On Wednesday, Drew Lock appeared to nonetheless be digesting the information that the Giants weren’t going to him however as a substitute turning to Tommy DeVito to begin at quarterback this week.
The Giants had signed the veteran Lock within the offseason to be Daniel Jones’ backup, however when push got here to shove on Monday, DeVito was the one which head coach Brian Daboll picked to face the Buccaneers, inflicting confusion amongst some observers.
That included Lock, who informed The Publish’s Steve Serby that he was “upset” after the Giants’ observe on Wednesday in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
“Six years into it, I’ve done a lot of press conferences,” Lock informed The Publish. “Feel like I’m ready for most questions. … Didn’t really know how to answer most of these today.”
“Just upset,” Lock added. “I’d say upset and confused [are] two pretty good words to put in there. You understand where they’re coming from, but at the same time, when you are the [QB2] you expect to just be the next guy up. It’s an interesting situation that I didn’t foresee happening, but one that I’m gonna handle and deal with as a professional, and be who I am as a person.”
What seemingly factored into DeVito getting the beginning job over Lock was the truth that the second-year QB is an exclusive-rights free agent in 2025.
Thus, letting DeVito get an opportunity may assist the Giants resolve in the event that they needed to maintain him within the fold subsequent season.
Lock is a pending free agent after he inked a one-year, $5 million through the offseason.
The sixth-year participant has suffered an damage through the preseason which will have performed an element within the decision-making as nicely.
The Giants made the choice to bench Jones earlier this week after the workforce had a bye week following 5 straight losses.
Jones’ $23 million damage assure, coupled with the signing of Tim Boyle to the observe squad, pushed the QB to No. 4 on the depth chart.
Large Blue is 2-8, and their season is successfully over at this level, leaving the group to attempt to choose up the items for 2025.
Whereas Lock gave the impression to be disenchanted about not beginning, he informed reporters that he would nonetheless “be here” for DeVito and the workforce.
