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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Jon Beason was expected to help anchor the Giants' front seven in 2014, his first full season in New York. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York Giants linebacker Jon Beason had to be carted off the field during the team's OTA practice on Thursday, and after\u00A0doctors were seen attending to his lower right leg, coach Tom Coughlin appeared to open the door for\u00A0optimism when he revealed\u00A0that the injury was to Beason's foot instead of an aggravation of\u00A0the knee and achilles ailments that had kept him off the field in recent years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Friday, the extent of the injury revealed bad news\u00A0for the Giants: Beason has been diagnosed with a sesamoid fracture in his right foot, which is expected to require a 12-week recovery, according to NFL Network reporter Kimberly Jones. The team's official website confirmed\u00A0the extent of the injury, adding that Beason also suffered a ligament tear. The expected recovery timetable would leave Beason in doubt for the Giants' season-opener on Sept. 8.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MORE COVERAGE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:\u00A0Offseason Report Cards\u00A0|\u00A0NFL Power Rankings&lt;/strong&gt;\u00A0|\u00A0&lt;strong&gt;2015 NFL Mock Draft&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a significant\u00A0blow to the summer plans of\u00A0a team looking to bounce back from a very disappointing campaign\u00A0in 2013. Beason was acquired from Carolina less than a month into the season\u00A0and racked up 93 combined tackles\u00A0for the Giants, who finished third\u00A0in the NFC East with a 7-9 record.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beason\u00A0was expected to be one of the leaders of the defense in his first full season as a Giant, and that void that will not be easily filled if his return to full health\u00A0drags into the first month of the season. He told the team's website that he expects to be back for Week 1 and is thankful the injury is not of the season-ending variety.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI had a bad feeling. I really felt that I that I had torn the extensor, which is the tendon with the muscle, it\u2019s how your big toe functions. That would have been season-ending. So at least now there\u2019s a procedure, possibly. We haven\u2019t decided if it\u2019s something that\u2019s invasive or something that you just kind of let heal on its own. The timeframe is about the same, but it\u2019s not season-ending, so I\u2019m happy about that.\u201DAfter making a name for himself with the Panthers for the first seven years of his career, Beason was traded\u00A0to New York three games into\u00A0the 2013 season. In the 12 games he spent in the middle of\u00A0Coughlin's defense, he was arguably the best run-stopper on the team.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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