New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has reportedly begun running on an anti-gravity treadmill as part of the process of rehabbing his surgically repaired right knee.
Jones tore his ACL in Week 8 against the Las Vegas Raiders and was lost for the remainder of the 2023 season. It capped off a rough first season under his new four-year, $160 million contract.
“My rehab is going well,” the 26-year-old Jones told the New York Daily News on Super Bowl Radio row in Las Vegas this week.
“I’m making progress. I’m three months into it, and I’ve started running on the anti-gravity treadmill. It’s going well.”
Jones’ injury put the Giants in a bind at quarterback, especially after backup Tyrod Taylor was also injured, giving way to rookie Tommy DeVito.
Jones told the Daily News that the Giants contacted Davis Webb, a former backup who began his coaching career as an assistant with the Denver Broncos last year.
Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton told Jones on Friday, though, that the Giants actually tried to recruit Broncos quarterback Davis Webb back to play for them when Jones got hurt.
“When you got hurt this year, Davis got a call about, ‘Can you come back to play?'” Payton told Jones and Eli Manning on the Up & Adams show. “And I’m like, ‘Davis, you took this job, you’re coaching.’ And then there’s some rule in our league that if you sign a coaching contract for that year, you cannot play. Anyway, I thought I was gonna lose our quarterback coach to the Giants.”
Just as well. Webb would not have moved the needle for this Giant team, which has been littered with injuries and dysfunction the past season and a half.
Jones should have a clear path as the Giants’ starter next season as the team is not likely to bring in much competition. But that confidence will not last past 2024 should Jones fail to live up to his contract again.
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