Jason Pierre-Paul’s mere arrival in New York on Monday was still enough to get the juices flowing. He’s still the biggest name on the Giants’ beleaguered defense — by far. And the excitement is all rooted in this hope that somehow, some way he can still be at least a fraction of the defensive force that he used to be.
JPP surely thinks that’s possible — even though it’s likely nothing more than an impossible dream.
Maybe someday he can be the JPP of old, but the Giants are running out of time in the 2015 season, and if and when Pierre-Paul officially returns to the fold, he’s not exactly going to be ready to jump right in.