Giants safety Xavier McKinney to miss ‘a few weeks’ after ATV accident

Giants free safety Xavier McKinney said on Twitter Monday that he will miss “a few weeks” due to a hand injury sustained while riding ATVs in Cabo during the team’s bye week.

The Giants placed McKinney on their reserve/non-football injury list Monday afternoon. He is eligible to come off that list whenever he’s healthy.

“I will do everything I can to get back as quickly as possible so I can contribute to what we’re building here in NY,” McKinney wrote.

The third-year safety is the team’s defensive play caller. He said the injury happened on “a guided sight-seeing tour.”

The injury snaps McKinney’s NFL-high 1,424 consecutive snap streak for defensive players dating back to Week 3 of 2021, according to the NFL’s NextGenStats.

He was the only player to play all 506 snaps through eight games for Wink Martindale’s Giants defense this season.

Jaguars LB Foyesade Oluokun (978 consecutive snaps) now holds the longest streak among defensive players in the league.

Losing McKinney, a second round pick out of Alabama in 2020, is a major blow for Brian Daboll’s Giants (6-2).

They will host the lowly Houston Texans (1-6-1) at MetLife Stadium on Sunday coming off a loss to the Seahawks in Seattle prior to the bye.

If McKinney’s estimated timetable of a “few” weeks sidelined is accurate, he will miss the Giants’ Thanksgiving Day showdown on the road with the NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys (6-2).

It is possible safety Julian Love could take over defensive play calling duties in McKinney’s absence.

That would come after the Daily News’ report last week that the Giants and Love’s representatives have discussed a contract extension.

Meanwhile, the Giants also put defensive tackle Nick Williams (biceps) on injured reserve on Monday. He suffered the injury in the team’s Week 8 loss at Seattle.

Injured reserve rules a player out for at least four games. Williams could miss more time than that, too, given the nature of his injury.

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