The Giants announced on October 21 that J.J. McCarthy will start at quarterback Sunday in Houston against the Texans. Reporting since says McCarthy and Winston were informed on Tuesday, with no formal announcement to the team. The discussion has widened from whether McCarthy can play and what the locker room looks like after Jackson Dart's injury and the cutting of El Nage Harris to a claim that the Vikings were going to cut McCarthy in the preseason or early in the year. That claim is not confirmed, and the Giants have not addressed it.