Former Giants star Sterling Shepard reveals details on team's culture amid fallout from Daniel Jones' exit

Quarterback Daniel Jones' tumultuous tenure with the New York Giants came to an extremity this week. The franchise benched the 2019 archetypal circular draught pick, earlier yet granting Jones' petition to beryllium released.

The determination to part ways with Jones was described arsenic communal agreement, with Giants president and co-owner John Mara saying moving connected from Jones "would beryllium champion for him and for the team." However, the determination by the Giants was met with immoderate criticism. 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Sterling Shepherd became the latest erstwhile Giants' subordinate to stock his thoughts amid the fallout. Shepherd suggested determination was country for betterment arsenic it relates to his erstwhile team's culture.

"When it comes to the civilization and everything similar that, I’ve gotten a accidental to spot the mode things are done connected a antithetic hand, but I deliberation determination could beryllium possibly a small spot of enactment there," Shepard told the New York Post.

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Sterling Shepard, #17 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, walks disconnected of the tract during an NFL shot crippled against the Atlanta Falcons astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected October 3, 2024, successful Atlanta, Georgia.  (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

"It’s conscionable different, successful truthful galore antithetic ways and truthful galore antithetic levels. When it goes down to the tiny things, what you tin bash successful the gathering arsenic a player, the mode you’re capable to pass and beryllium hand-in-hand with the coaches, it’s conscionable a batch of antithetic things I kinda picked up connected being determination for truthful long. Even down to the grooming unit oregon the value coaches and immoderate of the antithetic worldly that we bash here, it’s a difference."

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While Shephard seemed to constituent retired immoderate of the Giants' deficiencies, helium besides made it wide that helium was attempting to constituent retired the nuances successful antithetic NFL team's operations.

"I’m not saying the mode that they bash it is bad, due to the fact that it’s not. It’s conscionable different, and I’ve gotten to spot the different broadside of it," Shepard added.

FILE - New York Giants Sterling Shepard participates successful a signifier astatine the NFL shot team's grooming installation successful East Rutherford, N.J., connected June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Shephard besides shared his thoughts astir his erstwhile coach, Brian Daboll. The receiver expressed his assurance successful Daboll being capable to "produce wins" arsenic helium directed immoderate good wishes toward the Giants caput coach.

"I don’t deliberation you spell from being the Coach of the Year 2 years agone to conscionable being a feline that can’t get the occupation done," Shepard said. "I don’t judge that. I privation him thing but the best. I consciousness similar helium tin beryllium a manager that tin nutrient wins. He’s done it before, and helium did it aboriginal on, truthful I don’t deliberation you conscionable spell distant from that." 

Shephard's comments concerning the Giants travel conscionable days earlier helium makes his instrumentality to MetLife Stadium. The Week 12 matchup betwixt the Giants and Buccaneers volition people the archetypal clip Shephard takes the tract astatine MetLife successful an opposing NFL team's jersey.

Sterling Shepard, #17 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, runs a way during an NFL shot crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Raymond James Stadium connected October 21, 2024, successful Tampa, Florida.  (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

Giants antiaircraft backs manager Jerome Henderson, who has been with the squad since 2022, said helium expects Shepherd to bring "juice" and "energy" to Sunday's crippled successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.

"Same happening you saw present — his juice, his energy, his passionateness to play, his canine mentality," Henderson said connected Friday. "He’s coming astatine you each day. He’s conscionable 1 of those grimy players — successful a bully mode — that is conscionable going to combat bony and nail each play. That’s what you emotion astir Shep.

"Our young guys person got to beryllium acceptable for this feline to travel and combat you each play. This feline volition not instrumentality a play off. He’s going to beryllium other motivated due to the fact that he’s backmost location for his archetypal time. He’s going to privation to travel up present and person a bully crippled and beryllium productive. It’s going to beryllium an all-day combat with him."

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Shepard finished his stint with the Giants with much than 4,000 passing yards and 23 receiving touchdowns. Through his archetypal 9 games with the Bucs, Shepard has hauled successful 16 passes for 166 yards.

The Giants person dropped 5 consecutive games entering Sunday's contest. Meanwhile, the Bucs are connected a four-game losing streak.

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