The New York Giants returned to practice on Wednesday ahead of a Week 16 matchup with the Washington Redskins, and as expected, all eyes were on rookie quarterback Daniel Jones.
Will he play on Sunday or will Eli Manning get one more start?
While head coach Pat Shurmur has been relatively coy about that, the belief is that Jones will be ready to play after suffering a high ankle sprain in Week 13. And if Wednesday morning was any indication, that would be a solid bet.
During the portion of practice that was open to the media, Jones was on the field stretching with his teammates and then proceeded to take snaps from center Jon Halapio — a sure indication that DJ is nearing a return.
#Giants media portion – #DanielJones taking snaps from starting CTR Halapio again and looks good doing all of the drills … Bethea (wide had baby) and Solder (family issue) not here… No other apparent changes. pic.twitter.com/6BXu9q2QRq
— GiantsWFAN (@giantswfan) December 18, 2019
Meanwhile, offensive lineman Kevin Zeitler (ankle) also did some work during the open portion of practice, which is obviously good news for the Giants despite Nick Gates playing well in his absence.
Finally, neither safety Antoine Bethea nor right tackle Nate Solder were at practice. Both players were excused for personal reasons — Bethea’s wife had their baby and Solder was with his son.
Wide receiver Sterling Shepard, who welcomed his second child on Tuesday, was at practice and participating.
When the Giants release their official injury report with designations, we will update it below.
Full participant:
Limited participant:
Did not participate:
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