The Giants are preparing for Shepard to miss time after he suffered a left quadriceps strain in Monday's 20-17 loss to the Chiefs, Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports.
Shepard had suited up in only two of the Giants' previous five games while battling a hamstring injury, and he looks set to miss at least Sunday's game against the Raiders in Week 9 while he contends with another lower-body injury. Fortunately for Shepard, the Giants are on bye Week 10, so the wideout presumably will be turning his focus to getting healthy in advance of a Nov. 22 matchup with the Buccaneers in Week 11. Assuming the Giants officially rule Shepard out for the Week 9 contest, the team would be left with Kenny Golladay (knee), Kadarius Toney (hand) and Darius Slayton as their main options at receiver. Golladay has missed the Giants' last three games but at least seems to be trending in the right direction to play against Las Vegas, while Toney exited Monday's loss with a laceration to his hand but should have a decent chance at being ready to go for the weekend.