New York Giants officials have come and gone from South Florida without getting the chance to visit injured defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, sources told ESPN National Football League Insider Adam Schefter.
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U.S. Today reported that a group of team officials traveled to Florida to see Pierre-Paul but were unable to meet with him at the hospital.
According to Cole, the Giants want Pierre-Paul to report to the start of training camp so they can monitor his progress.
Jason Pierre-Paul collected 77 tackles, 12.5 sacks and three forced fumbles last season.
Pierre-Paul’s right index finger was amputated following his incident and Wilson’s injuries included the loss of his index and middle finger on one hand.
Pierre-Paul has yet to sign his $14.8 million franchise tag and the team has reportedly pulled a $60 million long-term contract offer from earlier this week. Via ESPN’s Ed Werder, Pierre-Paul also suffered fractures to his thumb, and he reports that those could actually take longer to heal. Pierre-Paul might mis games with his injury, although there is no word yet on how severe Wilson’s injury was. On the other hand, athletes should be able to expect the same level of medical privacy as the rest of us. Arthur Caplan, the director of the medical ethics division at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, said that the records “should not be released without [Pierre-Paul’s] explicit consent”, which could spell trouble for the individual who leaked them to ESPN.
Unfortunately, the news of JPP’s injury was released before his own team even knew about it, suggesting an employee at the hospital LEAKED his private info! Whoever gave the records to Schefter in the first place – again, assuming it wasn’t Pierre-Paul, and some think it was – breached the law.
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