The New York Giants are expected to replace Daniel Jones as their starting quarterback after slumping to a fifth straight defeat earlier this month.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Tommy DeVito is set to come in for Jones and start the Giants’ Week 12 fixture against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at MetLife Stadium this coming Sunday.
Brian Daboll’s team are enduring another miserable campaign after winning just two of their opening 10 fixtures and losing their last five, leaving them bottom of the NFC East. Last season they finished third with a 6-11 record.
Jones, who suffered a torn ACL almost exactly one year ago, has failed to make an impact since returning from that injury, ranking 19th in the league for passing yards with a mere 2,070 and 28th for pass completion on just over 63 percent.
The 27-year-old also has the joint-27th highest number of touchdown passes this season with a mere eight through 10 appearances.
With their once faint hopes of making it into the playoffs now dead and buried, Daboll is planning to mix things up and throw DeVito, 26, in at quarterback against the Bucs this weekend.
Daniel Jones is being replaced as the starting quarterback for the New York Giants this week
Tommy DeVito is expected to get the nod when the Giants face the Buccaneers on Sunday
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The Giants head coach had hinted as much after last week’s dismal 17-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers in Germany, a game which saw Jones record just 190 yards and no touchdown passes while throwing two interceptions in a display fans labeled ‘breathtakingly bad’.
‘Obviously we’re not where we want to be,’ Daboll said about his quarterback dilemma after that defeat. ‘We’ll evaluate things in bye week, do the things we need to do.’
Former Illinois college star DeVito is in his second season in New York after being signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in April 2023.
He made nine appearances in his rookie season, throwing nine touchdowns for 1,101 yards while completing 64 percent of his passes.
The two quarterbacks behind Jones on the depth chart have been Drew Lock, who joined earlier this year after leaving the Seattle Seahawks, and DeVito – but it appears Daboll has opted to go with the latter.
After reportedly losing his starting place, Jones’ future in New York now looks more precarious than ever.
He is currently in his sixth season with the Giants after being selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
The ex-Duke star has only finished one regular season with a winning record and made it through to the postseason on as many occasions – both coming when he inspired the team to a Divisional Round playoff game in 2022.
Brian Daboll is shaking things up amid his team’s grim run of five consecutive defeats
Jones, who is in his sixth season with the Giants, has been hugely disappointing this season
DeVito made nine appearances as a rookie when Jones suffered an ACL injury last season
However, before suffering a season-ending injury in November, last year his form plummeted for the Giants on the back of such an encouraging campaign.
And less than two years since narrowly missing out on the NFC Championship game, Jones is now out as a starter amid a grim run of five losses on the bounce.
‘It’s very frustrating. Came up short, obviously hurt ourselves a lot,’ he said after the disastrous loss to the Panthers.
‘Turnovers were a critical factor in the game. Very frustrating.’