New York Giants’ Daniel Jones says he will start vs. Raiders

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones will return to practice on Wednesday after missing three games due to a neck injury sustained in Week 5 against the Miami Dolphins.

But that’s not all. Despite missing so much time, Jones says he’ll be back under center this Sunday afternoon against the Las Vegas Raiders.

“I’m cleared, I’m ready to go. Barring any setbacks this week I’ll be ready to go,” Jones said during a Tuesday appearance on Up & Adams with Kay Adams. “We’ll see, we got a few days to prep and get ready to go, but the plan is to be out there on Sunday.”

Jones also explained how the entire drama unfolded last week — being ruled out on Friday only to be cleared prior to kickoff on Sunday.

“Met with the doctors during the week and didn’t pass the tests at that point. I was closer, but still hadn’t passed the tests,” Jones said. “Then all the doctors come to the game, so met with them at the game and got cleared for this week.

“I went through the tests throughout the week and couldn’t pass, so they didn’t feel good about clearing me last week, but on Sunday met with them again and they felt good about clearing me for this week.”

There are still some gaps in how things played out and why head coach Brian Daboll wasn’t informed until after the game, but it wouldn’t have mattered. Once Jones was ruled out on Friday, he wasn’t going to play on Sunday.

When Jones takes the field this weekend against the Raiders, he is likely to be without star tight end Darren Waller (hamstring) but could have left tackle Andrew Thomas (hamstring) back protecting his blindside.