The Giants plan on defensive lineman Chris Canty returning to practice this week, coach Tom Coughlin said today.

Canty has been on the physically unable to perform list after undergoing offseason knee surgery. He said last week he would "absolutely" be ready to practice this week -- the first week he is eligible -- but could not make any guarantees on when he'll be added to the 53-man roster.

Players on the PUP list must sit out their team's first six games of the season. After that, they have a three-week window to begin practicing, followed by a three-week window to be added to the 53-man roster.

Coughlin said tight end Travis Beckum, who is also on PUP, is not yet ready to return to practice. Beckum suffered a torn ACL in the Super Bowl.

Canty was originally frustrated at being placed on the PUP list, but he admitted last week that his knee feels better now than if he had been activated at the start of the regular season. He has lost 10 to 15 pounds and said he’s in as good of a condition as he can be for not practicing in pads.

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David Diehl played Sunday for the first time since suffering an MCL sprain in Week 2. He was used as a jumbo tight end on 13 snaps, while Will Beatty and Sean Locklear stayed in the starting tackle spots.

"He game into the game, and it was good for him to play, and it was good for him to work, and be in a competitive aspect of it," Coughlin said. "I think he enjoyed that part of it, and I think it answered a lot of questions for him."

The offensive line has been playing well: Eli Manning has not been sacked in the past three games, and Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 200 yards and 116 yards in back-to-back games. Would the Giants keep Diehl, who has always been a starter for the Giants, in this part-time role?

"We’ll see," Coughlin said. "I haven't thought about that just yet."

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Coughlin said Kenny Phillips, who sprained his MCL against the Eagles, will have some "more opportunities" to practice this week, but the team will decide just how much he can do Tuesday afternoon.

"I don’t know just how far we can go with him," Coughlin said.

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Giants team physician Russell Warren will perform Jets CB Darrelle Revis’ ACL surgery tomorrow, which may be looked at as an unusual arrangement.

“I don’t think it’s odd at all,” Coughlin said. “Dr. Warren, I’ve always considered him the best in the business, and feel like we have the best medical people in the world, and so for someone to make a decision that they would like Dr. Warren to perform their surgery, that doesn’t surprise me.”