Korie Black<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4361834\/jarrick-bernard-converse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jarrick Bernard-Converse<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"3e015e40-c11e-3a2f-716e-feae03445797\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4368350\/rico-payton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rico Payton<\/a> as their healthy cornerbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46985678\/giants-rookie-qb-jaxson-dart-urged-modify-running-approach\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/r1573822_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New York has struggled badly ever since Adebo left in the second half of a late collapse to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"51042145-e3c1-0694-ae0d-f720342ff8fc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/den\/denver-broncos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Broncos<\/a> last month. It is currently on a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants were expecting to get Adebo back this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh man, it means you get a great player on the perimeter with a lot of confidence,&#8221; interim coach Mike Kafka said. &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to watch him fly around. He&#8217;s a guy that I&#8217;ve been talking to a lot this week, and I think he&#8217;s in the right frame of mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Giants signed Adebo to a lucrative contract as a free agent this offseason. He received a three-year, $54 million deal after breaking his leg last year.<\/p>\n<p>Adebo, 26, started the first seven games of the season for New York. 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