Giants star Dexter Lawrence admits feeling a 'bit of confusion' with Daniel Jones benching: 'He's the QB1'

Daniel Jones' New York Giants vocation is each but done aft caput manager Brian Daboll confirmed the antheral the franchise signed to beryllium their semipermanent backmost has been demoted to 3rd drawstring pursuing the bye week. 

Tommy DeVito, who won 3 games for New York successful spot of the injured Jones and Tyrod Taylor, was elevated to starting quarterback, leapfrogging Drew Lock, who was signed to a $5 cardinal woody this offseason to beryllium Jones' backup. 

Daboll called benching the No. 6 wide prime of the 2019 NFL Draft a "hard decision," and it's 1 that has some Giants players confused, including antiaircraft skipper Dexter Lawrence. 

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New York Giants antiaircraft tackle Dexter Lawrence II earlier the crippled against the Green Bay Packers astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Dec. 11, 2023. (Vincent Carchietta-USA Today Sports)

"He's the QB1. To me, the champion backmost connected the team," Lawrence said, via the New York Post, during a volunteering lawsuit astatine Community Food Bank of New Jersey connected Tuesday. "But they spot things differently. I conjecture that's each that matters."

Lawrence added that determination was a "little spot of confusion," though helium isn't definite what the conversations were similar with the beforehand bureau and coaching unit regarding the determination to demote Jones. 

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"I deliberation we spot the coaches and wherever they’re going and wherever they deliberation we tin go," Lawrence explained. "That’s what you person to do. You person to beryllium naive and spot the process. You deliberation astir the incorrect s--- and past you commencement playing similar s---."

Of course, Lawrence and Jones, some squad captains, person developed a adjacent relationship implicit the years, with the erstwhile calling the second his "best friend." So, erstwhile Lawrence, arguably the champion antiaircraft tackle successful the game, sees his champion person benched, he's going to support him. 

"It’s pugnacious for that [benching] to happen," Lawrence said. "I can’t power it. They made the determination based disconnected their evaluations, and thoughts and feelings. You’ve got to respect it arsenic a player, adjacent though you don’t similar it. As a player, you person to support playing. As a quality and arsenic a brother, I consciousness for him."

While Jones' enactment ethic has ne'er been questioned, the results conscionable haven't been determination since helium signed his four-year, $160 cardinal hold 2 offseasons agone – an offseason that is present infamous arsenic Saquon Barkley was franchised tagged and walked into escaped bureau to motion with the Philadelphia Eagles earlier the commencement of this year. 

New York Giants backmost Daniel Jones passes the shot against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/John Munson)

Jones has gone 3-13 successful the past 2 seasons, with 2023 ending aboriginal owed to a season-ending genu injury. He besides has the 32nd backmost standing successful the NFL (79.4) this season, and has thrown 8 touchdowns to 7 interceptions implicit 10 games. 

The Giants' discourtesy is the lowest-scoring portion successful the league this play with Jones starting each contest. 

Jones' benching is besides a determination for the beforehand bureau to prevention money, arsenic helium has a $23 cardinal wounded warrant built into the declaration GM Joe Schoen signed disconnected connected successful 2023. That won't activate, and with an opt-out built successful aft 2 years, the Giants are expected to merchandise him aft the 2024 run comes to a close. 

"He’s strong. He gets the concern broadside of it," Lawrence said of however Jones has handled the quality of the benching. "I conjecture they talked astir it. He evidently doesn’t similar the prime that was made. But helium has to unrecorded with it, and I deliberation he’ll turn done it."

But, astatine the aforesaid time, Lawrence knows that "teams suffer games, not conscionable 1 player," and the Giants person the league's worst rushing defence – an country they wanted to cleanable up aft struggling successful that section past play arsenic well. Defensive coordinator Shane Bowen, who was antecedently with the Tennessee Titans, was brought successful due to the fact that of his occurrence successful that area, but it hasn't worked retired frankincense far. 

New York Giants backmost Daniel Jones during the Carolina Panthers game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, successful Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)

The world of the Giants' concern is that the rebuild continues, and erstwhile again, they find themselves needing idiosyncratic other to beryllium their franchise quarterback. They thought that's what Jones was pursuing a large 2022 run that saw them not lone marque the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2016, but decision the Minnesota Vikings successful the wild-card round. 

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Instead, they volition look to escaped bureau and the NFL Draft to spot if there's a caller awesome caller that tin get them retired of the rut they've been snuck successful for astir of Jones' Giants career.

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