Jon Beason

Giants middle linebacker Jon Beason injured the same foot he fractured earlier this year on Sunday vs. Arizona.

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EAST RUTHERFORD -- Giants middle linebacker Jon Beason injured his toe/foot in Sunday's loss to the Arizona Cardinals. And upon further review, it doesn't look promising.

The injury occurred on a third-and-1 play late in the third quarter. It was to the same foot that Beason fractured earlier this year and kept him sidelined all of training camp. The Giants starting middle linebacker returned to practice the Monday before the regular season opener against the Detroit Lions.

Here you can see Beason approach the line of scrimmage Sunday against the Cardinals on a 2-yard plunge by fullback Robert Hughes. Beason never really gets involved in the play. He stops short of the line of scrimmage.

Cardinals center Lyle Sendlein falls near Beason's feet. But as you can see, that is his left foot in danger.

But upon further review, it appears Beason's injury may have come a moment earlier, unintentionally, from contact with his own teammate. Here it appears Beason may have stepped on teammate Jameel McClain's foot. Look as their legs intertwine.

At that point, Beason immediately turns away from the line of scrimmage and begins hopping on his left foot. He looks straight to the sideline. Clearly there is something wrong, and he knew it immediately.

Beason walked straight off the field.

He had an X-ray on Sunday (which the Giants wouldn't say was negative, hmmmm) and an MRI on Monday. And now we wait, for what seems like bad news to the same foot that was fractured earlier this year.

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