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It will take time to get over the fiasco of the Daniel Jones chapter in Giants history.
For everything — from the impressive rookie debut in 2019 to the image of the heckling fans after another disastrous opener this September, from the lone playoff appearance to those horrific stats and contract numbers (four years, $160 million) — to fade away and a final verdict on the Jones era, the one that gets repeated and echoed as decades of franchise history follow, to settle into place.
But it won’t be a forgiving one. If that wasn’t evident before Monday, the Giants benching Jones and naming third-stringer Tommy DeVito as the team’s starting quarterback solidified that.
Jones’ six-year tenure with Big Blue will be remembered by what he didn’t accomplish, by the massive contract he didn’t live up to, by the quarterbacks the Giants didn’t chase as a consequence of sticking with the former Duke product. It’ll be remembered by the underwhelming 70 touchdowns and 47 interceptions, by the injuries that derailed his 2021 and 2023 seasons, by the inconsistencies that followed in a last-ditch effort to reverse his outlook.