With the New York Giants heading toward a disappointing end to the 2024 NFL season, the storied franchise has decided to make a move that fans have been calling for over the past couple of years.
Despite some reluctance earlier in the season, head coach Brian Daboll has decided it is finally time to send veteran quarterback Daniel Jones to the bench in favor of backup and newly named starter Tommy DeVito.
Not only have the Giants demoted Jones to the bench and announced that DeVito would be starting moving forward, but the veteran has plummeted down the quarterback depth chart.
“Daniel Jones was the Giants QB4 behind Drew Lock and Tim Boyle in practice today,” Bleacher Report wrote on X.
Daniel Jones was the Giants QB4 behind Drew Lock and Tim Boyle in practice today 😳
Tommy DeVito will be the starter pic.twitter.com/IHwf5WzB8X
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 20, 2024
This could be seen as a head-scratching move by Daboll and his coaching staff.
It was bad enough that they made their longtime starter the third quarterback on the depth chart, behind DeVito and Lock, but demoting him down another level seems a bit uncalled for and, frankly, embarrassing.
It’ll be interesting to see how DeVito performs as the Giants quarterback moving forward and whether he can give the team a boost, but the real question is what will happen to Jones after this season, especially after this embarrassing development, which has to hurt his chances of landing with another team next season and beyond.
