Jason Pierre Paul's career in jeopardy due to 4th of July accident

[Rocky Style]

Unofficially I am still going to have nightmares.

[Sellular1]

Dan Graziano, ESPN Staff Writer

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- George Selvie is new to the New York Giants this year, but the former Cowboy is familiar with fellow defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, as the two were teammates in college at South Florida. Pierre-Paul is away from the Giants while his right hand heals from a July 4 fireworks accident that cost him his index finger and did various other damage to the hand, but Selvie is among those who've been in touch with him.

"He's doing well, just trying to get healthy, so we're just waiting on him to get healthy and come back and join the team," Selvie said before Wednesday's practice. "He has to feel like he's healthy again, and when he's ready to come back, he'll be back."

Pierre-Paul has not allowed the Giants' medical and training staff to examine him since the accident, and there has been some frustration on the team's end about the resulting uncertainty. Team owner John Mara said last week, "I don't know how many fingers he has" when discussing potential timetables for Pierre-Paul's return.

But at the time of his July 8 surgeries that amputated the finger and repaired fractures in the right thumb, the expected recovery time was six weeks. It has been only four. So it seems likely, if he's staying away until he's healthy, that Pierre-Paul won't be interested in talking to the Giants about coming to camp for at least another two weeks. Until then, they'll just have to find a way to be patient.

[NewEnglandBull]

Good luck to Selvie. His NFL career has put him as a bit of a vagabond but he is still a solid pass rusher. Hope he can keep it going!

[slick1ru2]

JPP Finally got in touch with the Giants. If he can't play he goes on the PUP list and since he's not under signed contract, doesn't get payed according to Pro Football Talk.

[FazaUSF]

That injury as pictured is impressive (in a clinical, bad-for-the-patient way), even by ER doc standards.

[Brad]

Thats good to know slick, but I hope getting paid is the least important thing right now.

[Sellular1]

JPP Finally got in touch with the Giants. If he can't play he goes on the PUP list and since he's not under signed contract, doesn't get payed according to Pro Football Talk.

I seriously doubt blowing your finger off with fireworks would be considered a "football related injury", which is a requirement to be placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list. There is a list for Non Football Injuries (NFI) that people like Plaxico who shot his own leg at the strip bar get placed on. JPP probably goes on this unpaid list

Edited August 6, 2015 by Sellular1

[slick1ru2]

JPP Finally got in touch with the Giants. If he can't play he goes on the PUP list and since he's not under signed contract, doesn't get payed according to Pro Football Talk.

I seriously doubt blowing your finger off with fireworks would be considered a "football related injury", which is a requirement to be placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list. There is a list for Non Football Injuries (NFI) that people like Plaxico who shot his own leg at the strip bar get placed on. JPP probably goes on this unpaid list

The end result is the same, if injured, he's on the team but not being paid.

[The Sheriff]

That isn't JPP's hand by the way. I saw the same photo the day after the incident and questioned the validity of it due to how small the hand was in general. JPP has some big dickskinners. Someone else on ESPN pointed out that photo was taken in 2012 or 2013 if I recall correctly.

[Bear]

YAHOO! reports update on JPP - including image of his hand:

 

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/photo-of-jason-pierre-paul-s-hand-emerges--and-it-s-not-pretty-181504106.html