Daniel Jones shares concerning update on neck injury

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones sounds no nearer to getting back from the neck injury that prevented him from having fun with in opposition to the Buffalo Funds this earlier Sunday night time time than he was ahead of the weekend. 

“Nonetheless dealing with a number of of those indicators from it,” Jones talked about regarding the scenario all through a Tuesday look on the FanDuelTV “Up and Adams” program, per Jared Schwartz of the New York Publish. “I’m not gonna get notably into what exactly they’re. Nonetheless I’m trying exhausting to get once more, nonetheless dealing with it a little bit of bit, nonetheless trying to do each factor I can to heal up and present to the docs and trainers that I’m in a position to go.”

Jones missed the last word six video video games of the 2021 season on account of a neck hurt that left him needing an offseason course of nonetheless insisted closing week that his latest setback is “completely totally different than what I’ve dealt with beforehand.” Nonetheless, the reality that the Giants worked out veteran signal-callers Matt Barkley and Ian Book on Monday raised eyebrows and hinted the 26-year-old may not be good to go when 1-5 New York hosts the 3-3 Washington Commanders this coming Sunday. 

Backup Tyrod Taylor ended the first half of the Funds sport with a woeful mistake nonetheless in another case carried out admirably in Jones’ place. Taylor achieved 24-of-36 transfer makes an try for 200 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions versus Buffalo and positive would start in opposition to Washington if Jones just isn’t cleared for contact. 

“It’s highly effective not having fun with,” Jones acknowledged on Tuesday. “It is advisable to be available on the market, with the employees, with the fellows, and help win. I assumed we carried out properly, carried out exhausting, merely acquired right here up a little bit of fast there on the end. It was a difficult approach to finish. I assumed we carried out properly. I assumed Tyrod positively carried out properly, too.”

Consistent with ESPN stats, Jones heads into Week 7 ranked thirty first inside the NFL amongst licensed avid gamers with a median of 5.9 yards per transfer attempt to tied for twenty seventh with a 39.8 adjusted QBR on the season. Sooner than he was sidelined by way of the Week 5 loss on the Miami Dolphins, he tallied two touchdown passes and 6 interceptions all through 5 video video games.