EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones announced Thursday that he underwent a non-football related surgery on his neck last winter.
Jones, 25, insisted the procedure was unrelated to the neck problem that kept him sidelined for the final six games of last season.
“I had non-football related surgery on my neck,” Jones said. “I saw there was something to it. It was totally unrelated but I feel good. neck is great.”
The request came as a result of a picture earlier this summer that circulated on social media showing what appeared to be a 6-inch scar on Jones’ upper chest, suggesting he had undergone surgery.
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Jones suffered a neck injury in Week 12 of last season. The Giants eventually put him on injured reserve, and he stopped playing because sources said it was a “disc injury.”
At the time, there was little concern that the injury would be a long-term problem, and Jones and the Giants have both been consistent in saying the injury would be untreatable in 2022.
Jones, who has been participating fully in training this spring and summer, has been in a training camp for more than three weeks which has admittedly had his ups and downs.
Last Thursday night against the New England Patriots, Jones returned to action for the first time since his injury, completing 6 of 10 passes for 69 yards on the Giants’ opener.
“It was all good,” Jones said of how he was feeling the day after the competition. “Had no problems at all. It was all good.”
The neck is just another layer in a complicated situation involving Jones, who was selected sixth overall in the 2019 NFL draft and is in the final year of his rookie contract. The Giants declined his fifth-year option last April.
New York signed Tyrod Taylor to a two-year deal last offseason, and the veteran quarterback has played well this summer. Taylor has started 53 career games for the Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans.
Jones still remains the starter, although first-year head coach Brian Daboll said earlier this week he could sneak Taylor into a couple of first-team reps in preparation for the possibility of needing him in an emergency situation.