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JPP jokes about fireworks accident: 'Lost a finger LOL'

Jason Pierre-Paul insisted his fireworks accident was "not a set back" and he even showed that while he may have lost a finger, he hasn't lost his sense of humor.

That revelation came early Sunday afternoon, in Pierre-Paul's first public statement since he derailed his career and damaged his right hand in a fireworks accident near his Miami-area home on July 4th. In a Tweet from his @UDWJPP Twitter account, the Giants defensive end wrote "What happened to me was not a set back. God has greater plans for me. No man can judge me accepted God himself.