Tom Coughlin, Jason Pierre-Paul finally talk but still no timeline for return: Report

It’s been over four weeks in the making, but Tom Coughlin and Jason Pierre-Paul have finally spoken to each other. And from that conversation, it sounds like JPP won’t be back with the Giants anytime soon.

On Saturday, the Giants head coach said that he’d finally gotten in touch with his star defensive end, in a phone call on Friday night. And while Coughlin said the two had a “good conversation,” Pierre-Paul also made official what most believed: He will not return to the team until he is healthy enough to take the field.

“He’s looking forward to coming,” Coughlin said. “He’s anxious to be here. But he’s not going to come until he feels like he’s ready to be able to play.” 

The Giants defensive end already spoke Giants General Manager Jerry Reese and his position coach Robert Nunn in recent weeks to re-open the lines of communication that were closed immediately after Pierre-Paul was injured in a fireworks accident on July 4. 

The Giants defensive stud is still recovering from injuries to both hands sustained in the incident. He had at least his right index finger amputated as a result, and, just a month later, there are still questions about his rehabbing and condition.

“Do I know anything more than I did before, no,” Coughlin said, via NJ.com. “He’s looking forward to coming, he’s anxious to be here. But he’s not going to come until he feels like he is ready to play. It could be any amount of time; I’m not even going to speculate. … He wishes he was here, too.”

JPP  has yet to sign his $14.813 million franchise tag tender and remains without a contract. By not inking a deal until fully healthy, he prevents the Giants from placing him on the non-football injury list. If the Giants chose to place him on the NFI list, they would not have to pay him.

Coughlin said he has no idea when Pierre-Paul will be ready for action, so he can't calculate when the defensive end will re-join the team. “It could be whatever amount of time,” the coach said. “I’m not even going to speculate.”

But Coughlin is sure that Pierre-Paul wants to suit up with the Giants. 

“There’ve been many people talking to him,” Coughlin said. “He’s little by little tried to make his contacts. 

“I was glad to hear his voice,” Coughlin added. “He sounded good. He sounded interested, that he wanted to get back here.” 

Eli Manning's arm has never been stronger says Giants QB coach

Eli Manning has pretty much played the same way over the years, but if you ask Mike Sullivan, one thing about the New York Giants quarterback has changed — and it's not those awkward facial expressions.

One thing that’s different, according to the Giants quarterbacks coach is Manning’s arm strength.

“I think his arm is very live,” Sullivan said at Giants practice on Wednesday. “I don’t think his arm has ever been stronger.”

It goes without saying that the 34-year-old Manning is a wiser, if not slower, signal caller than when Sullivan last worked with him in 2011. But physically stronger?

Now reunited with Manning again as his quarterbacks coach after more than three years, Sullivan believes he is.

"He looks like he's got a lot of zip on the football," Sullivan said. "He's worked hard to take care of his body, to work on some of his fundamentals and techniques and try to make sure he's able to do all the things necessary to get everything into his throws."

Manning said in the spring he worked with baseball coaches to develop that improvement.

And with Ben McAdoo's offense lining up with top-flight weapons like Victor Cruz and Odell Beckham Jr., it looks like this could be the year of Air Manning.

Giants to sign top lineman out of CFL: Report

The New York Giants are going to the land of Molson and maple syrup in order to add a little more depth to their tentative offensive line.

CFL center, Brett Jones, is expected to sign with the Giants on Tuesday, reported The Calgary Herald.

Jones was a rising star with the Calgary Stampeders and the 23-year-old was named the league's top rookie in 2013 and the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman in 2014 as he helped Calgary win the Grey Cup.

At 6-2, 318 pounds and with decent athleticism, Jones is an intriguing prospect for the Giants. He's unlikely to be given any sort of guarantee of a starting spot or money, and will likely have to work his way up as if he's an undrafted free agent.

The native of Saskatchewan and graduate of the University of Regina was a second-round pick because he told teams he was interested in attending medical school.

Jones will become a free agent after playing two years in the CFL.

Cullen Jenkins calls out NFL on sack fine via Twitter: Report

Cullen Jenkins thinks that the NFL considers a clean sack more violent than brawling and isn't too happy about it.

The Giants defensive lineman was fined $16,537 by the NFL for Sunday's questionable roughing-the-passer penalty on Rams quarterback Shaun Hill. The 11-year veteran voiced his displeasure, first on Twitter Wednesday morning and later with reporters, over being penalized more than the players involved in an ugly brawl that led to two Giants and one Ram being ejected.

On Wednesday morning, he tweeted:

So I just got fined more for roughing the passer than anyone who was in the fight. Even players who got ejected. So I should just fight then
— Cullen Jenkins (@CullenJenkins) December 24, 2014

Glad to see the leagues stance on violence is still a priority.
— Cullen Jenkins (@CullenJenkins) December 24, 2014

“The fact of the matter is I was fined more than people who got into a fight,” he said later after practice. “It was puzzling to me. I don’t know what their system is and [if] they’re grading on a curve or something. I don’t know, but it’s interesting.

“It always reminds you the type of league you’re in. … I’ve rarely been fined. It’s not like they can sit up here and say I’m a dirty player.”

Wide receiver Preston Parker, who threw two punches during the brawl with the Rams, was fined $15,000, as was defensive end Damontre Moore. Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was fined $10,000 and kicker Josh Brown and long snapper Zack DeOssie were docked $8,200 apiece, according to nj.com.

Jenkins read off part of the letter he received from the league to reporters, which said: “Specifically on a pass play you unnecessarily landed on the opposing quarterback with your body weight.”

“That’s called a tackle,” he said, incredulously. “How else do you tackle? Come down without anything on them? They’re not even down by contact then. I did gain a little weight when I had the calf injury.”

Jenkins is unsure he wants to appeal the fine. He could simply pay it, which would go to charity.

“Maybe I don’t and just let the money go to charity, so it looks like they care about these things they talk about,” he said. “Who knows? I don’t.”

Here's the brawl: