Tom Brady questions Daniel Jones' decision to ask Giants for release following demotion

Daniel Jones' tumultuous tenure with the New York Giants came to an extremity past week. After initially benching the 2019 first-round draught pick, the franchise granted the quarterback's petition for a release.

The determination to portion ways with Jones was yet described arsenic a communal agreement, with Giants President and co-owner John Mara saying moving connected from Jones "would beryllium champion for him and for the team." Jones cleared waivers successful abbreviated bid and landed with the Minnesota Vikings. He is expected to service arsenic the backup to starter Sam Darnold.

Seven-time Super Bowl victor and pb expert for "NFL connected FOX," Tom Brady, was connected the telephone for the Dallas Cowboys' accepted Thanksgiving Day game. This year, the Cowboys hosted the Giants. At 1 constituent during the broadcast, Brady shared his thoughts astir Jones' unceremonious exit. 

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Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots shakes hands with Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants aft their crippled astatine Gillette Stadium connected October 10, 2019 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

Brady suggested that helium would person handled the concern differently, had helium been successful Jones' shoes.

"I don't cognize however that full concern went down but to deliberation that you'd inquire for a merchandise from a squad that committed a batch to you is possibly antithetic than however I would've handled that," Brady said during Thursday's broadcast. "I ever felt I wanted to get the spot and respect of my teammates careless of the situation, knowing that I was trying to beryllium the champion I could for the squad due to the fact that that was the astir important thing."

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The erstwhile New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost acknowledged the unsocial challenges shot players tin look astatine antithetic points of their careers, but noted that helping immoderate squad helium was connected was ever his apical priority.

New York Giants backmost Daniel Jones (8) walks disconnected the tract aft playing against the Dallas Cowboys successful an NFL shot game, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, successful East Rutherford, N.J.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

"There's conscionable immoderate antithetic things that hap successful the NFL. Everyone makes idiosyncratic choices. I deliberation we all, astatine points successful our career, look antithetic challenges. I faced them successful college, and immoderate things didn't spell the mode I wanted, but the radical that mattered the astir to maine were the guys successful the locker room. I showed up each day, I didn't attraction if they asked maine to beryllium scout squad safety, beryllium scout squad quarterback, I was gonna bash immoderate I could to assistance the squad win."

Oct 27, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; FOX commentator Tom Brady stands connected the sideline earlier a crippled betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills astatine Lumen Field.  (Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images)

Shortly aft Jones was benched, reports surfaced that the backmost lined up arsenic a scout-team information for the Giants defence astatine practice. He was besides seen participating successful passing drills alongside seasoned backmost Tim Boyle, who is listed arsenic the 3rd drawstring awesome caller connected the Giants extent chart.

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The Giants mislaid 30-7 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful Week 12, which marked the team's archetypal crippled without Jones this season. Thursday's nonaccomplishment to the NFC East rival Cowboys dropped New York's grounds this play to 2-10. 

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