Giants seem to avoid Azeez Ojulari injury calamity

The Giants nearly got out of a practice session without one of their players going down.

Azeez Ojulari, the second-year outside linebacker, was participating in the post-practice conditioning running with his teammates on Thursday following the joint practice with the Jets when he was forced to stop and came up limping. He left the field with the help of two medical/training personnel, slowly walking into the team facility.

It is believed Ojulari suffered some sort of lower leg issue and the preliminary indication is it is not a serious injury. His availability in the near future, though, was not immediately known.

Ojulari missed the first three weeks of training camp dealing with a strained hamstring. He led the team with eight sacks in 2021, setting a franchise rookie record.

The Giants need what Ojulari brings to the field, especially with the other starting edge rusher, Kayvon Thibodeaux, out for 3-4 weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee in last Sunday’s preseason victory over the Bengals. The Giants are hopeful Thiobdeaux can heal in time for the Sept. 11 season opener against the Titans in Nashville.