Giants" Pierre-Paul Says He Won't Be Fully Healthy Till Next Year Jason Pierre-Paul said he is pain-free but that his surgically repaired back is not as strong as it has been in past seasons. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul conceded Thursday what has been fairly obvious to those watching him play this year: he is not 100 percent healthy after off-season back surgery. But Pierre-Paul now believes he will not be completely healthy until next season. "It's really going to take the whole off-season next year to get back to my old, old ways, to the old J.P.P.," Pierre-Paul said at his locker after Thursday's practice. There's no pain, but my back is not as strong as it was. I think it's going to take more time to get that strength back. I'm not finished yet. I'm young. But when you have back surgery, you don't know what's going to happen. I'm blessed that it's worked out that I'm fit, but I know for a fact that I'm not where I used to be. Pierre-Paul has one sack this season. Two seasons ago he had 16.5 sacks. Last year, when he started experiencing back pain, he had 6.5 sacks. "I look at myself on film this year and I see that I'm not the same," Pierre-Paul said. But I also see myself getting better. I'm closer every week. Pierre-Paul's uneven season has been exacerbated by the entire defensive line's inability to get to the quarterback. But if Pierre-Paul is playing his way into shape, the Giants may have to turn to the rookie defensive end Damontre Moore, who was drafted as a sack specialist. But so far Moore has barely played except on special teams. Elsewhere in the Giants" locker room Thursday, middle linebacker Jon Beason, a former Pro Bowler who has been a Giant for less than a month, said he wanted to remain a Giant forever. Beason will be a free agent at the end of the season. "I don't plan on going anywhere, ever," Beason said.