Will Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. play against the Lions? Live updates on injury status

DETROIT – Will New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. play on Monday night against the Detroit Lions? We're tracking live injury updates here.

Beckham Jr. hurt his ankle during the NFL preseason, and was expected to miss several weeks due to the injury.

Beckham Jr. missed the Giants first game, which they lost to the Cowboys, 19-3.

The Giants will take on the Detroit Lions on Monday night at MetLife Stadium, but Beckham Jr.'s injury status remains unclear.

ESPN's Jordan Raanan reports OBJ will again run through pregame warmups before a final decision is made. All signs point to this being a game-time decision. 

Yahoo Sports says OBJ is a "true game-time decision" for tonight against the Lions.

Beckham led the Giants in receiving each of the past three years. He had 101 receptions for 1,367 yards and 10 touchdowns last season.

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The Detroit Lions will look for their second victory of the season against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football.

The Lions beat the Arizona Cardinals in NFL Week 1, while the Giants lost in a miserable performance against the Dallas Cowboys. The Giants defense is considered to be one of the best in the league, although through one week, the Giants have the 29th ranked defense.

The Lions lead the all-time series with the Giants, 22-21-1. The Lions are not historically very good on the road, especially at night on national television.

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Lions' Stafford coming to MetLife Stadium healthy this time

The NFL's highest-paid player is coming to MetLife Stadium to face the New York Giants again, and this time Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions doesn't have an injured finger on his throwing hand.

Stafford showed why he got a $135 million contract in late August when he threw four touchdown passes to rally the Lions to a 35-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in the season opener.

The 29-year-old Stafford will get a chance for a little payback against the Giants (0-1) on Monday night in a nationally televised game.

Last season, Stafford and company dropped a 17-6 decision in a game here that featured another great one-handed touchdown catch by Odell Beckham Jr. and a lot of good defense by the Giants.

Stafford threw for 273 yards and an interception in that game, but could not get the ball into the end zone.

"Obviously, I'm sure they're looking at that game some, and kind of figuring out what we did well, what we didn't do well," Stafford said. "Had some opportunities to score and didn't come away with points, so there's mistakes in every game, got to find a way to overcome them and we'll learn from the ones in the past."

The Giants are coming off a 19-3 loss to the Cowboys in Dallas. Eli Manning and the offense were limited to 233 yards playing without Beckham, who has been nursing a sprained ankle since Aug. 21.

"As soon as he's cleared, we'll welcome him back," said coach Ben McAdoo, who saw Beckham practice for the first time since the injury this week.

Even more important for New York will be containing Stafford. He engineered yet another fourth-quarter comeback, something he did an NFL-record eight times last season.

"He thrives on that kind of pressure. He enjoys it," Lions coach Jim Caldwell said. "He's been able to obviously calm things down when everything speeds up for everybody else. He gets in a zone during that time and has been able to deliver."

While he doesn't look like much of a runner, the Giants said that Stafford knows how to extend plays.

"He's like Houdini," Giants defensive end Kerry Wynn said. "He gets himself out of a lot of situations that you may think he's supposed to get sacked on. Next thing you know he is throwing the ball downfield making a play."

Lions receiver Golden Tate had eight catches for 122 yards against the Giants last season.

Here are some things to watch in the game:

GIANTS O-LINE: The line that struggled last season did nothing to show it was better this season. The run game was non-existent and Manning was under a lot of pressure. Adding to the woes, right tackle Bobby Hart sprained his right ankle and will have to be watched. It could cause a major reshuffling of the line with one solution being Justin Pugh moving from left guard to Hart's spot. It's where he started as a rookie.

COAST TO COAST: The Detroit Lions signed punter Jeff Locke, a little more than a week after he was having lunch with friends in Santa Monica, California. Locke said his agent texted him, "Be ready," soon after Detroit's previous punter Kasey Redfern had a knee injury early in his NFL debut. Locke spent time with Indianapolis this preseason after four seasons with Minnesota. The Lions are without standout punter Sam Martin because he is on the reserve/non-football injury list. Caldwell refuses to discuss how it happened.

BALANCE: The Giants' defense has been carrying this team that past two seasons and the season opener was no different. Dallas ran 71 plays, in large part because New York's offense could not get anything going. It was 4 of 12 on third down, ran 51 plays and held the ball for just under 26 minutes.

DYNAMIC DEBUT: The Giants will have to watch Kenny Golladay , who had two TD catches last week. That may open up passing lanes for Tate and Marvin Jones along with tight end Eric Ebron and running backs Ameer Abdullah and Theo Riddick. "Kenny is a game-breaker type of guy," Tate said. "It makes that opposing team scouting him and covering him. You got to pick your poison. Who you going to double-cover?"

RUNNING: Don't expect much running. New York was limited to 35 yards on 12 carries in the season opener. Detroit had 82 yards on 27 carries. That's roughly a 3.0 yard average for both teams.

Week 2 shows folly in drawing early NFL conclusions

Whether you had already anointed or condemned, Week 2 of the NFL season should have put the brakes on such actions.

Exhibit No. 1: New England.

Exhibit No. 2: Dallas.

Exhibit No. 3: Jacksonville .

Exhibit No. 4: Tennessee.

And don't forget the Redskins and Rams. Or the Bills and Vikings.

OK, we'll give Minnesota a break because starting quarterback Sam Bradford's knee was too sore for him to suit up at Pittsburgh. A better judgment of the Vikes can be made when Bradford is behind center rather than Case Keenum.

The NFL schedule might be short compared to other pro sports, placing an extra emphasis on each result. But to push the panic button or start planning playoff trips after opening week is foolhardy.

This weekend displayed that for many teams.

Let's begin with the Patriots and Cowboys, who headed in opposite directions Sunday.

All that gloom and doom in New England now will fade before the leaves begin to do the same following a 36-20 romp at New Orleans that was over after one quarter. That's how long it took Tom Brady to show that 40 ain't old in pro football — at least not for him — with three TD passes, a first for him in an opening period. Kansas City's defense troubled Brady in the opener, and the Patriots' D was shoddy.

Then came Sunday's immediate turnaround: a Big Easy in the Big Easy.

"Being 0-1 with a 10-day break felt like a year," Brady said. "All the veterans had a chance to say the things they wanted to say to their different (position) groups. ... I'm glad we executed. There were a lot of tight plays and we made them."

Dallas didn't. Seven days after manhandling the Giants with a bullying defense and an imposing-its-will offense, the Cowboys pretty much were manhandled themselves in Denver. Granted, the Mile High city is a difficult place to play, but the dropoff in physicality for Dallas was stark.

"We started slow and they had the momentum at their home," Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott explained. "It's a great environment and they thrived off of that. We never got ourselves going. We never gathered that momentum as much as we should."

Nor did the Jaguars in a 37-16 loss to the Titans.

Now, nobody is comparing the Jags to the Cowboys. But in Week 1, they were as overpowering as America's Team. This week, much like Dallas, they disappeared.

Jacksonville went from 10 sacks at Houston to one at home against Tennessee. The Jags went from rushing for 155 yards to gaining 99. And they went from a plus-4 in turnover margin to having three giveaways.

"We had a lot of mistakes," wide receiver Marqise Lee said. "Even when we found ways to move the ball forward, we still found ways to bring ourselves back. You can't win the game doing things like that."

You can win it when you are on the other end, which the Titans were in north Florida. A week after they were dominated at home by Oakland, a budding AFC power, Tennessee stuck with it after a slow start, then spurted away. They won't be singing those sad country tunes on Broadway in Music City this week.

The blues being sung in Washington will be silenced for a while after the Redskins survived in Los Angeles. It never was pretty, and few Redskins games will be this season. It was, though, a shift in direction, something quite natural in the NFL in the opening weeks.

And just as the Rams were being celebrated for their annihilation of Indianapolis a week ago, there now will be plenty of "when do the Dodgers play next" comments in Southern California.

Don't laugh. The wild swings in support and derisiveness are common among NFL fans and observers. And it's simply the nature of the sport that drawing conclusions after one win or loss is a wasteful exercise.

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