Giants benching QB Daniel Jones amid 2-8 start to season

A week after Daboll told reporters he would “evaluate things” as it related to Jones remaining his starter, the evaluation has resulted in a change that will likely signal a massive change for the franchise going forward. Six days prior, Giants general manager Joe Schoen said the team would make a decision based on what was best for New York on the field, not a monetary one, as it relates to a $23 million injury guarantee for Jones — a situation similar to the. 2022 Las Vegas Raiders with Derek Carr and last season with the Denver Broncos and Russell Wilson. After this season, Jones has no remaining guaranteed salary left on his contract.

In 10 starts this season, Jones has thrown just eight touchdowns to seven interceptions after going without a TD pass in six games. He has thrown for 2,070 yards, just 6.1 yards per carry. attempts and has a passer rating of 79.4.

Lock, who has appeared in two games this year for the Giants with three completions on eight attempts for 6 yards, was drafted in the second round of the ’19 draft by the Denver Broncos. He was selected No. 42 overall, 36 spots behind Jones. Jones was the second quarterback drafted, behind Kyler Murray at No. 1 overall, while Lock was the fourth, also behind the late Dwayne Haskins (No. 15 overall to Washington).

DeVito, meanwhile, started six games for the team last season with a 3-3 record, throwing for 1,101 yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions.

Jones has been under scrutiny all season as New York has stumbled to a 2-8 record, and his career has largely played out amid just as much scrutiny.

The Duke product’s successor to Manning was largely celebrated when he was a superstar for a New York minute, throwing for 336 yards and two touchdowns in his first NFL start and guiding the 2019 Giants to their first win against, as it just happens , Buccaneers — Big Blue’s upcoming opponent. But Jones’ career would be a mix of highs with his arms and legs and lows with consistency, mounting losses and different coaches leading him.

In his first four seasons, Jones played for three head coaches. The last was Daboll, who took over in 2022, when Jones had pretty much his best year statistically, his only winning season and his only playoff berth. After going 9-7-1, Jones also quarterbacked New York to a wild-card playoff victory against the Minnesota Vikings before being swept by the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round.

In hindsight, the success of Daboll’s first year created a domino effect at the wrong time.

The Giants’ first winning season since 2016 led to Jones getting a quickly reviled four-year, $160 million contract, while star running back Saquon Barkley was given only a franchise tag that led to a reworked one-year extension.

Barkley subsequently signed with the Eagles this past season and is flourishing as Jones has whistled, and Big Blue along with him.

Jones’ last start came in Munich, where the Giants lost to the Panthers as Jones threw a pair of interceptions.

Across five-plus seasons, Jones’ QB record stands at 24-44-1, completing 1,437 of 2,241 passes (64.1%) for 14,582 yards, 70 touchdowns and 47 interceptions to go along with 2,179 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns .

The man who was thought to be the future at the center of the previous regime is now being displaced by the current powers of Gotham. Jones’ future is as uncertain as ever, but it looks like the Giants will be one where they start looking for another franchise QB.