Ryan Fitzpartick suggests erstwhile New York Giants backmost Daniel Jones "take the remainder of the twelvemonth off."
Jones' tumultuous tenure with the Giants ended aft the squad benched the 2019 first-round draught prime and granted Jones' petition to beryllium released.
The determination to portion ways with Jones was described arsenic a communal agreement, and Giants President and co-owner John Mara said moving connected from Jones "would beryllium champion for him and for the team." Now that Jones has cleared waivers, helium tin research options successful the escaped cause market.
Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpartick, who played for 9 teams during his career, offered the erstwhile Giants signal-caller immoderate advice.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick connected the "Thursday Night Football" acceptable astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
While Jones is expected to gully involvement from aggregate teams, Fitzpatrick suggested the 27-year-old beryllium retired for the remainder of the 2024 play and absorption connected uncovering a caller location for 2025.
"I'm truly blessed that New York released him due to the fact that I deliberation it puts him retired of his misery a small bit. They didn’t person to bash that," Fitzpatrick said. "And my proposal to him — I wouldn’t motion anywhere. I would conscionable instrumentality the remainder of the year."
New York Giants backmost Daniel Jones passes against the Washington Commanders during the 3rd 4th Nov. 3, 2024, successful East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
Fitzpatrick besides questioned the worth of Jones landing with a squad successful 2024 that is efficaciously retired of playoff contention.
"I don't deliberation there's a crushed to motion arsenic a backup somewhere," helium continued. "I don't deliberation there’s a crushed to motion connected a atrocious squad and spell play much games."
New York Giants backmost Daniel Jones attends a quality league aft a signifier league successful Munich, Germany Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)
Fitzpatrick said Jones has an accidental to rejuvenate his career. If Jones lands successful a bully situation, Fitzpatrick appears assured his aboriginal could lucifer Minnesota Vikings backmost Sam Darnold's resurgence.
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"This is 1 of those moments wherever helium genuinely gets to deed reset successful his career, unbend a small bit, instrumentality the offseason, find a bully landing spot," Fitzpatrick said. "And he’s the benignant of feline that tin onshore connected his feet. He could person that Sam Darnold-type resurgence with the close scheme, with the close place, with the close coaches, but he’s got to play a batch amended than helium has."
The Giants mislaid 30-7 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful their archetypal crippled without Jones this season.
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.