New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is ready to play against the Houston Texans on Saturday in what would be his first game since sustaining a major injury to his right knee in early November.
Jones spent the past eight months rehabbing his knee after having surgery around Thanksgiving to repair the ACL hurt on Nov. 5 in a game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
It went so well, the 27-year-old attended organized team activities and a mandatory minicamp in the spring and has been taking first-team reps since training camp started on July 24.
The 2019 first-round draft pick — No. 6 overall — didn’t play in the preseason opener against the Detroit Lions, but he is looking forward to the trip to Houston.
“It’s exciting,” Jones said Thursday after the Giants held their final practice this week.
“I’ll be excited to be out there again, just going through the game routine, the pregame, getting out there, playing, in front of a crowd. I think, you know, all that’s exciting.”
There are a lot of players coming off injuries that are always waiting to see how they take their first hit.
While Jones would prefer not to take a hit in playing for the first time without his protective red non-contact jersey, he is not worried about his knee.
