The Giants' brain trust is meeting during this bye week to try to figure out what went wrong in their 2-8 season, whether to keep Daniel Jones starting at quarterback or send him to the bench. The issue is being discussed. is definitely a hot topic.
There is a mind-boggling guarantee of injury. If Jones is injured in the remaining seven games of the losing campaign and fails to pass a physical before the start of the 2025 season, the Giants will be owed $23 million.
All these business aspects are not the determining factor.
“The decisions we make are going to be football decisions,” general manager Joe Schon said Tuesday.
From a purely football standpoint, it would be very difficult to continue with Jones.
He is the catalyst for an ineffective offense that averages an NFL-low 15.6 points per game. He ranks 31st with a passer rating of 79.4, 27th with a completion percentage of 63.3, 15th with 2,070 yards, 25th with eight touchdown passes, and 13th with seven interceptions. Jones had two interceptions in the red zone last Sunday in Munich in a 20-17 overtime loss to the Panthers.
“We'll take the rest of this week to evaluate,” Schoen said of whether to start Jones or name Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito as the new starting pitcher.
The high point for Shane, head coach Brian Daboll, and Jones came on January 15, 2023, the first playoff game for all three against the Giants. Jones was a two-way threat, completing 24 of 33 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns for a 114.0 passer rating in a 31-24 road win over the Vikings. Ta.
He also ran seven times for 78 yards. Based on that game, his body of work during that season, and the expectation that the partnership between Daboll and Jones would continue to bond and grow, the decision was made to give Jones a four-year contract worth $160 million. Ta.
Since signing a contract with $81 million guaranteed, Jones has started 16 games and is 3-13, missing most of the 2023 season with a torn right ACL.
When asked how Jones is playing this season, Schoen said, “We're 2-8, so everyone, myself included, has to look in the mirror and think about how we can do better.”
“I know you guys want to hear about Daniel and the quarterback position, but that's what it comes with especially in this area of the market. Again, it's not all one person's fault.”
