How John Harbaugh is stepping up Giants injury prevention efforts

Sometimes there often is no rhyme or reason to why a player is fine one play and goes down with a devastating torn Achilles tendon injury the next play.“Really, you look for answers and there are none,’’ Giants head coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday after organized team activity practice No.9.

“You can’t predict tendons hardly at all, let alone Achilles, which are the worst.You just don’t know.’’ Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.

That uncertainty is not good enough for Harbaugh.He is determined to find whatever clues there are to prevent what happened this spring to three of his players: defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris, wide receiver and kick returner Gunner Olszewski and cornerback Thaddeus Dixon.All three suffered torn Achilles.Harbaugh said “we haven’t changed anything’’ regarding the practice schedule or rigor but said “we’ve added things.’’What was added is increased vigilance, using technology to test the fitness of every player.“Turn over every stone, all hands on deck,’’ Harbaugh said.The Giants are also bringing in four new pieces of equipment to enhance strength training and testing of body movement, attempting to give each player specific information to gauge his own fitness and risk of injury.“There’s no common dominators with any of the three guys, there’s no common denominators with loads or anything else,’’ Harbaugh said of the three Achilles tears.“There is a common denominator with the movement pattern when they tore it.

Kind of a reset, stepping back reset deal that happened.We try to caution our guys against that.’’Robertson-Harris, who started all 17 games in 2025, has not yet been placed on season-ending injured reserve.

Harbaugh said there is a chance Robertson-Harris might be able to return late in the season.“We’re going to try to hold off on that if we can,’’ Harbaugh said.Jason Sanders, the o...