Jason Pierre-Paul is getting ready for his fourth game back with the Giants. He could have been home getting ready for next year.
“It was an option,” the defensive end said on Wednesday of not playing in 2015 and rolling the dice on free agency this coming winter.
There are many reasons why he did not follow that path. Not playing would have meant no income for a year. It also would have meant not having any game film to present to prospective teams to show what he is capable of doing with his mangled hand.
But the big reason, he said, was because he saw the Giants and knew he could help.