Don’t count out quarterback Daniel Jones just yet. 

The Giants left open the possibility that Jones, who is out with a neck injury, could start Sunday against the Commanders by listing him as questionable on the final injury report of the week.

He still had not been medically cleared for contact — the last hurdle in his recovery — headed into practice Friday. 

“We’ll see,” head coach Brian Daboll said. “We’re talking to medical people and taking it day-by-day here.” 

Jones threw during individual drills in practice this week, but the Giants broke from an indoor practice Friday to bring the offense outside on the wet grass during the media-viewing window as a way to protect personnel secrets.

Tyrod Taylor is on standby to make his second straight start at quarterback, but could Jones gain medical clearance between Friday and kickoff? 

“There’s a chance,” Daboll said. 

So, when will there be some clarity? Perhaps by 4 p.m. on Saturday, when the Giants must decide whether to elevate quarterback Tommy DeVito from the practice squad to be Taylor’s backup or whether he will not be needed. 

The Giants could be playing with fire by allowing Jones to play behind a weakened offensive line that will be without left tackle Andrew Thomas (hamstring) and could be without right tackle Evan Neal (ankle). The most likely fill-ins — Justin Pugh and Tyre Phillips — were on practice squads as recently as last week. 

Left guard Mark Glowinski and center Ben Bredeson are starting out of position.

Right guard Marcus McKethan opened the season as a reserve and was benched last game after making four straight starts.

Jones already has taken 28 sacks and 44 hits on 91 quarterback pressures in five games. 

Daboll wasn’t deterred by the idea of playing Jones without practicing him in 11-on-11 drills. 

“He’s played a lot of football for us. He’s been in the system for a while,” Daboll said. “So, we’ll get all the information and then make the right decision for him and for us.” 

If Taylor gets the call, he will get a chance to atone for a critical mistake he made last week. 

Taylor looked poised leading the offense on five drives into the red zone against the Bills, but the Giants still managed just nine points and now have gone 205 consecutive minutes without scoring an offensive touchdown. 

One reason the drought is still ongoing is because Taylor mistakenly audibled out of a pass to a run on the 1-yard line late in the first half, and the clock ran out after Saquon Barkley was stuffed and before the Giants could align to spike the ball to set up another play.

The second half ended when Taylor threw an incompletion from the 1-yard line into the end zone on a questionable play call that was magnified when officials missed a defensive pass interference call. 

Jones’ neck injury in 2021, which he has said was a different issue than he currently is experiencing, cost him the final six games of the season.

Concerns about Jones’ durability prompted the Giants to spend extra on Taylor, a two-year, $11 million deal, to have a viable Plan B in case a scenario like this reappeared.