Former Giants star Sterling Shepard reveals details about team culture amid fallout from Daniel Jones’ exit

Quarterback Daniel Jones’ tumultuous tenure with the New York Giants ended this week. The franchise benched the 2019 first-round draft pick before ultimately granting Jones’ request to be released.

The decision to part ways with Jones was described as a mutual agreement, with Giants president and co-owner John Mara saying that moving on from Jones “would be best for him and for the team.” However, the Giants’ move was met with some criticism.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Sterling Shepherd became the latest former Giants player to share his thoughts amid the fallout. Shepherd suggested there was room for improvement as it relates to his former team’s culture.

“When it comes to the culture and everything like that, I’ve gotten a chance to see how things are done secondhand, but I think there could be a little bit of work there,” Shepard said. New York Post.

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Sterling Shepard, #17 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers walks off the field during an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on October 3, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

“It’s just different, in so many different ways and so many different levels. When it comes down to the little things, what you can do in the building as a player, the way you’re able to communicate and be hand-in-hand with the coaches, it’s just a lot of different things that I’ve picked up being there so long. Even down to the training staff or the weight trainers and some of the different things that we do here, it’s a difference.”

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While Shephard appeared to point out some of the Giants’ shortcomings, he also made it clear that he was trying to point out the nuances of various NFL teams’ operations.

“I’m not saying the way they do it is bad, because it’s not. It’s just different and I’ve gotten to see the other side of it,” Shepard added.

FILE – New York Giants Sterling Shepard takes part in a practice at the NFL football team’s practice facility in East Rutherford, NJ on June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Shephard also shared his thoughts on his former coach, Brian Daboll. The receiver expressed his confidence that Daboll could “produce wins” as he offered some good wishes to the Giants head coach.

“I don’t think you go from being coach of the year two years ago to just being a guy who can’t get the job done,” Shepard said. “I don’t believe that. I wish him nothing but the best. I feel like he can be a coach that can produce wins. He’s done it before and he did it early, so I don’t think you just walk away from it.”

Shephard’s comments about the Giants come just days before he returns to MetLife Stadium. The Week 12 game between the Giants and Buccaneers will mark the first time Shephard takes the field at MetLife in an opposing NFL team’s jersey.

Sterling Shepard, #17 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, runs a route during an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens at Raymond James Stadium on October 21, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

Giants defensive backs coach Jerome Henderson, who has been with the team since 2022, said he expects Shepherd to bring “juice” and “energy” to Sunday’s game in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

“The same thing you saw here — his juice, his energy, his passion to play, his dog mentality,” Henderson said Friday. “He comes at you all day. He’s just one of those dirty players — in a good way — that just comes down to it tooth and nail every play. That’s what you love about Shep.

“Our young guys have to be ready for this guy to come and fight you every single game. This guy is not going to take a play off. He’s going to be extra motivated because he’s back home for the first time. He wants to come up here and have a good game and be productive. It’s going to be an all-day game with him.”

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Shepard finished his tenure with the Giants with more than 4,000 passing yards and 23 receiving touchdowns. Through his first nine games with the Bucs, Shepard has hauled in 16 passes for 166 yards.

The Giants have dropped five straight games entering Sunday’s contest. Meanwhile, the Bucs are on a four-game losing streak.

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