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Daboll says Giants will “evaluate everything” during bye week
Brian Daboll did not announce a change at quarterback for the New York Giants on Monday. He did, though, open the door to benching starter Daniel Jones when the team returns from its by week to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Nov. 24 at MetLife Stadium.
“We’re going to spend a lot of time here watching our tape and evaluating things and we’ll do that as a coaching staff over the next week here,” Daboll said on Monday.
When asked that question in previous weeks, Daboll has always unequivocally said Jones would remain the starter.
After a 20-17 overtime loss on Sunday to the Carolina Panthers in which Jones played poorly, Daboll opened the door to starting either Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito in Week 12 against the Buccaneers.
“We’re evaluating our team at the bye week is what we’re doing,” Daboll said.
Jones has started every game this season as the Giants have struggled to a 2-8 record. The Giants are 31st in the NFL in scoring at 15.6 points per game.
Jones, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, has been the Giants’ unquestioned starting quarterback since taking over for Eli Manning during Jones’ rookie season. That seems to be changing.
“We’ll go back and we’ll evaluate everything and decide what we want to do here,” Daboll said. “We’ve got a week to go ahead and really dig into this.”
