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Giants top linebacker will definitely be ready, he thinks

Jonathan Casillas went to a show in Manhattan with his daughter, Jade, on Sunday, and when he tried to pick up the 5-year-old, the NFL linebacker did not have an easy time navigating Jade’s 40 pounds.

“I went to move her, it was interesting,’’ Casillas said Monday after sitting out Giants practice.

Casillas came out of Saturday night’s preseason victory over the Jets with an injury to his ribs that turns out to be not as serious as first feared.

“Well, there’s no fracture, so that’s a good thing,’’ Casillas said. “Maybe some muscle stuff going on, the cartilage.