Giants will be thin at running back

New York's top running back is out for Sunday's game and his backup is dealing with two sore feet.

January 2, 2010 at 5:51PM

The Giants already will be without starting running back Brandon Jacobs (knee) on Sunday when they play their regular-season finale against the Vikings and now it looks as if backup Ahmad Bradshaw will be extremely limited or possibly held out.

Bradshaw is officially listed as questionable for the game but he told the Star-Ledger that he suspects he has fractures in both his feet. Bradshaw knows he has been playing with a cracked fifth metatarsal in his right foot. Now he suspects the same problem has developed in his left foot.

Bradshaw already is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right foot after the season and the procedure could now be repeated on his other foot if indeed it also is broken.

Gartrell Johnson is listed as the third running back on the Giants depth chart with D.J. Ware behind him. Johnson, a rookie out of Colorado State, has 43 yards on 13 carries in nine games this season. Ware, a third-year player out of Georgia, has 51 yards on eight carries in seven games.

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