Giants QB Daniel Jones walks with limp after apparent ankle injury

Will Daniel Jones be ready to play when the Giants face the Packers in London next weekend? TBD.

The quarterback had a limp from an apparent left ankle injury when he reached the interview podium after Sunday’s 20-12 victory over the Bears at MetLife Stadium, but beyond that, he offered few clues about his status.

“I feel good; I feel good,” he said. “A little sore, but all good. I’ll listen to the trainers and doctors and go from there, but feeling good.”

With the Giants leading 14-12 late in the third quarter, Jones was hurt when the Bears’ Jaquan Brisker sacked him for an 11-yard loss.

He left in favor of backup Tyrod Taylor, then was forced back into the game midway through the fourth quarter when Taylor suffered a concussion.

Jones re-entered as a wideout with Saquon Barkley lined up at quarterback, but Jones later was back in his customary position, although he did not throw another pass.

It was a strange ending to what before the injury had been a big day for Jones.

Even though he threw only 13 passes, completing eight for 71 yards, he ran six times for 68 yards and two touchdowns, including a 21-yarder.

With the Bears focusing their defense on Barkley’s rushes, Jones on several occasions was able to roll in the other direction after fakes to Barkley and find wide swaths of green artificial turf on which to do his thing.

“They were obviously playing Saquon, playing the downhill run, so we had some chances off of it,” Jones said. “I think hats off to the offensive line. They did a great job of controlling the line of scrimmage all day.”

Was Jones shocked at some of the unguarded spaces he encountered? “I think when you get out there, you want to make a good fake and there’s kind of a moment where you turn around and you got to make a read quickly as to run it or throw it,” he said.

“A lot of times there’s grass and you’ve got to take what they give you. I thought it was a good scheme and the coaches did a good job seeing it and calling it.”

It was a far cry from last Monday night, when Jones spent the game running for cover in a 23-16 loss to the Cowboys as the line failed in pass protection.

Coach Brian Daboll said Jones was not a fan of being told he would not return to the game barring an emergency, but Daboll said Jones would not have been able to defend himself in his regular role.

“It’s frustrating,” Jones said. “Obviously, you want to play and you want to be out there with your teammates at the end of the game where we’re fighting and trying to win. I thought guys stepped up and played great to finish off the game.”

When Jones did get back in, he did not run or pass. He mostly just relayed play calls from the sideline. “I thought the coaches did a great job scheming some of that stuff up and still giving us a chance to move the ball down the field,” he said.

Jones has rushed 31 times for 193 yards this season, a 6.2-yard average.

He declined to say whether he was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain or reveal much of anything else about his injury.

Might he be good to go next Sunday? “I think I’ll listen to the doctors and trainers, take their advice and go from there,” he said. “I’m going to do everything that I can to play, for sure.”

By Neil Best

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Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.