This is pretty much the deal.Like it or not.“Your boss wasn’t happy with your performance or what you’ve been doing, so somebody else got to do the job,’’ Dexter Lawrence said.
“It’s like any other job in this world, the same will happen, so it’s the business.’’Business has been brutally bad for the Giants for far too long, and it eventually caught up with the player at the position most vulnerable to getting benched at times like this.No one can honestly claim removing Daniel Jones from the starting lineup was an injustice.
Even he did not make that case during an emotional and classy farewell statement two days after he learned he was basically fired from his job.His lack of production this season warranted a move to someone else.Still, the fingerprints of many of Jones’ teammates can be found on the carcass of a 2-8 season that grinds Sunday against the Buccaneers at MetLife Stadium.“Yeah, it’s a team effort,’’ said Lawrence, the best player on the roster.
“Yeah, of course.We’re losing, and he’s a quarterback.
I think that’s just how the business goes and the nature of it.He’s done a good job to help us win games, and the defense hasn’t helped him.“I mean, I don’t know how it usually works, but I know if we don’t play well, then things change.
So that’s what happens.’’That’s what happened.Jones is out and gone — he asked to be released Friday and the team honored that request — and Tommy DeVito is in, as head coach Brian Daboll bypassed backup Drew Lock to go with the No.
3 quarterback on the roster.DeVito went 3-3 last season as an undrafted rookie, and with seven games remaining, the Cedar Grove, N.J., native gets a shot at helping his case for a roster spot in 2025 as he attempts to provide some sort of spark for the NFL’s lowest-scoring offense.The Giants are 0-5 playing at home this season.Perhaps DeVito gets the understandably frustrated paying customers who show up amped up a bit.
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