The team placed the 31-year-old middle linebacker on injured reserve Monday afternoon, according to a team spokesman. He has been out for two weeks with a bulging disc in his neck and was expected to miss at least four more.
Last week, Pierce traveled to Los Angeles to get a second opinion on his injury from Dr. Robert Watkins, a noted orthopedic surgeon, but according to the team Dr. Watkins concurred with the first opinion from the team doctors. The plan was to let Pierce rest and rehab the injury and see if the swelling went down on its' own.
Obviously it didn't. And while a team spokesman said Pierce has not suffered a setback and is not headed for surgery (at least not at the moment), it seems clear the Giants the did not believe that Pierce would be able to return to action this season.
Obviously it didn't. And while a team spokesman said Pierce has not suffered a setback and is not headed for surgery (at least not at the moment), it seems clear the Giants the did not believe that Pierce would be able to return to action this season.
Judging by his comments earlier Monday afternoon in his weekly, paid interview on WFAN, Pierce was likely stunned by the team's decision.
"Obviously when this happened I was shocked and obviously disappointed, so I wanted to get as many different experts as I could and hear what they had to say," Pierce said. "They kind of said the same thing: 'You've got to let it take some time to go down. It's nothing you can get medication for or rehab on. It's something that has to go down on its own.'
"Hopefully in a couple of weeks, depending on what the team wants to do, I can go and get another MRI and see what happens."
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