With slightly more than 4:00 remaining in Sunday’s Week 17 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants center Jon Halapio went down in obvious pain and had to be carted off the field.
As his family anxiously waited silently outside the doors, Halapio had his Achilles examined and eventually left the facility wearing a massive leg brace and on crutches.
On Monday, the New York Post revealed the worst — Halapio likely suffered a ruptured Achilles that would cause him to miss the entire 2020 season.
Halapio left the locker room on crutches after suffering an Achilles tendon injury in the fourth quarter. He was carted off the field with 4:45 remaining. It is believed Halapio’s injury is a rupture, and if that is confirmed, he will miss the entire 2020 season.
That would be a nightmarish turn of events for Halapio, who won the starting job in 2018, but lasted just two games before suffering a season-ending fracture leg that required surgery and months of recovery.
If Halapio, a pending restricted free agent, does miss the entire 2020 season, the Giants will have to turn to backup lineman Spencer Pulley, who was signed to a three-year, $8.025 million in the offseason.
