Will Beatty would not be ready for full contact this season. He was placed on the injured reserve on November 30 with the Giants record being 6-5. The Giants won the Super Bowl this season. Beatty became the first Connecticut football player to win an NFL Super Bowl. In the offseason, during a lifting session, Beatty disrupted the sciatic nerve in his back. The nerve injury sidelined Beatty from OTA's. While allowing his Sciatic nerve to fully heal, Beatty sat out the majority of the pre-season. Due to the detached retina he sustained in the previous season, Beatty received a new helmet,
William Beatty (surgeon) by the 1805 Club, a society dedicated to maintaining the memory of the men of Trafalgar. Beatty was portrayed by Francis Magee in the 2005 Channel 4 documentary "Trafalgar: Battle Surgeon", which focused on his actions during that battle. Beatty's instrument case can be seen at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. William Beatty (surgeon) Sir William Beatty (April 1773–25 March 1842) was an Irish surgeon who served in the Royal Navy. Born in Derry, Ireland, he joined as a surgeon's mate in 1791 at the age of 18. He is best known as the Ship's Surgeon