Giants Place Braxton Berrios on IR Following Foot Injury Against Cardinals

The New York Giants are officially placing wide receiver and return specialist Braxton Berrios on injured reserve. According to Adam Schefter, Berrios is dealing with a foot injury that will sideline him for at least the next four weeks.

The injury happened during Sunday's 36-24 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. While the Giants walked away with a solid double-digit win, the postgame medical check clearly did not go as smoothly.

"Adam Schefter reported the move to injured reserve due to a foot injury."

Losing Berrios is not the kind of headline that sends shockwaves through the betting markets or forces oddsmakers to scramble. But if you watch enough football, you know this is exactly the type of roster paper cut that drives coaching staffs insane.

Berrios is the classic glue guy. He handles the punt returns, catches the occasional third-down slant, and takes the hits over the middle that nobody else wants to volunteer for.

When you remove a reliable special teams piece from the equation, things can get weird in a hurry. A muffed punt or a stalled drive because of bad field position is usually how underdogs end up covering the spread.

Now New York has to shuffle the bottom of their receiver depth chart and audition a new return man on the fly. We will see who steps up to take the job, assuming the next guy in line can manage to keep his feet intact.