{"id":31699,"date":"2026-06-01T17:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/giants-fear-wr-gunner-olszewski-has-torn-achilles-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:20:16","slug":"giants-fear-wr-gunner-olszewski-has-torn-achilles-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/giants-fear-wr-gunner-olszewski-has-torn-achilles-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants fear WR Gunner Olszewski has torn Achilles, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"byline-wrap\">\n<ul class=\"authors byline-authors\">\n<li class=\"single-author mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/raanan_jordan.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Jordan Raanan<span class=\"timestamp \">May 29, 2026, 05:00 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple Authors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"378600ea-2397-8364-8399-b7c1606a49a7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/nyg\/new-york-giants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Giants<\/a> wide receiver <a data-player-guid=\"d960b62c-4211-b698-02d7-1b6b104dfa4f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4424106\/gunner-olszewski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gunner Olszewski<\/a> went down Friday during OTAs with a noncontact injury that the team fears is a torn Achilles tendon, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p>Olszewski, 29, is undergoing further tests to confirm the injury.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran receiver went down and immediately grabbed at his right leg late in practice. He was slamming his fist in disgust as he was being carted off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was a noncontact change in direction kind of a deal on the grass there,&#8221; coach John Harbaugh said. &#8220;So that was disappointing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48913495\/giants-carter-dart-express-unity-disagreement-trump\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2024\/0417\/r1320363_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48903726\/2026-nfl-offseason-ranking-top-10-biggest-position-upgrades-improvements\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0528\/r1665054_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Olszewski is likely the third Giants player to have torn their Achilles tendon this spring. Defensive lineman <a data-player-guid=\"2e1e927f-16fc-7f54-833a-6d87de8e6bee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/2574891\/roy-robertson-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy Robertson-Harris<\/a> did it during an indoor practice last week, and undrafted rookie <a data-player-guid=\"cd990a48-729d-3503-b714-cdac898eaab9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/5151880\/thaddeus-dixon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thaddeus Dixon<\/a> tore his Achilles earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants are getting short on wide receivers with <a data-player-guid=\"44a2174b-1d11-3acf-8e75-fe0c13db47a6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4595348\/malik-nabers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malik Nabers<\/a> (knee) and <a data-player-guid=\"277a394e-a2c5-984c-ee8c-9dfd2f651f20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3916945\/darius-slayton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darius Slayton<\/a> (core muscle) still rehabbing from injuries. They expressed interest in signing <a data-player-guid=\"5d48f58b-0d2b-a3bc-6230-ed9284c7158a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/16733\/odell-beckham-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Odell Beckham Jr.<\/a> earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Olszewski played in 16 games last season with one start. He had eight catches for 102 yards in that one Week 18 start against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b0fc8fb7-9dbe-e574-9008-6f0ee7c6b234\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-cowboys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants re-signed Olszewski to a one-year deal this offseason. He was expected to serve as a returner and depth at wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p>Olszewski&#8217;s primary role throughout his career and time with the Giants has been as a returner. He had 24 punt returns for 216 yards last season. He had 23 returns for 273 yards with a touchdown for the Giants in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Olszewski missed all of 2024 because of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/ne\/new-england-patriots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Patriots<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"debcd592-8d53-71f1-fc15-5c8b8ef9df6e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/pit\/pittsburgh-steelers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> and Giants returner and wide receiver has appeared in 81 career games with five starts. He has 25 receptions for 325 yards and two touchdowns as a receiver and two scores as a returner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan RaananMay 29, 2026, 05:00 PM ET Close Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1202%2Fr1583572_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}