Daniel Jones breaks his silence after getting benched by the New York Giants

Quarterback Daniel Jones delivered a heartfelt connection aft the Giants announced his benching earlier this week.

After a disastrous commencement that saw New York suffer their 5th consecutive crippled implicit the weekend, the squad announced connected Monday that Tommy DeVito volition apt get the starting motion connected Sunday against Tampa Bay.

On Thursday, Jones addressed the drastic alteration with a connection that had the code of a farewell speech.

'The accidental to play for the New York Giants was genuinely a imagination travel existent and I'm highly grateful Mara and Tisch families for the accidental to play here,' Jones said. 'The Giants are genuinely a first-class enactment and I person thing but genuine respect and appreciation for the radical who person built it and person helped transportation connected that tradition. '

'I've met truthful galore truthful galore peculiar radical and created relationships that volition genuinely past a lifetime. Thank you [to] each my teammates, coaches, and unit that person done truthful overmuch for maine these past six years.'

'There person been immoderate large times,' helium continued. 'But, of course, we privation determination person been much of those. I instrumentality afloat work for my portion and not bringing much wins.

'No 1 wanted to triumph much games worst than maine and I gave everything I had successful the tract and successful my mentation and I privation I could person done more.'

Brian Daboll's squad is enduring different miserable run aft winning conscionable 2 of their opening 10 fixtures and losing their past five, leaving them bottommost of the NFC East. Last play they finished 3rd with a 6-11 record.

Jones, who suffered a torn ACL astir precisely 1 twelvemonth ago, has failed to marque an interaction since returning from that injury, ranking 19th successful the league for passing yards with a specified 2,070 and 28th for walk completion connected conscionable implicit 63 percent.

The 27-year-old besides has the joint-27th highest fig of touchdown passes this play with a specified 8 done 10 appearances. Nonetheless, Jones owned up to his shortcomings portion moving the offense.

'I did not play good enough, consistently enough, to assistance the squad get the results,' helium admitted. 'The world of the NFL is that it's hard to triumph games. It requires accordant show from everyone involved. We didn't bash that good capable truthful the thought to alteration thing happens and I understand.' 

'I emotion the game, I emotion being portion of the team, I'm excited for the adjacent opportunity, I cognize that there's a batch of bully shot successful beforehand of maine and I'm excited astir that.'

'To each the fans, I person heavy respect and appreciation for your passionateness and emotion for the Giants. The fans are a immense portion of what makes the Giants truthful special.'

The Giants selected the Duke merchandise with the sixth prime successful 2019 and helium has played successful 70 games implicit his six seasons with the franchise.

Since his arrival, the Giants lone made the playoffs successful 2022 and mislaid to the Philadelphia Eagles successful the divisional playoffs. They present beryllium astatine the bottommost of the NFC East with a 2-8 record, connected the verge of missing the postseason yet again.