Daniel Jones is headed to the bench, and he won’t ever begin one other sport for the Giants.
Coming off of a bye week late in one other misplaced season, the Giants have determined to bench Jones and switch to fan favourite Tommy DeVito as their beginning quarterback, The Submit confirmed.
Former basic supervisor Dave Gettleman as soon as mentioned that it will take three years “to find out how crazy I am” for reaching to select Jones at No. 6 general in 2019. It took twice so long as Gettleman forecasted and a whole lot of excuse-making, however the six-year Jones Period possible is over.
It might be shortsighted of the Giants (2-8) to even activate Jones for any of their remaining seven video games, together with Sunday in opposition to the Buccaneers.
DeVito – a fan favourite who went 3-3 as a rookie starter final season – can deal with the remainder of the season and assist decide the place inside the high 10 picks the Giants are drafting in 2025.
The Giants bypassed season-long second-stringer Drew Lock for DeVito.
The four-year, $160 million extension that Jones signed after his well-timed profession yr in 2022 – highlighted by an awesome efficiency within the Giants’ solely playoff victory since profitable Tremendous Bowl XLVI in 2011 – features a $23 million harm assure.
If he’s injured and might’t move a bodily by March, then the Giants’ lifeless salary-cap cost for releasing him goes from a manageable $22 million to an unwieldy $45 million.
However benching the oft-injured Jones is a “football decision” – not strictly a enterprise choice – as basic supervisor Joe Schoen mentioned final week.
The Giants are 3-13 in Jones’ 16 begins since he signed that extension. He has 10 landing passes and 13 interceptions.
By comparability, the Giants are 5-6 with 13 landing passes and 6 interceptions over that timeframe when another person (Tyrod Taylor and DeVito) begins. These 11 begins occurred when offensive coordinator Mike Kafka was calling the performs, however now it’s head coach Brian Daboll who can be in DeVito’s ear.
Giants followers lashing out on social media and booing at residence video games have made it recognized that they’re completed with Jones, despite the fact that he’s removed from the staff’s solely flaw. As per normal in Jones’ tenure, the Giants have one of many NFL’s lowest-scoring offenses (15.6 factors per sport).
If the ebook is closed on Jones, he’ll end 24-44-1 with 70 passing touchdowns, 15 speeding touchdowns, 51 fumbles (26 misplaced) and 47 interceptions.
He hasn’t had a three-touchdown passing sport since Week 16 of his rookie season.
Jones had three completely different head coaches (Pat Shurmur, Joe Choose, Daboll) and 5 completely different offensive play-callers (Shurmur, Jason Garrett, Freddie Kitchens, Kafka and Daboll).
Schoen changed Gettleman and declined the fifth-year choice on Jones’ rookie contract earlier than the 2022 season however finally reversed course and gave him franchise quarterback cash.
Jones and Dexter Lawrence are the longest-tenured Giants, as first-round draft picks in 2019.
Lock, who’s prone to stay the backup over Jones, is 9-14 as a starter in his profession, together with 1-1 final season for the Seahawks. He appeared in a single sport this season.
