EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants right tackle Justin Pugh exited the team's 16-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the first half due to injury, and did not return.
The Giants labeled Pugh's injury as a strained quad, and coach Tom Coughlin revealed after the game that Pugh actually first suffered the injury in last week's defeat in Seattle. But he practiced all week and did not appear on the Giants' official injury report.
"That was the shocker. The kid worked his tail off in practice, I don't think he ever missed a snap," coach Tom Coughlin said.
Charles Brown replaced Pugh, and struggled. Coughlin had no update on Pugh's status after the game.
Speaking of the injury report, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie also did not appear on it this week, for the first time in several weeks.
But he was shuffled in and out of the lineup again Sunday, didn't look 100 percent when he was on the field (he was beaten on Michael Crabtree's 48-yard touchdown) and finished the game on the sideline with his right leg heavily wrapped.
Rodgers-Cromartie said he's dealing with the same injury that has hampered him in the past few games.
"It limits your movement, the things you need to be able to do as a defensive back," he said.
Chykie Brown, whom the Giants picked up off waivers from the Baltimore Ravens earlier this month, served as Rodgers-Cromartie's replacement.
Giants wide receivers Rueben Randle and Preston Parker both got dinged up Sunday but returned to the game.
Parker suffered a sprained ankle. Randle was dealing with cramps and also took a couple of hard shots, but said he was OK afterward. He finished with seven catches for a career-high 112 yards.
Running back Rashad Jennings returned to action after missing four games with a sprained MCL. But he gained just 59 yards on 18 carries (3.3 yards per carry), and was stuffed on a critical 4th-and-1 play late in the third quarter.
"I didn't make enough plays," Jennings said. "The ball is in my hands and I have to make the play."
