New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll officially announced the team’s intention to make a change at quarterback going forward on Monday during a Zoom conference call.
Daniel Jones will no longer be the starter and has been relegated all the way down the depth chart to the No. 3 spot.
Drew Lock will remain the primary backup while third-stringer Tommy DeVito, who hasn’t played a snap since the preseason, has been elevated to the starting role beginning this Sunday at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The changes may not end there. Daboll intimated that there could be more lineup adjustments at other positions coming this week.
“Personnel groups offensively or defensively, a lot less than this, obviously, where you just see the quarterback situation. But there’ll be different guys mixing in and out and we’ll take a look at some of these guys that have done a nice job since they’ve been here,” he said. “Maybe they haven’t had as many reps or we implement them into some personnel groups. That’s what we’ll do here over the next couple of days when we get ready for Tampa is to decide where these guys fit.”
Daboll did not offer any specifics on those comments but the reality is, there’s not much the team hasn’t tried this season.
All six of their drafted rookies have seen significant playing time and injuries up and down the roster have also given a good portion of the backups a chance to get on the field as well.
One possibility is along the offensive line where they could try to get rookie Jake Kubas some more work. Some changes at wide receiver could also be made with Darius Slayton likely headed to free agency after the season.
