By Dan Duggan, Charlotte Carroll and Amos Morale

The New York Giants are benching quarterback Daniel Jones following their Week 11 bye, league sources confirmed Monday. Tommy DeVito will be taking over as the team’s starter, the sources said.

The move comes after New York’s 20-17 overtime loss to the Carolina Panthers in Munich on Nov. 10, which dropped the Giants to 2-8. Coach Brian Daboll said after the game that the team would “evaluate” the quarterback position.

The Giants are 24-44-1 when Jones has started during the quarterback’s tenure in New York. He finished the loss to the Panthers with 190 passing yards, two interceptions and a 50.5 passer rating, along with 26 rushing yards and one TD. He called his performance “not good enough.”

“(We) came up short, obviously hurt ourselves a lot,” Jones said after that game. “It’s very frustrating.”

This season, Jones has completed 63.3 percent of his passes for 2,070 yards, eight touchdowns and seven interceptions.

The 27-year-old is in his sixth season with New York after the franchise selected him with the No. 6 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. In March 2023, he signed a four-year, $160 million extension with the Giants after what was arguably his best season in New York. The Giants went 9-6-1 in 2022 and beat the Minnesota Vikings in an NFC Wild Card round matchup.

Jones, however, was limited to just six games in 2023 with an injury. Still, the Giants went 1-5 with Jones under center. This year, New York started 2-3 but have lost five straight games since a Week 5 win against the Seattle Seahawks.

The Giants are 3-13 in games started by Jones since his extension while backups Tyrod Taylor and DeVito combined to go 5-6 last season. New York next hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 1 p.m. ET on Nov. 24.

What’s next for Jones, Giants

It’s over for Jones. It would actually be self-serving for Daboll and Joe Schoen to continue starting him. He provides a human shield for them, as all of the team’s failures can be pinned on him. He has no future with the Giants. This move essentially signals he’s done in New York.

So focusing on Jones is missing the much bigger issue: Should Daboll and Schoen get the opportunity to draft and develop Jones’ replacement? That’s the question ownership needs to be asking. Meanwhile, if Daboll is an offensive guru, let’s see what he can do with DeVito. — Dan Duggan, Giants beat writer

DeVito’s history in New York

It’s time for round 2 of the Tommy Cutlets era in New York.

Last season, the undrafted rookie out of Syracuse and Illinois burst onto the scene amid injuries to Jones and Taylor. Despite starting that year as a third-stringer, the quarterback earned NFC Player of the Week honors for his performance in a Week 14 comeback victory over the Green Bay Packers. DeVito became an instant hometown hero, thanks to his play and the local tie-ins to his story, going viral and earning some cult status. He won three games as a starter. But last year’s fairytale didn’t last the full season as DeVito was benched in the team’s Christmas matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles after six games. — Charlotte Carroll, Giants beat writer

Why Giants are turning to DeVito

DeVito entered this season as the third emergency QB so it’s a bit of a surprise given the obvious move was to switch to backup Drew Lock, who arrived in New York this offseason for that role after signing a one-year, $5 million deal.

But in one true regular season game appearance this year, Lock didn’t look sharp. The Giants turned to him in the fourth quarter of Week 7 hoping to “create a spark,” in the words of Daboll. Lock threw 3-of-8 and the Giants still finished with a 28-3 loss to division rival Philadelphia, shutting the door temporarily on a true quarterback battle at that moment. Yet with Jones’ recent play, the Giants had no choice but to make a change, leaving the choice between Lock or DeVito. — Carroll

— Jeff Howe and Dianna Russini contributed to this report

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