A contingent of Giants officials, including vice president of medical services Ronnie Barnes, traveled to Miami on Monday to check on Jason Pierre-Paul at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where the Giants defensive end is believed to have undergone surgery after injuring his hand in a fireworks accident July 4, but the team still hadn’t seen the 26-year-old player as of Tuesday afternoon.
While a decision on whether to place Pierre-Paul on the NFI list will depend on the ultimate condition of his hand after a full team evaluation, one team source said that placing him on the NFI list is already “a strong consideration.”
Pierre-Paul likely would have to sign his one-year, .8 million franchise tender before camp starts, which would allow the Giants to place him on the NFI list when camp opens.
A source had previously told The News that Pierre-Paul suffered serious burns on three fingers and part of one hand, along with some minor injuries to his other hand.
In an interview on Sirius XM Radio on Tuesday, Pierre-Paul’s teammate, wide receiver Victor Cruz, who is working his way back from a torn patellar tendon suffered on the field during a game at Philadelphia in October, said the news of Pierre-Paul’s hand injury left him “Shocked.”
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