Giants Waive Chad Jones, Likely To Return After Clearing Waivers

The last news on Chad Jones was that he was being released from the hospital.

Now comes word from the Star-Ledger that the Giants have waived Chad Jones.

The move was done with the intention of placing Jones on the reserve/non-football injury list if he clears waivers.

Jones will be officially done for the season once he lands on the reserve/NFI list. Also, the Giants will be under no obligation to pay him anything, though they will probably take care of him in some form or fashion.

Jones will keep his $825,000 signing bonus. The Giants are not obligated to pay him his base salary but, as this report states, the Giants will "probably take care of him in some form or fashion."

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Giants rookie Chad Jones was released from the hospital a month and two days after suffering significant injuries in a car accident on June 25.

Per Pat Hanlon of Giants.com:

Jones will undergo further surgery is approx 6-8 weeks...in great spirits as he exits HSS this morning.

Jones' future in the NFL is unclear though some reports have suggested he's optimistic he'll return to the field.

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The people close to Chad Jones, like his father, are optimistic that he'll make a full recovery.

But they're not yet willing to give a prognosis on his future in the NFL because he faces additional orthopedic, neurological, vascular and orthopedic surgery in the following weeks and months."

Dr. Russell Warren, surgeon-in-chief at HSS and the Giants' team physician, "Since he will undergo several additional procedures over the next few weeks, no prognosis has been given."

While there is no expectation that Jones can play this year, the prognosis could lead to a settlement between him and the team.

Both sides are focusing on his recovery and then moving onto his football future.

The Giants have arranged for Chad Jones, who was seriously injured in a car accident last week, to be flown back to a New York hospital.

Per the Giants official site, Jones will have plastic surgery and possibly additional orthopedic procedures.

"Chad has received outstanding medical care from the doctors and nurses in New Orleans since his accident. They've shown great compassion," said Giants vice president of medical services Ronnie Barnes. "After consulting with our doctors, Chad's doctors at LSU and his family felt like this move to New York was the next logical step in his care and recovery."

Jones will be accompanied by the Giants director of player development, his girlfriend and his parents.

Chad Jones suffered multiple injuries in a car accident on Friday morning but police said Monday that they don't believe alcohol was a factor.

We have two tests we use when the driver is alive: The Intoxilyzer 5000 and a blood test,” Harper said. “Obviously, we couldn’t administer the breathalyzer, because the driver needed to go to the hospital. And when the officers got to the hospital to request a blood test, he was already in surgery and by then it was too late.”

The officer at the scene said he had no reason to believe alcohol was a factor.

Jones' father has said his son is recovering and "everything is positive" right now. There's no timetable on his return.

Al Jones, father of Chad Jones, says considering the circumstances, everything is going well for his son.

In a statement released by LSU, Al Jones says a long healing process is only beginning, but adds that "everything is positive right now" with Chad Jones' recovery from a serious auto wreck early Friday morning.

The best-case scenario for Jones sounds like a return in 2011, though we're not sure which sport.

Giants rookie Chad Jones is on his way to recovery after a car accident nearly caused him to lose his leg. Per his agent, it's possible Jones could be running and even make a return to the field in 2011.

But what field would that be? His agent says it might be baseball.

"I'm optimistic [of a 2011 return]," Arceneaux said, according to the news service. "I would like to hope so. He's such a great athlete. I think if anybody could pull it off and come back from this, it would be Chad."

However, Arceneaux said Jones has not ruled out abandoning football altogether in favor of a baseball career because baseball would be less stressful on the leg.

Jones played baseball for LSU and was a 50th round pick in the recent MLB draft. He's a pitcher and outfielder.

Thankfully, the injuries sustained by New York Giants draftee Chad Jones don't appear to be life-threatening, as was feared on Friday. Via Pro Football Talk, we learn that Jones' agent believes that Jones will be able to live a normal life...

"I don't see that based on the type of athlete that Chad is that anything would prevent Chad from walking. And from running, " Arceneaux said.

...but that it's too early to know whether he'll be able to play football again.

His agent, Rocky Arceneaux, said it was too early to say if Jones’s athletic career could be permanently damaged.

Jones and and the Giants will probably have to wait a long time before they know the answer to this question. For more on Chad Jones, check out our Giants blog, Big Blue View, and our LSU blog, And The Valley Shook.

Chad Jones had surgery after a car accident on Friday morning and "did well". Ross Brevosky, LSU's baseball director of operations (Jones played baseball at LSU), told Erin Cofiell of WAFB in Baton Rouge that doctors think Jones will keep both of his legs.

He reportedly fractured one of his legs -- and there were questions over whether doctors would have to amputate -- but the news from Brevovsky appears to be good.