The Giants have won just two of their 10 games this season, tied with the Jaguars for the worst winning percentage in the NFL.
“No one is happy with the results and where we’re at,” said head coach Brian Daboll on Monday, per ESPN’s Jordan Raanan.
Daboll refused to confirm that Daniel Jones would remain the Giants’ starting quarterback, only saying that the team was “evaluating things” heading into their bye week, according to Raanan. In past weeks, Daboll has firmly backed Jones when asked about his starting status, but his non-answer on Monday suggests that New York could be contemplating a change under center.
Daboll additionally indicated that he would be in communication with the Giants’ ownership regarding any potential decision to bench Jones, who is in the second year of a four-year, $160MM extension signed during the 2023 offseason. A benching would accelerate speculation that the Giants plan to move on from Jones after this season. An offseason release with a post-June 1 designation would save New York $30.5MM against the salary cap in 2025 and $47.5MM in 2026, with $11.1MM dead cap hits in both years, per OverTheCap.
If the Giants were to bench Jones, they would turn to either Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito. Lock is currently listed as Jones’ backup on the unofficial depth chart, but DeVito started six games last year after Jones’ season-ending ACL tear.
Jones has completed just 63.3% of his passes this year with an average of just 6.1 yards per attempt, the fifth-lowest in the NFL this year. His struggles have hindered the offense as a whole; the Giants will finish Week 10 as the lowest-scoring team in the NFL this year with just 15.6 points per game. At 2-8, their playoff hopes have virtually disappeared, forcing the franchise to consider major changes ahead of another rebuilding offseason.
The NFL has a bigger problem, not enough quality QBs.
Just one more reason the current game model needs to be modified. You can get a mediocre QB for a modest $40MM though…lol.
What a bad look for Daboll. Giants have been seriously overmatched, played like crap, and now “they’re re-evaluating everything from QB play to coaching assignments. What an out of control mess. Doesn’t breed alot of confidence.
Schoen and Dabol were expected to erase all the problems created by the Gettleman regime but the irony is that they’ve actually made things worse…lol. They need to consult with the Yankees and Rangers for advice on how to run an organization properly.
No NFL club is taking advice from a spendthrift baseball team nor even a hockey team whose owner has an enemies list.
Spendthrift? The Yankees had the 2nd largest league payroll at $303,322,047. Having an enemies list doesn’t even prevent you from becoming POTUS so why would that matter?
Daboll & Jones are finished after this season. Might as well let the Trainwreck continue until that draft pick is locked in.
Giants can get the number 1 pick easily. Draft a QB, hire another HC and try again next year.