No one can say for sure if Jason Pierre-Paul ever will be the same, because no one knows if he has the stomach for the fight ahead of him. His fractured thumb will heal. His amputated right index finger won’t.
It means there is every possibility that blowing off that finger in that mindless July 4 fireworks incident could cost JPP an arm and a leg.
The burden of proof will be on him from the moment he leaves the hospital to prove he can be the first nine-fingered elite defensive lineman.
Best-case scenario: He discovers the fire that rages inside J.