Giants linebacker Keith Rivers was not at practice today after being involved in a car accident during the bye week in his native California, coach Tom Coughlin said.

Rivers is back in New Jersey, and the Giants sent him to be examined by the team doctors today.

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"Rivers had a mild – there is no mild," Coughlin said. "He had an accident last week, a car accident, he’s being evaluated. He bruised a knee; we hope that’s all it is."

Rivers, whom the Giants traded for this spring, has played five of 10 games this season. He missed time early in the season with a hamstring injury and sat out the past two games with a calf injury.

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