The message John Mara sent to Jason Pierre-Paul on Thursday was: “Come home. We miss you.” The Giants co-owner should have said: “Come home now or don’t come home at all.”
As the Giants officially opened training camp with conditioning drills before the first full-scale practice on Friday, the status of Pierre-Paul remained an unnecessary distraction. It prompted Mara to make a plea through the media for the defensive end to allow the Giants medical staff to examine his injured hand. Pierre-Paul fractured his right thumb and had his right index finger amputated after an accident with fireworks on July 4 in South Florida.