The New York Giants are hoping to have JPP back soon, but the return for Jason Pierre-Paul could be a long ways off, as pictures emerged showing the defensive end missing nearly two fingers. JPP was injured back in July while messing around with fireworks and NY is hoping that he can come back soon, but there is a chance he could be out for an extended period.
The Giants and Pierre-Paul finally met ahead of the start of the season after JPP was away from the team for weeks following the injury. The sides could not agree on a deal to get JPP under contract and reports have the two sides waiting a few more weeks to meet again. According to Pro Football Talk, the New York Daily News released some new pictures of Pierre-Paul and it shows his hand without any bandages following surgical procedures he had to repair his hand.
Reports already had Pierre-Paul having one finger amputated due to the accident and a portion of another finger is missing as well. According to the Daily News, Pierre-Paul had an additional procedure before meeting with the Giants last week and that was for the finger next to the one that was amputated. Pierre-Paul also suffered a thumb fracture and that injury is considered to be one of the worst ones among what he has, including to his index finger.
Last week reports came out that sources in the Giants organization said they feared that Pierre-Paul could be out for the entire season due to his injuries. Dan Graziano at ESPN reports that there is "increased pessimism" about JPP and whether he will be able to play any time soon. JPP took to social media to plead his case a bit, saying his fingers were not the main component of him getting sacks. The Giants don't want to pay JPP unless he is healthy and it comes after the team used the franchise tag on JPP this summer.
Graziano reports that JPP and the Giants will meet again in "five or six weeks" to see where things are and if a deal doesn't happen then, Pierre-Paul could be out for the season. Pierre-Paul came out of last season after having a bounce back year with 12.5 sacks and while the Giants used the franchise tag, they were willing to talk a long term deal. The fireworks accident changed all of that and now JPP could be out for the season if his hand injury remains an issue for the Giants.
Check here for pictures of Pierre-Paul and his hand after the accident from the New York Daily News.
