New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones won’t come into the 2024 NFL season on the PUP list.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport spoke on the Giants’ decision to take the reigns off of their franchise QB, indicating the success of the 27-year-old’s rehab program after he tore his ACL in Week 9 of last year (h/t Bleacher Report’s Scott Polacek):
Giants: Circumstances surrounding Daniel Jones’s injury & status
The Physically Unable to Perform list has an active and reserve list, both of which Jones will evade. The active list would prevent the Duke product from practicing with the team in training camp. Additionally, the Giants have the option to place him on the reserve list, which would allow him to sit for the first four weeks of the upcoming campaign, though they see no need to do so.
The Giants have named him the starter over Drew Lock heading into 2024 and paid him a handsome $160 million salary for the next four years. With that comes expectations for him to deliver with four talented wide receivers in Malik Nabers, Wan’Dale Robinson, Jalin Hyatt, and Darius Slayton who all bring something different to his table, a competent featured running back in Devin Singletary, and an improved offensive line all ready to make life easier for him next season.
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Jones is falling in line with the NFL’s average ACL tear recovery timeline
The average time for recovery from an ACL tear in the NFL is nine to 12 months, as South Florida sports reporter Barry Jackson shared on X. Jones is approaching the shorter end of that timetable and will eclipse the nine-month window by the time the Giants take the field for Week 1.
Jones’ performance on the field will be of the utmost importance to the franchise’s success next season. If the O-Line proves they are far removed from allowing the second-most sacks in NFL history that they conceded in 2023, the North Carolina native will be put in the best position to stay healthy and thrive while in the pocket and scrambling out of it.
