Darius Slayton injury: Core muscle surgery sidelines NY Giants wide receiver

Darius Slayton | Getty Images New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton recently underwent surgery for a core muscle injury, according to reporting from NFL insiders Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport . Slayton, according to the report, will miss the remainder of spring workouts but is expected to be ready when training camp begins in late July. This means that the Giants will go through the rest of the spring without the two players likely to be their starting outside wide receivers, Slayton and Malik Nabers.

Still recovering from surgery for a torn ACL and associated injuries, Nabers’ timeline is unknown. It does not appear, though, that he will be ready when training camp begins. That will provide opportunities for free agent signees Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin, as well as third-round pick Malachi Fields, to get additional snaps.

It can’t, though, be looked at as a positive for second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart. The looming question hanging over the Giants’ wide recevier corps is whether or not Odell Beckham Jr. will be joining the group.

Harbaugh said after the draft that a Beckham signing would have to “make sense” for both sides.