If the New York Giants are indeed planning to keep the franchise tag on defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, they are taking a huge gamble that, if it doesn’t pan out, could potentially trigger the complete rebuild of the team and coaching staff as we know it to be.
While the initial logic to tag Pierre-Paul made sense, he’s since experienced a significant event as a result of some ill-advised interaction with fireworks that not only left him without his right index finger, but also necessitated skin grafts and the repair of a broken thumb on that same hand.