Now sitting at 2-7 after struggling their fourth consecutive loss, the New York Giants are headed to Germany subsequent week to tackle the also-2-7 Carolina Panthers. And once they take the sector, the person underneath middle would be the similar one it has been all season: Daniel Jones. Giants head coach Brian Daboll informed reporters on Monday that Jones will retain his beginning job, and that nothing will change with regard to the distribution of starter’s reps in apply.
Jones has been extraordinarily ineffective this season, finishing solely 63.8% of his passes at a median of 6.2 yards per try, with eight touchdowns in opposition to 5 interceptions in 9 video games. He has a sack charge north of 8% and has seen his effectiveness as a rusher wane to the purpose that he’s averaging simply 4.0 yards per carry. He’s returning this season from a torn ACL suffered late final 12 months, and has not appeared both bodily or mentally (from a soccer IQ/studying defenses standpoint) as much as the job.
In Week 9, Jones lastly accounted for his first landing at MetLife Stadium since late final season, and his offensive unit has scored 20-plus factors in solely three of 9 video games, with a season excessive of 29 within the staff’s final win, which got here in Week 5 in opposition to the Seahawks. The Giants have mustered a mixed 58 factors of their 4 division losses, and their solely sport with no turnover was one through which they scored three factors and gained simply 119 complete yards.
After displaying minor enhancements in 2022 (he largely simply didn’t self destruct as he had in earlier seasons) and securing a playoff victory, Jones was handed a four-year, $160 million contract that contained $81 million in assured cash. He then regressed badly in 2023 earlier than struggling his knee harm, and has once more been an enormous disappointing relative to his wage this 12 months.
The Giants can save between $19.4 million and $30.5 million by reducing ties with him subsequent offseason, however not if he will get injured someday between now and the tip of the 12 months, as a result of his contract incorporates $23 million in harm ensures. He carries base salaries of $30 million and $46.5 million in 2025 and 2026, and the Giants nonetheless have $22.2 million in signing bonus cap hits coming their method as nicely.
Until Jones does one thing wildly out of character in Germany that someway proves he’s the person to steer the staff sooner or later, it might not be in any respect shocking if his days because the starter have been numbered.