Down the stretch this past season, Ahmad Bradshaw’s production took a nosedive. The Giants running back managed 119 yards in his last three games and did not show the same quickness and acceleration he did earlier in the year.

During Super Bowl week, Bradshaw hung out in Dallas and revealed an explanation why his yardage dropped. His left ankle was bothering him, and this past weekend he did something about it, getting it cleaned out — in his words, “a bunch of junk.”

On Twitter, Bradshaw wrote, “Had a minor prodedure. Everything went perfect. I will be ready to go soon, definitely by the season.”

That is, if there is a season with the lockout looming.

This is nothing new for Bradshaw. Last offseason he underwent three different procedures, one apiece on each foot and a cleanup of his right ankle similar to what he recently underwent on his left ankle. During Super Bowl week, Bradshaw also said he played the last six games with a broken left wrist, but said that injury will not require surgery to correct.

The issue with his left ankle, Bradshaw said, “was something that bothered me. It wasn’t a big factor unless someone really got a hold of it. The beginning of the year, it didn’t affect me. At the end of the year, I felt a lot of easy tackles I could break at the beginning of the year, [they] were just bringing me down.”

Bradshaw gained a career-high 1,235 rushing yards in 2010 — his first year as a starter — but his contract expired and he’s in financial limbo. A resolution to what happens once March 4 comes and the collective bargaining agreement expires is not imminent. Bradshaw has maintained he wants to return to the Giants, who will have a decision evaluating his worth when compared with Brandon Jacobs, who is scheduled to make $4.65 million in 2011.

paul.schwartz@nypost.com

