The Facts: Bradshaw underwent that procedure last week to, as a team spokesman said, "help the healing" of a stress fracture that hampered him last season. The Giants said the procedure was "not surgery" and that no screws were inserted. Someone informed of Bradshaw's procedure described it as an "injection." The person requested anonymity because the team did not get into the details.

Diehards Line:As Star-Ledger staffer Mike Garafolo reminded readers Bradshaw missed four games in 2011, beginning with the Nov. 6 victory over the Patriots, after suffering the stress fracture near a screw inserted in a 2010 surgery to repair a previous crack in his right foot. (He had surgery on both feet and his right ankle that year. Last offseason, he had surgery on his left ankle.) Bradshaw returned to action in the Dec. 4 loss to the Packers and managed the pain over the final five regular-season games and the postseason. In those nine games, he ran for 491 total yards on 123 carries and averaged 68 yards per game in the playoffs. He also scored the game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLVI on a quirky play that left many to wonder whether he should've taken the easy score the Patriots gave him. Bradshaw, who turns 26 on March 19, is entering the second season of a four-year, $17 million contract that includes $2.5 million guaranteed this upcoming season.