Giants Ripped by NFL Fans for Playing Daniel Jones as Scout Safety After Benching

Jones lost his starting job after 10 games. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The New York Giants are apparently all the way out on Daniel Jones.

Jones was benched as New York's starting quarterback this week with Tommy DeVito taking over under center for the franchise. On Thursday things got even worse for the 27-year-old signal-caller. Reports from practice claim Jones was wearing a red scout team jersey and was being used as a safety during an offensive install period.

Daniel Jones spent part of the open portion of practice wearing a red scout team jersey lined up at safety during an offensive install period. He was joined on the scout team D by some practice squad OL, TE coach Tim Kelly, assistant QB coach Christian Jones and offensive…
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) November 21, 2024

The NFL world couldn't believe that story and reacted strongly.

What a clown show. I know Daniel Jones has been bad but this is just a horrible look for the franchise. No reason to humiliate him and sends an awful message to future players who would want to play here https://t.co/kaqeXvlu9Y
— Tommy Smokes (@TomScibelli) November 21, 2024

Daniel Jones playing safety for the Giants scout team.
That’s a very expensive scout player. https://t.co/YTZgp5eq9J
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) November 21, 2024

This seems like overkill. No one forced them to pay Daniel Jones they did it on their own free will. This is like buying a car with 20% interest rate and blaming the car https://t.co/krYBPUN6Sq
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) November 21, 2024

Daniel Jones went from much-maligned starting QB to fourth string QB behind Tim fucking Boyle to playing safety on the scout team.

Next they'll be using him as a tackling dummy.

Does he really deserve this? https://t.co/N94nMvpW1V
— Schlasser (@UrinatingTree) November 21, 2024

The fact that Daniel Jones hasn't faked an injury or anything at this point is wild.

The Giants have him practicing as the 4th string QB and playing safety in practice.

Says a lot about his character https://t.co/YjuGyHGRXE
— Connor Allen (@ConnorAllenNFL) November 21, 2024

Regardless of your opinion on Daniel Jones, having him play safety is an embarrassing look for a once-proud organization.

In the past week, the #Giants went from having Daniel Jones as their starting QB to benching him, announcing him as QB3, and local media noting he was… https://t.co/V0zLg2FWL3
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 21, 2024

It's worth noting Jones is in the second year of a four-year, $160 million contract that carries $81 million in guaranteed money. He's carrying a $47 million cap hit this season while making $36 million. And he's now a scout team safety.

The Giants inked Jones to that big extension after he had a solid 2022 campaign, but he has not lived up to the deal. He only played in six games in 2023 after tearing the ACL in his right knee. He returned this season and has been awful.

Through 10 games, Jones has completed 63.3% of his passes for 2,070 yards, with eight touchdowns and seven interceptions. His passer rating (79.4) and QBR (46.8) are dreadful.

It has become increasingly clear that he is not in the Giants' long-term plans. They can cut him this offseason while taking a cap hit of $22.2 million.