If all things are equal, Daniel Jones will be the Giants’ starting quarterback this week.

Limited by a right hamstring strain that caused him to miss six quarters, Jones was battered for six sacks Sunday against the Cardinals in his return from a six-quarter absence. He was ineffective from the first possession until the final five minutes, when he dragged his left leg to the bench, sat between two coaches, shook his head no and put on a face covering as replacement Colt McCoy began to loosen up.

“We didn’t do anything that aggravated that leg injury,” coach Joe Judge said Monday afternoon. “There are some bumps and bruises. There was probably a little wear and tear as the game went on.”

Jones received treatment after the game and went through his weekly evaluation with team doctors Monday morning. Tuesday typically is a big day for injury evaluation.

“I can tell you there are no broken bones or anything of that nature,” Judge said. “Talking to Daniel this morning … he assured us he came out with the hamstring really the same as he went in.”

Judge, in conference with the coaches, trainers and doctors, focused last week on one question for clearance: Can Jones protect himself from further injury, especially by fleeing pressure to throw the ball away if needed? Anyone who watched the game and thinks the bar should be raised so Jones has to prove he has his full dual-threat skill set is going to be disappointed.

“What we expected to see, we pretty much saw,” Judge said.

So, same mobility shown in practice Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, same game plan for the Giants on Sunday against the Browns. That falls in line with Judge’s “no regrets, no second-guessing” assessment of his decision.

“If Daniel is healthy to play, and he looks the way he looked in practice last week, I’d have no hesitation playing Daniel at all,” Judge said. “We have a lot of confidence in Colt. But there’s also a commitment we’ve made to Daniel as our quarterback and how we’re running this offense. If he is healthy enough to go out there and protect himself, and we don’t feel he is going to be injured worse, and he is going to give the team a competitive advantage going out there, we’re going to play him.”

It’s difficult to argue the Giants had a competitive advantage with Jones, who was 11-for-21 for 127 yards with three fumbles. Because the Cardinals did not have to fear Jones keeping the ball on RPOs (run-pass options), they used a heavy package with four defensive linemen and four linebackers, and Jones’ targets couldn’t gain any separation from man-to-man pass coverage.

“In terms of how we structure the game plan,” Judge said, “that’s on us as coaches to make sure we are inventive enough and creative enough to put ourselves in situations that if we are limited with any player in something they can’t do physically that we have to give him another option.”

Jones did not have a rushing attempt for the first time in 25 career games.

“It doesn’t matter if Daniel is healthy or hurt, we’re going to try to keep him as clean as possible,” center Nick Gates said. “They ran a lot of stunt games and twist games, and we didn’t do a good enough job as a line passing those off and giving Daniel ample amount of time to throw the ball.”

Judge did not rule out using McCoy in certain packages against the Browns. McCoy played the final series when Jones was grimacing on the bench.

“It was late in the game at that point, and I was just going to get Colt a few reps,” Judge said. “That had nothing to do with something that happened on that drive.”