When the New York Giants released their final Week 2 injury report on Friday, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul was listed as questionable due to a shoulder injury that sidelined him for Thursday’s practice.

In addition to Pierre-Paul, fellow defensive end Olivier Vernon was also listed on the report with a wrist injury.

Although the Giants didn’t have a full practice on Friday, head coach Ben McAdoo said both injuries would have been serious enough to impact their participation.

Pierre-Paul was ultimately listed as did not practice (DNP) and Vernon was listed as limited.

” If we would’ve had practice today, [Pierre-Paul] would not have practiced today. We’ll take a look at him tomorrow. He’ll have an opportunity to get out on the field tomorrow at practice and we’ll go from there,” McAdoo told reporters on Friday. “[Vernon] has a sore wrist. Practiced this week but [would have been] limited.”

Pierre-Paul has insisted he’ll play on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, but McAdoo would not commit to that. In fact, he acknowledged that both injuries were relatively concerning.

“There’s always concern when someone is on the injury report, yes,” McAdoo added.

But as Saturday morning came and went, the clouds cleared and there seemed to be some good news. Art Stapleton of The Record reports that both Pierre-Paul and Vernon will be active come kickoff on Sunday afternoon barring something completely unforeseen.

Unless something unforeseen happens between today and tomorrow, I'm told expectation is that JPP will play. OV too. https://t.co/XNXr8IKi86 — Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) September 17, 2016

Given that the Giants defense must stop quarterback Drew Brees and the high-powered Saints offense, both Pierre-Paul and Vernon are major pieces of the team’s gameplan.

With all that Pierre-Paul has been through over the last year and a half, a sore shoulder seems minor. And we would be legitimately surprised if it kept him out come Sunday.