Final November, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones suffered a torn ACL. He performed in simply six video games in 2023 and was sacked 30 instances. With a median of 5 sacks per recreation, Jones would have been sacked a report 85 instances had he performed a full season.
Restoration from a torn ACL is at all times prolonged, leaving some to query whether or not Jones will likely be prepared for the beginning of the season.
A kind of questioning Jones’ return is the Giants’ legendary working again Tiki Barber.
“I’m nonetheless apprehensive that Daniel Jones won’t be prepared for the beginning of the common season,” Barber stated on Thursday, by way of WFAN Sports activities Radio. “Joe Schoen stated it out loud (on Onerous Knocks), ‘What if our quarterback isn’t prepared for the beginning of the season?’
“I noticed Daniel a few weeks in the past… He appeared nice. Large, sturdy, strapping, working round, at all times figuring out. He appeared good. However trying good in no pads is completely different than being on a soccer discipline and being aggressively pursued by defenders.
“I hope he’s prepared. However in my thoughts, I can’t assist however suppose that he won’t be.”
The common period of time a soccer participant takes to completely recuperate from ACL surgical procedure is 9 months. Jones will hit that mark in August. Being prepared for the beginning of the season isn’t out of the query, nevertheless it’s additionally attainable we see Drew Lock lining up underneath middle in Week 1.
Jones has but to play a full 17-game season within the NFL. He might have in 2022 however was held out of the Week 17 recreation when the Giants already secured a playoff spot.
We’ll have a greater thought of what Jones is prepared for when coaching camp arrives later this month.
