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A quarterback who relies on his arm and his head can play despite a sprained ankle, unless it is so severely sprained that he cannot move at all.<\/p>\n
Eli Manning could start a game with a mildly sprained ankle. So could his big brother, Peyton. Delving back into the not-so-distant past with the Giants, Kerry Collins could get out there with a sprained ankle. Kurt Warner, too.<\/p>\n
Daniel Jones has a sprained ankle and he is not a quarterback who is at his best residing in the pocket and slinging it snap after snap. His legs are as important to his success as his arm or his head \u2014 especially with this particular team. This is why unless he can absolutely, positively run and scramble and maneuver with all his usual speed and elusiveness he should not take the field Sunday against the Packers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London.<\/p>\n
Head coach Brian Daboll confirmed on Monday that Jones came out of the unusual 20-12 victory over the Bears with a sprained left ankle. He did not say if it was a dreaded high ankle sprain.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel’s feeling a little bit better today,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cWe’ll see how that goes.”<\/p>\n
How that goes will not be some great mystery. Jones was forced out of the game after getting sacked late in the third quarter. He returned only because Tyrod Taylor, with 8:55 remaining, ran for a first down, was hit by rookie cornerback Kyler Gordon with a helmet-to-helmet shot \u2014 Daboll called it a clean play \u2014 and left with a concussion. Jones was used as a decoy, split out wide as a receiver as Saquon Barkley played Wildcat quarterback, and later Jones went behind center to hand the ball off three times to Barkley. Jones admitted his ankle was hurting and he could not run.<\/p>\nDaniel Jones runs for a touchdown against the Bears.<\/figcaption>Corey Sipkin <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHe is unlikely to be fully recovered in one week’s time. Putting him out there without his complete physical arsenal is not going to work.<\/p>\n
Jones in 2020 strained his hamstring while scrambling in a loss in Cincinnati and had to sit out the following week. Joe Judge should have sat Jones a second game, but the Giants rushed him back, even though it was clear he could not run or escape from trouble in the pocket. It was a disaster. Jones was immobile and helpless, was sacked six times, fumbled three times and completed only 11 passes in a desultory 26-7 loss to the Cardinals at MetLife Stadium. For the first time in his career, Jones did not have a single rushing attempt.<\/p>\n