Daniel feels better as he rests hammy
Daniel Jones (right hamstring strain) insisted he’s “feeling good” on Wednesday, but he did not practice with the Giants.
Backup Colt McCoy, 34, took the majority of firstteam snaps and remains Sunday’s likely starter at Seattle (8-3). Practice squad QB Clayton Thorson took the rest.
Veteran Alex Tanney is in the six-day COVID-19 onboarding process as a visiting free agent to stay ready if he’s needed. Jones said he did “treatment and certain exercises” inside the facility during practice and is mixing in plenty of rest.
“Feeling good. It’s healing and recovering. It’s feeling better,” Jones claimed. “I certainly want to play and want to be out there. How I recover depends on what I do day to day.”
Since rest is the best medicine for hamstring strains, the Giants’ plan always has been to rest Jones until later this week to see if he can practice well enough to play on Sunday.
Jones has started 13 straight games for the Giants going back to
Week 15 of last season. He has a 5-8 record in those starts, but the Giants (4-7) have won three straight.
Giants head coach Joe Judge, meanwhile, made good on his promise to isolate players at various positions to guard against a Denver Broncos-type situation.
The Broncos had to play the Saints without a true quarterback on Sunday due to a positive and three high-risk contacts in their QB room late last week.
Giants wide receiver Alex Bachman, tight end Rysen John, offensive lineman Kenny Wiggins, defensive lineman David Moa, corner Jarren Williams and long-snapper Carson Tinker are working on the field separately from the rest of their teammates this week, sources confirmed.
Either Tanney or Thorson could be the quarantined QB in coming weeks once Tanney signs Saturday.
In non-quarterback injury news at Wednesday’s practice, four other Giants were limited: wide receivers Darius Slayton (shoulder/foot) and Sterling Shepard (toe/shoulder), safety Nate Ebner (knee) and linebacker David Mayo (knee).
Tight end Kaden Smith, offensive tackle Matt Peart, and wideout Dante Pettis all were full participants one day after coming off the COVID-19 reserve list due to positive tests.
The Giants on Tuesday placed edge Kyler Fackrell on injured reserve (out at least three weeks) and cut wideout Derrick Dillon and tight end Nate Wieting from the practice squad.
On Wednesday, they re-signed kicker Ryan Santoso and free safety Montre Hartage to the practice squad after the two cleared waivers from their Tuesday releases.
The Giants’ practice squad protections this week are Thorson, Tinker and defensive end Niko Lalos.