Jason Pierre-Paul said Thursday that he and his injured shoulder will cruise into MetLife Stadium to take on the New Orleans Saints. Pump the brakes on that, coach Ben McAdoo said Friday.
"If we would have had practice today, he would not have practiced today," said McAdoo, who didn't reveal much about the defensive end's injury. "We'll take a look at him again tomorrow. He'll have an opportunity to get out there on the field tomorrow at practice and we'll go from there."
The Giants and Pierre-Paul have not specified when he hurt his shoulder, though he did get some treatment during Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys. He was a full participant in practice Wednesday but did not practice Thursday and was listed as questionable on the injury report.
"There's always concern when someone is on the injury report list," McAdoo said in a statement that applied to defensive end Olivier Vernon (hand), who was listed as limited, but could just as easily be applied to Pierre-Paul. In his stead, Kerry Wynn or Owa Odighizuwa could get the start.
McAdoo said Pierre-Paul's availability will be determined tomorrow morning, when the Giants see how he recovers from practice today.
Pierre-Paul did not speak to the media Friday.
