Jason Pierre-Paul may be missing part of another finger

So he will wait until he’s healthy to sign, and could take a pro-rated franchise contract from the Giants.

Not everyone in the Giants organization has given up on the idea of Pierre-Paul returning.

In addition to the missing right index finger, fractured thumb and skin grafts, a portion of one of the other fingers on Pierre-Paul’s right hand is missing. Some, according to ESPN, are even encouraged. And it’s unlikely Pierre-Paul would win a grievance since he already admitted to a non-football injury.

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We still don’t know exactly how much damage was done to Jason Pierre-Paul’s hand, but as the regular season approaches, details are starting to emerge, each one grimmer than the last.

“Still a lot of uncertainty”, Eli Manning added. The Giants fully expected that the timetable Pierre-Paul’s camp was putting out prior to the meeting would end up being quite ambitious, as was the case.

Despite the latest reports, the Giants remain open to a Pierre-Paul return – if he can get healthy. The Giants don’t want to put him on the field with that kind of price tag before feeling confident that he’s capable of performing despite his hand injury, with a protective hand device or not. His franchise tender is worth $871,000 per game, so he is not going to go for that.

, Pierre-Paul’s status with the Giants remains complicated and murky, with no signs of a resolution until at least October. Such a move would end his season, although the Giants would not need to pay him.