EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Starting cornerback Terrell Thomas wasn’t the only New York Giant lost for the season in their preseason game against the Chicago Bears.
Second-round draft pick Marvin Austin and free-agent cornerback Brian Witherspoon also are going to need season- ending surgery, a disappointed coach Tom Coughlin said in going over his injury report in a conference call Tuesday.
“The injury report is not something that I’m real happy about today,” he said. “I feel very badly for these young guys who have prepared and played so darn well, and then had their seasons come to an end.”
Thomas, who was in the final year of his contract, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee late in the first half and will need surgery.
Austin tore a pectoral muscle on his left side and will miss his second straight season. He was suspended by North Carolina last year and was ineligible to play. Witherspoon tore the ACL in his left knee in the second half of the Giants’ 41-13 victory. He was placed on waived-injured list.
Meanwhile, the Giants signed defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy, who has 8 1/2 sacks and 188 tackles in 86 regular-season games.
