Geoff Schwartz knows he is a candidate to be placed on short-term injured reserve, which means he would not count on the Giants’ 53-man roster and would not be eligible to play until Week 9 of the regular season. He does not want any part of it.
“I hope to back before then,’’ Schwartz said Friday.
What Schwartz hopes and what the Giants decide likely will not be identical. He suffered a dislocated right big toe in the Aug. 22 preseason game against the Jets. He was able to avoid surgery, but will be in a walking boot for 7-10 days before starting rehab. The Giants say he will be evaluated on a week-to-week basis. There is no definitive timeframe for when he might be able to play, considering he is a 340-pound man and the toe has to heal before he can begin to pound away on it.
While the Giants move on with rookie Weston Richburg into Schwartz’s starting left guard spot, Schwartz looks to avoid short-term IR, which would force him to miss the first seven games of the season.
“They haven’t mentioned it,’’ Schwartz said. “That is upstairs. That is not any of my business. I have never had this injury, so I have no idea what to expect. I just know what I have been told. We will just go from there.’’
Schwartz does not really know how he got hurt. He says he was getting bull-rushed, went to anchor with his right foot and the toe became dislocated. “I wish there was some other cooler way that it could have happened,’’ he said. “I felt it right away.’’
The image was not pleasant.
“When they took the shoe off, I figured it would look like it did,’’ Schwartz said. “I don’t remember really if it hurt or not. I was just in a blur. It was gross looking.’’