Kenny Phillips Out for the Year

ESPN.com reported today that the Giants have placed 2008 1st round draft choice and starting free safety Kenny Phillips on the injured reserve making him ineligible for the rest of the 2009 season. This is a huge blow that leaves the Giants' defense without the best player with the best upside in the secondary. Despite two really good starts in which he'd locked down Santana Moss and Roy E. Williams to a degree that makes him almost worth his contract, overpaid cornerback Corey Webster will now be overwhelmed once the Giants play against New Orleans, Arizona, Philadelphia, and San Diego on consecutive Sundays. The Giants are a much better team with Phillips who showed so much promise during camp and in these first few weeks. I trust that the medical staff made the right decision and optimistically look forward to a healthy 2010 campaign for the young Hurricane.