Shepard (toe) is indexed as active Thursday in Philadelphia, according to official reports from Dan Salomone on the Giants website.
Activated from the IR the previous Thursday, Shepard tested his turf toe injury with some pre-game warm-up routes through Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News. Clearly, the activity was enough for the Giants to give Shepard the soft green to play for the first time since Week 2, although it is unclear whether he will take over his overall paint load, most likely he will paint in 3 sets with Darius Slayton and Golden Tate opposed to an Eagles defense that allowed the sixth highest catches. (82) to receivers open this season.
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