Brian Burns gutting through groin injury that Giants edge rusher limped through vs. Eagles

Brian Burns someway is playing Monday nighttime successful Pittsburgh.

The Giants’ $28 cardinal borderline rusher limped disconnected the tract and retired of MetLife Stadium past Sunday with a groin injury.

He has labored done the symptom for 2 consecutive games. He present has an Achilles wounded connected apical of it. And helium didn’t crook successful a afloat signifier each week.

But Burns is not adjacent connected the last wounded study arsenic the Giants (2-5) caput to Pittsburgh to instrumentality connected the Steelers (5-2) connected Monday Night Football.

How did Burns adjacent marque it onto the signifier tract this week?

“Life,” Burns said. “Life’s going to support lifting.”

Has helium done a ton of recovery?

“Something similar that,” helium said.

It’s not wide however overmuch Burns volition beryllium capable to lend successful the game.

The Giants were managing his snaps aboriginal successful the Philadelphia loss, and helium went down aboriginal successful the defeat.

It seems risky, frankly, to play him successful Pittsburgh. But the Giants are successful dire straits.

Punter Jamie Gillan (left hamstring), country Adoree Jackson (neck) and linebacker Ty Summers (ankle) are each retired for the game.

Corner Cor’Dale Flott (groin) is listed arsenic doubtful, portion close tackle Jermaine Eluemunor (hip) and country Tre Hawkins (ankle) are questionable.

Safety Dane Belton (calf) and backup defender Jake Kubas (abdomen) besides were constricted with caller injuries sustained successful signifier — thing that has go a inclination this play — but did not person crippled statuses.

Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence (hip) was constricted but volition play, the aforesaid arsenic past week.