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    Will the Giants bench Daniel Jones? New York sticks with QB

    Seren Anwen Posted on

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    Big Blue has some big problems. Halloween is just a few days away and just like their fellow residents at MetLife Stadium, the season is essentially over. There have been many low points for New York football over the years, but it’s not often that the baseball season in the Big Apple lasts longer before the Giants and Jets are declared dead.

    However, there are still games to be played, jobs to be won or lost and seemingly meaningless victories to be won, but the Giants know their roster has no answer to football’s biggest question. Who will be the quarterback?

    Despite this clear problem, New York is going with Daniel Jones, for better or worse. Will that change soon? That remains anyone’s guess, but the long-term answer is much clearer.

    Will the Giants bench Daniel Jones?

    Despite benching Jones in Week 7, the Giants appear ready to hang on to their struggling quarterback. According to ESPN’s Jordan Raanan, Jones completed all first-team reps this week in practice ahead of Week 8’s “Monday Night Football” matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He added that the six-year veteran is unlikely to be kept on a short leash.

    After the significant loss to the Eagles, head coach Brian Daboll particularly defended Jones after the bench change and explained why he would remain in the starting lineup.

    “I think he gives us the best chance, number one,” Daboll said. “I thought there were a lot of plays where he did exactly what he needed to do and then there were some plays where it wasn’t all about Daniel (Jones). It was a collection of things. It wasn’t just one person, one shelter or one route.”

    That won’t be music to the ears of Giants fans, who have seen the team go 31-58-1 since Jones’ arrival in 2019. That’s good enough for the second-worst record in the league during that period. Only the Jets are worse at 29-62.

    The Giants have made the playoffs twice in the 12 seasons since winning Super Bowl 46. However, Big Blue is still far from its glory days with poor rosters, coaching changes and other problems.

    Jones is just the final chapter in a disappointing book. New York’s appearance on the offseason edition of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” made it clear that general manager Joe Schoen is looking for a change. Although Schoen is the one who signed Jones to a long-term contract extension, he may be forced to turn things around sooner than he originally thought.

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    Giants QB depth chart

    Here’s a look at the Giants’ current QB depth chart:

    Lock was on the proverbial NFL block a few times and remained a backup for most of his six seasons. Like Jones, the former Missouri signal-caller was drafted in 2019. Lock went to the Denver Broncos in the second round. Above all, it is unlikely that he will develop into a long-term option at this stage of his career. The best argument for switching to Lock is that he is not Jones.

    As for the man they call “Tommy Cutlets,” DeVito won’t claim the starting spot unless injuries pile up. The third-stringer was forced into the starting lineup for six games last season and posted a 3-3 record. He brought magic to the swamps of New Jersey and united the Italian community in a way that only HBO’s The Sopranos could before.

    That eventually fizzled out, but not before DeVito’s family treated the MetLife faithful to some delicious tailgate scenes. If nothing else, the local boy could help bring people to the stadium while fans spend their hard-earned money elsewhere.

    While neither option is particularly good, the G-Men may have no choice but to bench Jones at some point and protect their future salary cap space beyond this season.

    Daniel Jones contract

    Perhaps the most complicated part of this situation is the contract.

    Jones carries a $23 million injury guarantee through 2025, which the team likely wants to avoid. This reality could be why the quarterback is warming up the bench. It’s no stranger to the league either, with the Broncos and Raiders sidelining Russell Wilson and Derek Carr in recent years to prevent those hefty bonuses from being triggered.

    If the Giants decide to part ways with an uninjured Jones in the offseason, the team would carry a dead cap of around $22.2 million, according to Spotrac.

    Daniel Jones stats

    Jones has led the Giants to a 24-41-1 record in 66 career starts, throwing 68 touchdowns to 44 interceptions.

    He didn’t live up to expectations for someone who was drafted No. 6 overall.

    While Big Blue’s ineptitude isn’t solely attributable to Jones, he is unable to lift the team around him. He was sacked 200 times in six seasons, the third-worst in the league since 2019. All of those hits led to numerous injuries, forcing Jones to miss at least one game each season.

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