Brandon Marshall was back on the field on Monday and Ben McAdoo said he is "hopeful" that Odell Beckham Jr. won't be too far behind.
Beckham remained sidelined with an ankle injury suffered in last Monday's game against the Browns. McAdoo said he is "improving" and has "responded well to treatment."
Asked if he is hopeful that Beckham will be able to play in the Giants' opener against Dallas in less than two weeks, McAdoo said: "Yes. Absolutely. I'm hopeful he'll play tomorrow." Asked if that is realistic, McAdoo did not answer.
"We take it on a day-by-day basis," McAdoo said. "When he's ready to go, we'll take him back."
Marshall, apparently, is ready to go. He was limited in Monday's practice due to the shoulder injury that kept him out most of last week.
"He caught a nice ball on a slant route, was moving around, got a little bit of work today," McAdoo said. "It's nice to have him back in the mix."
McAdoo suggested that Eli Manning and some other starters will not play in the preseason finale on Thursday against the Patriots. That likely means the next time Marshall catches a pass from Manning in a game situation will be in the opener. Marshall, who has spoken this summer about trying to learn the new offense, may play on Thursday without Manning.
"We'll have to catch him up," McAdoo said. "We'll see how it goes this week. If he's ready to go we'll throw him out there. If not, we won't."
