The manner in which the New York Giants are treating quarterback Daniel Jones these days is simply unjust — and unprofessional.
Jones was ousted from his starting position this week in favor of third-string quarterback Tommy DeVito and is now listed as the team’s fourth quarterback.
The Giants are dry-docking Jones on their roster behind DeVito, Drew Lock (who is also being mistreated), and newly-signed Tim Boyle not only because of his underperformance but for financial reasons.
Jones has a $23 million injury clause that will kick in should he get injured. The Giants are doing everything they can to keep him off the field for the rest of the season.
As we stated on Wednesday, what is the purpose of keeping him around? To humiliate him? They should do what the Las Vegas Raiders did two years ago with Derek Carr and send him home.
Instead, Jones is doing all of the things he would normally do such as attending meetings and participating in practice. He is doing this with the knowledge that he will never take another snap in a New York Giants uniform again.
Is this any way to treat a player who bore the brunt of the massive mismanagement the past six years?
No matter what you think of Jones, he deserves better.
“Daniel’s been a pro,” head coach Brian Daboll said on Wednesday. “He’s been a good teammate for us. Again, this is the role that he has right now for us and I’m glad he’s part of our team.
“He’ll be out here working. We’ve had, again, private meetings. Not the easiest thing, and I understand that, but he’ll be out here, and he’ll be working.”
Sure. Daboll said the team makes its personnel decisions on Fridays. We’ll see where Jones, who is not expected to be active nor be listed as the team’s emergency quarterback this Sunday, ends up.
