12:36 PM - Rico Payton (NYG) (lower body) is active for Sunday's matchup with the 49ers, Dan Salomone of the Giants' official site reports.

1:54 PM - Rico Payton (NYG) (hamstring) was designated to return from the injured reserve list Wednesday, Art Stapleton of The Bergen Record reports.

7:35 PM - Rico Payton (NYG) Giants placed Payton (undisclosed) on their injured reserve list Friday, Dan Salomone and Matt Citak of the team's official site report.