First photos of New York Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul's injured hand surface

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Aside from a grainy Instagram video of a workout, we now have the first photos of the injured hand of New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul.

The New York Daily News published photographs of Pierre-Paul Thursday, in which his injured hand is shown with bandages over his thumb and middle finger. Pierre-Paul suffered a fireworks injury during the Fourth of July when he accidentally blew off portions of his right index finger and his thumb.

The Giants brought Pierre-Paul, who has not yet signed the franchise tag the team offered him, for a medical visit last week. After New York’s doctors examined Pierre-Paul’s hand, they deemed he wasn’t quite ready for football action just yet, and he returned to South Florida.