Giants stunning QB change comes with plenty of lingering questions

Daniel Jones lost his starting job to Tommy DeVito, and his spot on the Giants roster likely is the next to go.Coming off a bye week late in another lost season, the Giants (2-8) benched Jones and bypassed season-long backup Drew Lock to go with the third-string DeVito as the starting quarterback Sunday against the Buccaneers in what will be the first of seven relatively meaningless games.“Felt like this was a decision that we needed to make here,” head coach Brian Daboll said on Monday.“Try to spark things, change things up.”Jones will be demoted to third-string, which essentially assures that he won’t play another snap this season and ends any risk of activating a $23 million injury guarantee in his contract.

The Giants can release Jones for a $22.2 million dead salary-cap charge after the season, whereas the number would increase to an unwieldy $45.2 million if he can’t pass a physical by March 16.“Our conversations will remain private,” Daboll said.“Certainly [he] is not going to be happy about that as a competitor.

And I respect that.”Former general manager Dave Gettleman once said that it would take three years “to find out how crazy I am” for reaching to pick Jones at No.6 overall in 2019.It took twice as long as forecast and a lot of excuse making, but the six-year book likely will close with Jones losing 13 of his final 16 starts to fall to 24-44-1 with 70 passing touchdowns, 15 rushing touchdowns, 51 fumbles (26 lost) and 47 interceptions.

As usual in Jones’ tenure, the Giants have the lowest-scoring — or one of the lowest-scoring — offenses in the NFL (15.6 points per game).“That’s on everybody,” Daboll said.“That’s not just on Daniel.

That’s on me.That’s an entire offensive performance.”The four-year, $160 million extension that Jones signed after his well-timed career year in 2022 — highlighted by a great performance in the Giants’ only playoff victory since winning Super Bowl XLVI in February 2012 ...