EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Riding a five-game losing streak and coming off a loss in Germany to the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants coach Brian Daboll is thinking about benching quarterback Daniel Jones.
This is the first time Daboll has wavered about playing his $160 million quarterback this season, and it comes after Jones' inconsistent performance in Sunday's 20-17 overtime loss . If a move was made, either Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito would start for the Giants, who have an NFC-worst 2-8 record. Daboll didn't say Monday he was making a change, but every time he has been asked about Jones this season, he has quickly said Jones was his guy.
“We're evaluating our team at the bye week, that's what we are doing,” Daboll said when asked why his response was different. Lock has only seen action in a mop-up role and DeVito, who led the Giants to a brief winning streak last season, has been the third quarterback on Sundays. Daboll, who is under pressure with a second straight losing season almost a certainty, said he and his coaches would look at schemes, situational play, technique and the players' performance during their evaluation.
The No. 6 overall pick in 2019, Jones is in the second year of a four-year contract. His best season was in 2022, Daboll's first year.
They led the Giants to the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Daboll sidestepped a question about whether benching Jones was throwing away money. “Again, what we’ll do is we’ll go back, we’ll eva.
